New friends and Old Friends in Western Ukraine

This is Marika. She was introduced to me by another student. She is in her third year at a trade school, also a student from the Perechin orphanage. She is very cheerful, and for some reason wanted to be my friend. So, we became friends.
This is Sasha, Marika's brother. He still studies at Perechin orphanage. He's a wonderful musician, and is travelling to Holland next month to play for the prince and for Barak Obama. He was showing me his "extremely cool" reading glasses.
This is Kristina, a first year student at a trade school who was showing me how well she could sew. She is also from Perechin orphanage.
This is Rosen, Vitya, Me, and Andriy. Vitya still attends Perechin orphanage. Andriy now is in his first year at the trade school. These are our two special boys that we put a lot of time and effort into. And we were really happy to see them looking healthy and not freezing. :)
And of course, Kristina again. The other kids told us if I had my hair down, we would look like sisters. I tend to disagree, but you know...similar is relative.

I wasn't able to take pictures at Chaslivtsi orphanage, because a) I would have gotten mobbed by kids wanting to see the pictures, touch the camera, and b) demands to have pictures taken, and c) I was helping with the crafts club, and was working one on one with a highly special needs boy. He was so adorable, and I don't think my hand or my cheek has ever been kissed quite like he kissed them. and yet, we still limited his contact with the glue and the scissors. :)