Fresh Snow and New Names

We visited Nadia and Ruslan yesterday and it was a little easier. Ruslan's face glows with happiness and he and Andrew are double trouble. They have a lot of fun together. Nadia is more guarded,but is friendly in a quiet teenage way.

We practiced English with them and gave them more simple gifts. Ruslan worked on his Rubik's cube and Nadia liked the silver K initial necklace and put it on. We told them about their new names and Ruslan was very happy about it: Nicholas Ruslan King but Nadia was shocked when she heard hers: Nadia Leonora King. I quickly said it could be a different name, and am not sure if it was the name, or just the concept of a new name that bothered her. If she wanted to change Nadia, or have something besides Leonora, that would have been fine, but she clammed up and said it was fine.

As we left the school, the boys had a snowball fight before making a big snowman. The snow was fresh and beautiful. We giggled in the cool outside air and I could envision this being fun.



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