Monday morning

It's 7:30am here in Khelm and the Lord woke me up at 6am. A little different from the past many days, but He blessed me with a good night's rest. I just went upstairs to check on the kids, and they are still sleeping.

Getting up early today has allowed me to skype with Jenny and say hi to Keely (it was only 11pm their time). The connection was pretty good which makes it a lot easier to talk and visit. I got to hear all about their afternoon and evening. They were really busy and had just finished watching Mall Cop and Max and Iz had just gone to bed.

Last evening and night went really well. After we got home from the park, I fixed dinner for them that consisted of Ramon (sp) type noodle soup, sliced cumcumber, bread, and fresh sardines (or some kind of small fish.) When we were in the soup asile, I pointed to some of the soups and Maks and Alona pointed to those. I figured easy enough. Boil some water in the microwave and whala - soup. Maks choose a seafood flavor (the package had a picture of shrimp) and I'm not sure what the girls had. Maks was the one eating the fish mostly. Alona said she would eat more today. Watching them tear the heads off and "cleaning" them out with their fingers and flicking the "junk" in the trash and then eating them is interesting to say the least. Alona did rinse her's off in the sink!

After dinner it was bath time which all three were really excited about. While Maks got his, the girls did a great job cleaning up the kitchen. Before I knew it, all the dishes were washed and put away (I'm guessing rinsed out), the table whiped off, and the floor swept. They were so proud to show me what a great job they had done. Natasha was next in the shower. I think this was a new experience for her and Alona was being the sweet big sister helping. Then Alona's turn. When the girls were out and dried off, they took turns sharing the blow dryer while Maks watched TV. They have satelite in their room and Maks has found the JETEX channel. While they were busy, I started a load of laundry and spent some time on the computer. At around 9:30the laundry was done and it was time to say good night. We sang the songs (Itsy bitsy spider and Jesus Love Me)that we sang last summer and said our prayers and light outs. At around 10:15, I went back up to check on them and they were all asleep.

I think I hear them now! I better go check on them. I hope everyone enjoys their holiday. Eat a hotdop for me. Then again, don't. I had enough hotdogs last summer. maybe a hamburger.

Please continue to pray for passports.

Blessings <><,
David