Good Friday

Friday was good Friday, and a good Friday :) Actually where we are, there are two Easter Sundays as we're told. Because the population here is split right down the middle with orthodox and non-orthodox, this Sunday is Easter for the non-orthodox population and the orthodox celebrate Easter next Sunday. I see lots of egg dying stuff at the store but no chocolate bunnies

We picked up Masha and Andriy and went to McDonalds for lunch. It's better here as they make it when you order it, and I still think the cheese is better. The McDonalds is located in a mall called Global across town. After McDonalds we took the kids to the ice skating rink and let them have at it. All 5 had a great time and we get a big smile every time they pass by, except for Alyssa who tried to pretend I'm not there. Maybe it's the big faces I make? Jodi and I had a coffee at a little stand by the rink run by three young guys who were very funny and friendly (and spoke a bit of english). After skating the kids did pics in the picture booth and we window shopped until Vitaly came and picked us up. Dropped the kids back off and went back to the apartment for a pit stop.

Then we went out to Andrei and Natasha's house for dinner. Andrei is one of the pastors at the church we attended last Sunday. They have a nice home in a small village outside of Zhytomr that I can neither pronounce or spell. They have 3 teenagers themselves that are all adopted 11 years ago when they were little. We had a great time! We got to see lots of pictures of their family, they sang a couple songs before dinner, very yummy dinner of chicken, i think chicken salad, beet salad and lots of desserts (still haven't eaten anything we didnt like on this trip). Then we talked for quite awhile. Andrei's english is good enough to converse and we have a great time with this family. The kids played games together and had a lot of fun. Made it back to the flat around 11 or so and off to bed :)