Day 21 Saturday-Go away party

On Saturday morning our 3 people family had last breakfast together, and a lot of packing before our trip to USA. After we were done with packing and last minute preparations we went to orphanage around 3 pm.

While I helped with dishes and preparing food for party, my husband went to the different room to check in to airfare and print boarding passes. Boys were excited and all around kitchen, asking if we need any help. They are so sweet!

Party was scheduled for 7 pm.

Around 6 pm grandpa Viktor came with his sister, “grandma” Tatyana could not make it, do to being very sick.

Grandpas Viktor story is heart breaking. He had only 1 daughter, her name was Valya, and she is a mother of our boys, Danik and Stasik. He lost his wife when she was only 28 years of age, and pregnant with their baby boy, do to cancer. Grandpa Victor, was left with little 2,5 year old Valya(mother of our boys) all alone, and few years later he met another woman Tatyana, and married her. (they had no kids). Grandpa Victor still lives with his second wife Tatyana, and our boys do call her grandma, even she is not real grandma to them. Grandpa’s Viktor, only daughter Valya, mother of our boys, died last month at age 28 from drug poisoning. Foster parents of our boys did take Danik and Stasik to funeral, to say good bye.

Grandpa Viktor was crying that boys finally going to have normal Christian Ukrainian family and future life. We spend hours of taking about boys past, present and future. On the party dedicated to boys leaving orphanage we prayed for their future and Sergey prayed about all orphans in the house and world, so they will find parents. After that boys got some presents from people who took care of them for time that they spend in the orphanage. There were a lot of good food and communication. We exchanged addresses with grandpa and left home because in the morning I will leave to the USA. It is sad to leave Sergey, I will miss him and boys so much but I have to come back to be with our kids at home. It was hard to say goodbyes to foster parents, grandpa. Boys do understand that we will be together soon, so were sad but ok. 

Now it is time for Sergey’s part of blog. He promised that will try to blog, and record every day while he is in Ukraine. J