One of my favorite memories from hosting L and S is when we took them to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The first thing we did at the visitor's center was ask for Russian speaking guides so the girls would understand everything. Two sister missionaries were found for us. One was from Latvia and the other from Russia. I introduced our family and then L and S as visiting us from Ukraine. The Russian missionary asked if the girls were from an orphanage. She said she could tell they were because she was raised in one herself in Russia. She erased any lingering fears I had that hosting the girls could hurt them by thanking us several times for hosting them. She told us that while she was never chosen to be hosted herself, she saw the beneficial effects hosting had on the chosen orphans.
Our family enjoyed visiting with both missionaries. We were excited to tell the Latvian sister that the orphan hosting program also hosts orphans from Lativa. L and S enjoyed communicating with them in Russian.
Our family with the two missionaries.
L and S loved the sisters! Russian missionary is on left.
sister Sazonova!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhh what a wonderful girl!
ReplyDeleteYes, she is wonderful. I just loved her. ~Arin
DeleteNice the sister from Latvia is my dear friend:) Sister Shneide is so amazing thank you for this post:)) Hope all works for your adoption:))
ReplyDeleteWe were able to talk to Sister Shneide a lot as Sister Sazonova was speaking Russian with L and S. I loved her too. ~Arin
DeleteWe loved both sisters. We were very blessed to meet them and enjoyed talking with them. I am very curious how you each found this blog?!
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