On Tuesday we traveled to a town east of Zaporozhye called Novomykolaivka to visit an orphanage there. We went with Max from New Hope Center, Jessica, two of our graduated orphan guys, Yura and one other guy who is friends with Max. Steve went a few weeks ago with everyone but this time there was room for the rest of our family to go as well.
My guess is that these kids are between the ages of 6 and 16.
This is the director with Max:
Each class performed a dance for us, apparently this happened the last time our team went there as well!
After the dance recital, it was time for some sports! This is our "team" ready to play some basketball.
The orphanage team was surprisingly good - it's rare to find good basketball players here but they easily won against our team....of which only Steve regularly plays basketball.
Then it was time for volleyball, which was again easily won by the kids:
After the games we brought out cookies, drinks and Yura shared with them the story of Easter and all about Jesus.
This is the bathroom at the orphanage....the door doesn't lock and I believe that it's for both genders. Just one of those times that I shake my head at the stark differences between here and home!!
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