We started out the day running errands for Lela, she lives a ways from the internot so we all go to the city and do everything at once. We picked Kolya up early today, he was excited to tell us that he had received good marks in school and to recite two poems he had memorized. Someone reminded me in an e-mail this morning that just three weeks ago Kolya had had nobody to do many of these things with. He has never had a mom and dad to tell when he gets good grades or does something special at school. We went to McDonald's again, I shall never eat there once we return to the states. Our little group prays together before every meal and today Kolya asked if he could say the prayer. It is so special to hear his little voice praying in Russian, knowing we don't understand what he is saying but that God does. After lunch we went to a small amusement park that is set up beside McDonald's and Kolya got to try bumper cars with his dad, air hockey with mom, and a great big slide. It is such fun to watch him try things that we take for granted. When we went back to the internot the kids were waiting for us again. They love to take pictures with our camera and look at the instant digital picture. Everyone wants to try the video camera as well. We looked for the kids who we have not been able to give penpal gifts to. Found Alosha but discovered that Sasha is in the hospital and Katia is in isolation. Pray for both of them. We will try to visit Sasha in the hospital tomorrow. We wait again tomorrow for news of our paper, if we get it we have court Fri. morning at 10am. Pray that we will get it for we wish to go home and see our family. Our extra days have been a blessing as we have been able to see more children and visit them. We still aren't allowed inside, but the beautiful weather has brought the children outside to us every day. Thanks for all the e-mails and comments, we look for them daily.