Monday, March 30, 2009

We spent the morning with Olla, our translator, doing the paperwork to file another petition to meet with SDA. This has to be done in order to obtain another appointment with SDA for more referrals for children. Lots of waiting and paperwork!! Our translator, Olla is great. When we finished doing business she then took us to see the WWII museum located in Kiev on the Dnieper River. Sightseeing with Olla is great, since she can read and speak this language and English. Herbert doesn't have to use the Russian dictionary trying to translate words. We were also able to eat lunch and know what we were ordering. It's not easy trying to read menus in Ukrainian. Some places do have English menus, but then it is hard for them to understand what we are ordering since they have difficulty reading and understanding English. However, we are having a great time learning the Ukrainian way and their culture.