It is so hard to believe that we have been home 6 weeks already! The time is flying by! Oleg is keeping us very busy. We have two soccer practices a week and one or two games on the weekend. We have a break for 3 months from games now, but the practices continue. Oleg love to go to Andretti Thrill Park and ride the go karts and playing in the arcade. He also loves going to an indoor skate park. He has been using his scooter there but wants to get a skate board soon. He loves to be on the go!
School is going ok, though he says he doesn't like it. He is picking up more and more English. We can tell that he understands more and he is speaking more English. We had one of Oleg's friends here for an overnight. They had a couple hours at the skate park and then were home for the rest of the time. I expected more noise but they were pretty quiet. No complaints here!
Oleg is very talkative. He is pretty quiet since he doesn't speak the language well yet. When he gets home he likes to Skype with friends and relatives from Ukraine. As soon as he gets on with friends he talks a mile a minute. It is amazing how fast he can speak Russian. I look forward to when he can speak English as fast, I think.
There are challenges as we all adjust. Oleg gets frustrated sometimes when we don't understand him and when the app on our phones doesn't translate right. Sometimes we tell him something and think he understands only to find out later that he didn't. We can tell that he doesn't like rules. He has been very independant up to now. He is affectionate and happy, most of the time. God is good and we know He is working and has great plans for us all.
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