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Help[Games] Welcome Yesfir, Aleksandr, Maja, Nicolaas, Iosif, and Zoja!!
in reply to a message by gabriellagrace
You got six children from Eastern Europe!
Yesfir is 7 years old. She is from Moscow, Russia. Her father, an American expatriate, was shot and killed in the city, and her mother could not afford to keep her. Yesfir requests to keep in contact with her sister Rahil, who is 13 and has been placed with a family in Cincinnati, Ohio. She speaks both Russian and English. She has been raised in a religious Jewish household and sobbed with happiness when she learned she would be placed with an Israeli-American family. She has led a sheltered lifestyle and as such, is not accustomed to a social life. She loves cats and would like a kitten of her own someday. She has dark brown, curly hair and golden-brown eyes.
Aleksandr is also 7. He comes from Brest, Belarus. He has grown up speaking Yiddish and Russian. He knows no English and cannot read the alphabet (he can only read and write in Russian). His family is more culturally Jewish than religiously, as Belarus is predominantly Orthodox Christian. Alek has grown up in an orphanage, so he has a great talent for making friends with children with disabilities and emotional issues. He is outgoing and friendly and very athletic. He has curly brown hair and heterochromia; his left eye is green and his right blue.
Maja is from Slovenia. She is 5 years old. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She was not raised Jewish, but she was not raised with any religion, so she can learn. She speaks English and Slovenian. She was found abandoned as a baby and a woman named Liljana took her in. However, her resources were not plentiful, and she has to give her up. She requests to remain in contact with Maja. Maja is a little slow intellectually, but loves to draw and play with other children. She loves having stories read to her. She also loves music and dance, and she would like to dance ballet when she comes to New York.
Nicolaas, who goes by Niek, is from Maastricht, the Netherlands. He is 3 years old. He is very shy and withdrawn, being the youngest in an abusive family of 7 children. He likes to sing to himself and chew his fingers. He has a hard time meeting new people, but will flourish, given individual attention. His family is ethnically Jewish, but his religious upbringing has not been strict. He speaks the beginnings of Dutch, English, and Hebrew. He has light brown hair and blue eyes.
Iosif is 18 months old and comes from Perm, Russia. He has thick black hair and brown eyes.
Zoja is an infant from Hungary. She has blue eyes.
Congratulations on your new family members, and keep us updated!
Yesfir is 7 years old. She is from Moscow, Russia. Her father, an American expatriate, was shot and killed in the city, and her mother could not afford to keep her. Yesfir requests to keep in contact with her sister Rahil, who is 13 and has been placed with a family in Cincinnati, Ohio. She speaks both Russian and English. She has been raised in a religious Jewish household and sobbed with happiness when she learned she would be placed with an Israeli-American family. She has led a sheltered lifestyle and as such, is not accustomed to a social life. She loves cats and would like a kitten of her own someday. She has dark brown, curly hair and golden-brown eyes.
Aleksandr is also 7. He comes from Brest, Belarus. He has grown up speaking Yiddish and Russian. He knows no English and cannot read the alphabet (he can only read and write in Russian). His family is more culturally Jewish than religiously, as Belarus is predominantly Orthodox Christian. Alek has grown up in an orphanage, so he has a great talent for making friends with children with disabilities and emotional issues. He is outgoing and friendly and very athletic. He has curly brown hair and heterochromia; his left eye is green and his right blue.
Maja is from Slovenia. She is 5 years old. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She was not raised Jewish, but she was not raised with any religion, so she can learn. She speaks English and Slovenian. She was found abandoned as a baby and a woman named Liljana took her in. However, her resources were not plentiful, and she has to give her up. She requests to remain in contact with Maja. Maja is a little slow intellectually, but loves to draw and play with other children. She loves having stories read to her. She also loves music and dance, and she would like to dance ballet when she comes to New York.
Nicolaas, who goes by Niek, is from Maastricht, the Netherlands. He is 3 years old. He is very shy and withdrawn, being the youngest in an abusive family of 7 children. He likes to sing to himself and chew his fingers. He has a hard time meeting new people, but will flourish, given individual attention. His family is ethnically Jewish, but his religious upbringing has not been strict. He speaks the beginnings of Dutch, English, and Hebrew. He has light brown hair and blue eyes.
Iosif is 18 months old and comes from Perm, Russia. He has thick black hair and brown eyes.
Zoja is an infant from Hungary. She has blue eyes.
Congratulations on your new family members, and keep us updated!
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So far we have been having a fabulous time with our new family, and we plan on keeping the good times rolling. When we picked up the children, we decided to go West to East. After a long-haul 8 hour flight we arrived in Amsterdam and went to a hotel, for the night. The next morning we woke up late. After brunch we ventured to Maastricht and walked around, waiting for our hearing. After we got approved we hurried over to the orphanage where Nick was. At first he was a little bit concerned seeing as we were two strange adults and two strange children. Soon Tali began conversing with him and before we knew it he was holding her hand, still quiet. It was kind of funny because Tali has always been the louder one, so naturally I would have assumed it would be Ella who broke the silent spell. Nope. She was shy. By the end of the afternoon the three of them were skipping down the avenue together. We spent two more days in the Netherlands (both stormy) before we flew to Slovenia. The day we flew was suprisingly clear, for Amsterdam, and Nick was nervous as it was his first time on an airplane. We arrived in Slovenia midday and went to get Maya. We didn't need a hearing here. When Maya saw us she ran and threw her arms around us, obviously excited. She seemed to be alot more like Tali, than Ella. Once again the children happily walked together and three days later we headed to Hungary, but not before we visited Liljana and thanked her for her kindness. We got to Hungary at 8pm and everyone was tired. Nick, Ella, and Tali were sleepily stumbling after me, but Maya was asleep and Yoav carried her. That night I went by myself to pick up Zoe. When Zoe first saw me she was ok with me wanting to be near her but when I picked her up she began to scream! Eventually she calmed down and fell asleep and I took her to meet the rest of her family. The day after the next we flew to Belarus. We got there in the afternoon and hurried to get Alex.
So far we have been having a fabulous time with our new family, and we plan on keeping the good times rolling. When we picked up the children, we decided to go West to East. After a long-haul 8 hour flight we arrived in Amsterdam and went to a hotel, for the night. The next morning we woke up late. After brunch we ventured to Maastricht and walked around, waiting for our hearing. After we got approved we hurried over to the orphanage where Nick was. At first he was a little bit concerned seeing as we were two strange adults and two strange children. Soon Tali began conversing with him and before we knew it he was holding her hand, still quiet. It was kind of funny because Tali has always been the louder one, so naturally I would have assumed it would be Ella who broke the silent spell. Nope. She was shy. By the end of the afternoon the three of them were skipping down the avenue together. We spent two more days in the Netherlands (both stormy) before we flew to Slovenia. The day we flew was suprisingly clear, for Amsterdam, and Nick was nervous as it was his first time on an airplane. We arrived in Slovenia midday and went to get Maya. We didn't need a hearing here. When Maya saw us she ran and threw her arms around us, obviously excited. She seemed to be alot more like Tali, than Ella. Once again the children happily walked together and three days later we headed to Hungary, but not before we visited Liljana and thanked her for her kindness. We got to Hungary at 8pm and everyone was tired. Nick, Ella, and Tali were sleepily stumbling after me, but Maya was asleep and Yoav carried her. That night I went by myself to pick up Zoe. When Zoe first saw me she was ok with me wanting to be near her but when I picked her up she began to scream! Eventually she calmed down and fell asleep and I took her to meet the rest of her family. The day after the next we flew to Belarus. We got there in the afternoon and hurried to get Alex.
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