When I arrived at the orphanage today, Emily had a gift for me. It was a stuffed animal. She wanted me to have it and asked me to sleep with it. I told her thank you and hugged her.
We were in the room the orphanage uses for performances. Emily, Rada, and Masha went on stage to perform for the parents. We could hear them behind the curtains planning their performance. It mostly sounded like a lot of giggling. Then, they came out dancing a singing the song from Madagascar , “I like to move it, move it.” I was very funny. Then, they went back behind the curtain and Emily came back out more serious the second time and danced for us.
After that, Emily sat with me and looked at pictures on the camera. Then, I logged onto facebook and showed her the video that Laura, Rachel, and Megan made for her. Emily really enjoyed the video and laughed a lot.
We used text for free to send text messages to Laura. Emily wanted to type the messages to her mom. She
told her that she misses her and her sisters and that she loves them. Emily enjoyed doing this and reading her mom’s responses.
Emily used the rest of our time together playing the educational apps on my iPod. I was encouraged by the fact that she really enjoyed playing these apps and she was learning the content of the apps quickly. I let her keep the iPod tonight so she could keep playing the new apps. I told her I wanted to hear the new words she learns in English when I return tomorrow. She said OK.
When the time arrived to leave, Emily helped me gather my things and walked me out to the van. We hugged and said goodbye.
I want to say one more thing. Today, my thoughts were with Dan Wheldon and his family. Dan was a great Indy Car driver. He was one of my favorite drivers and I was excited when he won the Indy 500 this year. Rest in Peace Dan. You will be missed dearly.
The three girls performing for the parents
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