Zhaus Dauren

We went to visit the Children orphanage...These children all live here because their parents cannot take care of them. Their parents may visit them, but most of the time they don't. These children remain here until they are 18. A lot these these children are sponsored by American families...what this means is that the American Family will send them $30/month and write them letters. These kids love their American Families, because that is their only connection to feeling like they are apart of a family. When we arrived, these kids swarmed us, like we were famous movie stars. They circled around Craig, because he was taking their pictures and he was wearing a Moscow Hockey Jersey. They were sooooo intrigued with him! They even wanted the shirt off his back. We passed out letters and photos from their American Families, and held them like it was a precious letter. These kids were great...I wanted to take some of them home too. I inquired about one girl that caught my eye...she is the one in the photo w/me. She is 13, has two sisters, and she loves sports...She has an American Sponsor family in NY, but didn't find out if she was available for adoption..I am waiting to hear from the orphanage. If anyone wants to know more about Zhaus Dauren and becoming a sponsor family...please let me know. Counting down the days until we get home. We will be leaving Uralsk in a few days back to Almaty, awaiting Mckenna passport..Once we get that, we are Home Bound!