We had a very long, but fun and educational day today! Of course, we started at the orphanage and saw our angel! She was in a great mood and responds very well to anyone that will feed her! So they give the bag of pretzels to me and I am her new best friend! They are trying to teach her to say mama and dada, but since I can't understand and she can't really talk that part is not going as well! No hard feelings, I really wasn't expecting her to start depending on us for much! That will take time! Plus there is going to be such a gap between this time and next time, I will be super happy of she recognizes us then! So after feeding her lunch our translator/attendant took us into the mountain where there is a Church built in 1012. It has 2 additions onto it. One in the 1200's and one in the 1700's. The painting inside is incredible and it is beyond intersting to see how the artist viewed Jesus and the saints at that time. Wow. I bought a book so I can show everybody! Then we went to the history museum and saw things they have been finding in graves as they built modern buildings. Some of these things were from 6,000+ years ago. It was incredible that these things have been saved. They had a collection of pure gold bowls and glasses that had been buried with a king that, she said, travels around the globe because it was such a rare find! It really was neat and I am not that much into museums!!!
We returned to the orphanage to visit for the afternoon and played in the tiny room for awhile, then we were able to go outside again! I will probably sound like I am repeating myself everyday, but this is the routine. It was nice, she gave us hugs and kisses when we left and made me feel even more guilty that when Friday comes we are going to have to leave her there.
We ate dinner at Leo's pizza again because it is the only place right next to the hotel. We haven't tried the hotel restaurant yet, maybe tomorrow! We then headed out to the mall to check that out! I got a couple of things I can't mention because they may be for people reading this:)
I am hoping tomorrow we can go back downtown for some souvenir shopping! Thank you so much for all the love and prayers you are sending this way! I find such comfort in them!! Until tomorrow.....
The snail house is used for a daycare or preschool. Matt knows more of the history but he fell asleep already so I will have to update later!
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