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Our New Son Aleksei, from Russia with Love.  2004
Click on the thumbnails for a bigger picture! New pictures from Russia!
    Ron & Aleksei and Barb & Aleksei getting to know each other in Tyumen

What does Aleksei like to do?  Anything that involves, the pool, a bike, cars,  drawing, soccer, and just playing!  He's a typical almost eight year old boy.

The Needs of the Embaevsky Children's Home (EDD)
The EDD was built in 1942. There has been little renovation over the years aside from painting & patching.  Any monies that are available are used to clothe, feed & otherwise care for the children of Embaevsky.  The children are overall properly fed, cared for & attend a local public school.  The children of the orphanage have won numerous awards in the arts & music over the years.  There is little left over for anything else.  Adopting families normally bring over humanitarian aid (medicines, educational supplies, etc.) when we pick up our children for the final adoption. It is truly amazing what the directors and staff manage to do with so little, especially considering the fact that there are over 90 children aged 5 to 17 living in the home.

As you can see in the pictures, the children are beautiful, bright-eyed & well-mannered.  They just need homes with loving families.  They want to be able to succeed in life.

 

The conditions of the orphanage are: clean but run down (roll your mouse over the pictures for details).  As I mentioned, funds are used to feed, clothe, care & house 90 plus children.  The walls have too many coats of paint on them, the linoleum floors are rippling, windows & doors need to be replaced.  If you would like to help, Barbara & I will be returning to pick up our son before mid-June (2004) and would like to present the orphanage with a monetary donation to help defray the costs of some of renovations.  Future gifts may be forwarded to Cradle of Hope Adoption Center & those funds will be passed on to the orphanage.  Email or call me at 203-377-0100, for further details.

The Front of the Embaevsky Children's Home with a few of the children we had met looking out the windows  The EDD greenhouse where a lot of their fresh seasonal vegetables are grown  The children live in groups of 10 to 12. This is the kitchen area of the living suite. The girl is one of the group, hoping for a family.

This is the dance recital room. On the back wall is a display of the awards that the children have won.  The main stairway leading to the children's living area. The stair need new tiles badly. 

A little bit about our sons & Russia.  Kolya & Aleksei are from the Tyumen region of Russia. The Tyumen Region is two time zones East of Moscow & stretches from Kazakhstan in the south all the way up to the Arctic, a huge area.  It is the "gateway" to Siberia & Russia's oil production region. The area is mainly flat with fields and groves of silver birches.  Covered in snow it was quite beautiful!  The city of Tyumen is situated about 1/2 way between Ekaterinberg & Omsk with a population of approximately 600,000. Kolya's orphanage was located 60 miles east of Tyumen.  The orphanage was clean (you could eat off the floor under the refrigerator!) and well-kept. The children are happy, well-fed, well-mannered and healthy. The Russian orphanages are nothing like the Romanian or other Eastern-block orphanages that you've seen on TV. It was heart-braking to leave behind the other children in his group. Barbara & I cried when we saw the other children hugging & shaking Kolya's hand as he said "good-bye" for the last time.  Kolya was the first child in about 6 years to be adopted from that orphanage.  Aleksei is one of several children who have been adopted in the past 2 years.  A bit of trivia: during World War II, Lenin's body was transferred to Tyumen for safe-keeping! 

Moscow is a beautiful city. The Russian people are beautiful folks.  And after 70 years of Communist oppression, capitalism is beginning to flourish. Try as they did to abolish God, the church is thriving!  Hotels & restaurants are world-class.  The sites are breath-taking.  In the spring & summer, it's got to be beautiful with all the flowers & trees in bloom.

If you would like information about adopting an older Russian child (5 to 13 years old), I would be honored to talk to you.  Please feel free to email me or even call me in the office (203-377-0100).

For further information on the Bridge of Hope Summer Program 2007, you may want to attend one of these upcoming events in their various locales.  Please call the local contact person for exact times & locations:

Silver Spring, MD      Patrice Gancie, 301-587-4400
 

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