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Had a great trip to Ukraine. Denis was my shadow, when I wasn't being his :).

We were able to spend more time than expected with the kids at the orphanage.

We were even able to go to a concert on Saturday night. It was the Poltava Brass.

Wonderful.

This picture of Denis is at the local pizza parlor ( notice the sauce on his hand and face!). He ate

15 pieces of pizza!!!!! I taught him how to wet his finger and run it around the rim of a glass

to make that high pitch screech we all love to hear!!!!!

I was able to see my precious friend Linda who is an orphan graduate. She is pictured above with the dark hair. Also in the picture is my friend from Birmingham Vickie.
This video was taken by me at a park in Poltava.

It was so cool...instead of swings and slides, the things the kids played on were pieces of exercise equipment that looked like park equipment. Little Valik was on this which was like an

eliptical machine you would see at a gym here!!!!!

The purple shield above was painted by Denis and displayedon the wall in the orphanage.

I was also able to visit his art class. He showed me his book which had a picture he had drawn of our home!

One very special part of my trip is that I was able to travel and spend time with new and old

friends traveling this road with me. Some new very special friends were made.

I will post more later....for soem reason I am unable to upload more pictures on my

blog tonight.

Love to you all!!! Cathy