More Tuesday

At the orphanage on Tuesday we sat in the director's office waiting for Nahstya. She had many questions for us-just out of curiousity she said, she is not a judge and just wanted us to be sincere. She said it is very hard for Russians to understand why people who can have their own children would want to adopt,especially if they already have children. She also was curious as to why we choose Nastya, especailly due to her disability, even though she also said that her disability is minor and that she thinks she will do wonderfully with a family. I will post more about this after our adoption process is finished
She also wanted to know how the economy effects us Americans, if there is really a difference. I gave her a run down on mortgages and what foreclosure was. She was surprised mostly to hear that the magority of our money at the beginning of the loan goes toward interest. She said that Russians thinks they have it worse, but that she thinks it is better because at least 50% of their payment goes toward the payment of the loan. That does sound more fair doesn't it?
I can't recall all of what we talked about but it was very interesting. She asked if we wanted to see what one of the groups looked like and we said of course!!! Basically the children are split into 4 groups. And each has their own play area, with tables to eat their meals at, a bathroom, and bedroom. I cannot tell you how surprised I was by how nice it was. I was told that her orphanage was much nicer than others, but it is nicer than most American preschools! And very clean. We had to wear covers on our shoes, we had to wear these also when we went to the clinic.
The walls are all painted there are many toys, and child sizes furniture. They each have a small closet type space where they keep their coat, boots, hat, mittens, etc... for going outside. We also gave them the bag of donations, they were especially thankful for the small underwear-thanks Lynn!! And after seeing the children I would say that they could use very small-like 2T size boys underwear the most. Most of the employees we came in contact with were very nice, they would smile and greet us, we were especially fond of the paperwork lady and the music lady.