We went across Ukraine to pick up Sasha, so I'll tell you a little about him, He was born in Moldova and has a sister and brother who live in the same foster home that is run by a Swedish lady. They have lived there for seven years, their mother passed away, and their father was deported to Moldova when he lost his Ukrainian documents. Sasha finished school this year, and sold his motorbike because he wanted to buy a cow to milk, with his half-brother's help- he also has an older half brother, who is married with a baby. No one knew what to do with this plan of his at the foster home, and then Maria phoned about our school, the lady running it thought it must be a joke at first, since they had been talking about the idea of him getting a cow. Maria has been contacting as many Christian organizations working with orphans in Ukraine,as possible this summer to tell them about our school.
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| Sasha with a couple of the other kids |
So they decided to come check us out he came here with a few of the older kids and the foster home driver for 15 hours to see our school two weeks ago and applied to become a student and learn about cows.
We drove to Rene on the banks of the Danube river to get Sasha last weekend (Romania is across the river and Moldova is a stone's throw from the town) and he has moved into the boys house. We enjoyed visiting the foster home for two days, and seeing how it operates. There are 17 kids living there, including a baby and a half dozen boys and one girl that seem to be about 4 years old! Garry had so much fun playing and eating with them that I think he was ready to fill a house with little kids when we left.
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