Meeting Family

Misha called us this morning to tell us that his sister and her husband and little girl were coming to the camp to meet us. We have been so anxious to meet his sister, they have been very dependent on each other for a very long time and he loves her very much. Before we could go we got to change apartments. When you rent apartments over here and you want a one bedroom and they only have two they lock the second bedroom door, so in our case they locked the door that had the air conditioning unit. We've slept with mosquitos and they love Kent!! We also haven't had hot water, so this change will be nice. Our new apartment smells so much better!! Do we sound like spoiled Americans?? On the way to the camp we ran into this little family walking in the forrest in the pouring rain, it was Misha's sister. They had been walking a long distance and Lana was wearing high heels, which basically all the women do here. We had such a good meeting with her. She is only three days older than my own daughter. She just turned 18 and she has a two year old daughter. She is very sad about separating from Misha but feels that this is what is best for his future. She filled me in a lot more on their family situation and it was even more heart breaking than we had thought. She is a lovely girl with beautiful skin and eyes. Her daughter is a total doll, full of energy and smiles. We visited with them for a while and hope to meet a few more times with them before we go. We went back later that night to hang out with the kids. All the kids were now playing some of the games Kent had taught them the day before. Ruslan also taught Kent a new game which is basically like our paper, scissors, rock game, but when you lose you get flicked in the head really hard. All the boys wanted to play this with Kent. He went home with quite the headache!