Fall 2011

	Children’s corner

 Our beloved American friends, we are happy to greet you after this long time. First, we would like to tell you what a great summer we have had. Most of us have worked in summer camps, such as Katya V., Nastya G., Natasha K., Anya P., Ksusha G., some of us rested at summer camps too, such as Sveta B. Olya and Dima S. went to visit their sister’s family and their grandmother, Dima worked the whole time he was there, and Olya helped her sister taking care of her two children. You would be glad to know that one of our graduates, Olya Verbovatyh, has given birth to a healthy boy. Lubov went to see her at the maternity ward and passed on the onesies that Laura and Bill sent over in summer. We doubt they even knew about her pregnancy, how amazing is that? Everyone was happy to receive the toys kindly sent by Bill and Laura. Thank you so much for your care. We had a lot of graduates at the end of August, most of whom got into technical schools and colleges, Natasha K. got into university, she will study to be a veterinarian. Among others, Nastya G. is studying to be a seamstress now and Vika K. is going to become a logistics manager. We are so proud of them and will try to follow in their footsteps.

	Staff corner

 Good day to everyone. Hopefully you all have had a great summer and your families are happy and well. First of all we would like to thank you for taking the opportunity and sending each child a little something to celebrate the beginning of the new academic year. Thank you so much for the medical supplies too. It is wonderful that although you were not able to physically visit us this year, we can still feel your presence in the orphanage. The new school year started with four new children, three of whom are boys, so we have five boys living here right now. Aliosha K. studies at the military school during the week and comes over for the weekend. We are proud of his sister Natasha who entered a university this August; it truly is the best reward we could get for our work. Although having new children is always a challenge, we are positive about this year, we hope that with hard work and perseverance more and more graduates will be as accomplished as Natasha. Thank you for all of your help and care. Please stay in touch.

	Discipler’s corner

 Good day, everyone. I have had the pleasure of meeting the new children at Chentsy, they are lively and extremely energetic. You would love spending time with them. This year we will continue cooking with the elder girls, as well as start scrapbooking with them. We will keep teaching how to work on the computer with the boys. We will of course do crafts, which the little ones enjoy a lot, so expect many letters and cards in the months to come. The new children are really looking forward to meeting friends from abroad via mail. They have all written little letters about how they spent their summer and included them into their cards the other day. Please write back soon. I am very excited about this year and hopefully you are too.

Peace be with you and your families,

Children, staff and discipler of Chentsy orphanage

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