This is Leza and Tema with us in Leza's room. She shared this room with four other girls.

St. Andrews Cathedral, next door to the SDAPRC, or
"The State Department for Adoption and Protection of Rights of the Child"
This church was built in 1754 and is now a museum. Legend has it that it was the spot where St. Andrew erected a cross and prophesied the foundation of a great Christian city in what was then a sparsely inhabited area.

These are the original photos of Tamerlan and Loueza,
ages 6 and 5, when they first entered the orphanage in 2000.

The train from Kiev to Simferopol

Tanya visiting us in our 5 star hotel.
Straight out the window behind us it's about 100 yards to the Black Sea.
It's too cold to swim right now, but it sure looks to me like good fishing.

Alexander and Leza with us in his office.

Tema's room is on the second floor, Leza's on the third. Tanya's room is in a different building.

Ed, our facilitator and translator, doing what he does best - getting signatures and stamps.

Tema and Linda in the Medpunkt (nurses office) where he stayed for a few days
with a fever and sore throat. If my Russian were better, I could tell him it was a good call -
yesterday all he missed out on was shopping for girl clothes.

Taking advantage of all the waiting time.
Two new songs in the bag and one on the way.

Leza claims to be interested in soccer and not music, but maybe there's hope. 
I wonder if Mel Bay books are available in Russian?

When you can't speak the language, and need a way
to entertain teenagers, this DVD will do it!

For it's role in WWII, Kerch was designated a "Hero City Of The Soviet Union"
The griffon atop this monument is the city's mascot.

Panticapaum - meaning "Fish Road", a Greek Colony from 600 BC.