Not much is new here. We still don't know what our court date is yet. Y is supposed to call the judge this afternoon to find out when it is. We will let you know.

Yesterday we went to see the kids from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and today we went from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will go back at 4 p.m. again. Our American friends have been going in the evenings. They were told they do not like us to visit very often because it disrupts the system, but we were not told that so we are going to keep going as often as we can. We have been practising our English with our flash cards, playing badminton, soccer, monkey in the middle and anything else you can do with a ball. We have been bring food everytime we visit. Yogurt drinks, juice boxes, kielbasa, cheese, bread, bananas, anything that we can find that is healthy. We have been bringing meat, fruits and dairy regularly...I don't thing they get very much at the orphanage. Although I must say it's a very, very nice orphanage.

Tonight we are going out for dinner and to play pool with our American friends at 6 when all four of us are done visiting the kids. We are looking forward to it. They are sure nice and it's so nice to have someone to hang out with.

Some more observations;
- we have seen 2 pick up trucks the entire time we have been here
- they LOVE cooking with mushrooms
- they LOVE cooking with cabbage
- they LOVE fish

Driving rules for Kyiv;
1. there are no rules
2. pedestrians do NOT have the right of way
3. if there are 4 lanes, make 5. if your car is small enough, make 6
4. if you are getting tired of waiting on the freeway in the traffic jam (or maybe it's just a very busy street), take the sidewalk
5. people on the sidewalk better get out of the way of the cars on the sidewalk (see rule #2)
6. the lines on the road are for decoration ONLY
7. use your horn LOTS

Rules for driving in Lugansk;
if you are in line for the train, go into the other lane (for the other direction) and go to the front. when the railway crossing arms go up, cross back into your lane and go first