Day 7 This was the second full day of camp and it was filled with many activities but more importantly we are getting to know the kids better. One of the kids that stands out is Nazar. The statistics for kids that graduate from Ukrainian orphanages are very bad but some still somehow succeed. It seems to me that Nazar will be among them.
Nazar is always happy, always smiling and playing around, and always ready to pitch in and help. He was orphaned at birth and had foster parents until he was ten years old when he entered the orphanage system. When asked what his experience was like being in foster care he will tell you that it was very good. When asked what it was like to be put in an orphanage he will tell you that it was fine. He says he’s very flexible. He graduated from the orphanage at age 16 and was pretty much on his own after that. He entered technical school and is now in his second year there. A year ago he came in contact with one of our translators here (Olya) who is a strong Christian along with her husband. Since then she has taken him under her wing and he asked her if he could call her his sister. She, of course, agreed. Nazar was baptized in February and is now her sister in Christ.
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