Wednesday's Visit with Luke

We wanted to share some more beautiful photos of our boy from our visit on Wednesday. Luke is proudly modeling a new hat knitted by his Mama for him. One of the orphanage workers came in and asked him what I presume was 'who gave you that hat' and his respose was Mama and then some Russian words followed. It warmed my heart!

Although he loved his new hat I think he still prefers to wear Papa's hat. He is quite the ham when there is a camera around, but he is more interested in food than anything else. Pears, apples, cookies, juice and water are in high demand when we visit him, and when those are gone he is searching our backpack to see what else he can find!

Wednesday night Mark and Kirell (our new friend and driver) went to dinner with Kirell's dad and I went to Kirell and Nadia's house for some true hospitality. She made me a wonderful meal of ham, cheese, bread, pemaneie (like dumplings), and caviar and then served me hot tea. She let me do all my laundry and was truly a wonderful hostess to me. Thank God for all those He has put in our path.

Tonight we went to Dwayne and Kara's for another amazing meal and Karin and I started our own little knitting club! Dont' worry Rachael yours is still my top choice back home :-)

We are going to visit Luke tomorrow for his 3RD BIRTHDAY!

We'll post b-day photos when we get home tomorrow night. Have a great day everyone.