Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk.

Day 4. Exhausted. Camp hasn't even started yet and I'm finishing these days beat. But today was also an excellent day! 

Of course started off with mama Luba's breakfast. Although pretty soon I think I'll have to tell her I won't be able to eat anymore haha 

After breakfast we walked to the church. It's about a 10 minute drive but about a 30 min walk. The day was hot but a tolerable hot. I enjoyed the sights and sounds bit don't know about the smells hehe once we got to the church, the team of counselors got together to plan what we were going to do at the orphanage later that afternoon. 

At the meeting at church I became friends with one of the counselors little brother. Dima. He became glued to me for the rest of the day. He became my language instructor for the day. We were able to communicate a little more today because I feel I am slowly getting better at the language. But he would Just point at everything and tell me the Ukranian word for the object. He likes to feel my hair lol at least the little I have. 

We then walked some more and visited the town market. A lot people just living their daily lives. I love to people watch..might sound creepy lol but I am intrigued by different cultures, customs, and lifestyles. It's crazy how different life is in another country - regardless of status. We walked into a small store where they were selling Dr. Dre Beats for 45 greevnas which was about 5 American dollars. -_- of course they were fake lol

We began the 30 min walk back home for lunch. Then we walked another 30 mins to the orphanage! Yea we walked a lot today. 

Once the team arrived at the orphanage we introduced ourselves and began playing simons says and singing songs. Then we went outside to play with water balloons and frisbees. Alina shared a bible story with the young kids. She's a natural at being with kids. God is definitely showing me a lot on this trip. Things that I might not have seen or am too distracted at home to see. 

Our time at the orphanage ended or the day. We'll be back tomorrow. We headed back home...yes you guessed it - walked back home! Once we arrived back home we were invited to play volleyball with some of the church members and the four of us..being tired - decided to go anyways. We walked to the church again!!! Well this time just like 10 mins then we took a bus the rest of the way. Volleyball was really fun! I love playing sports! Seriously, I play sports almost everyday back in miami. So it felt good to really sweat. Plus with all of mama Luba's food...I might start running to church from now on. 

Finally returned home. At 10p and it was still sunset here in Ukraine.