Day 4: Happy Russian Independence day! haha! We started out by going to the Ministry Center! The first boy to come in was Sergei that we met at Solotcha a few years ago. He graduated at 16 and is now in the city. We thought that he was living in the public dorms, but we found out that he is living with his parents again... he went to the orphanage at a young age because his parents lost their parental rights because of alcoholism and other things... it just breaks my heart to think that he is living in that environment again. Anyway- we came in to the ministry center and a few of the kids started to come in. The older boys really started to open up and started hanging out more on this day. We then went to lunch, and then took a “trolly bus” which everyone renamed a “charly-bus” because it sounds like ‘charly-bus’ in Russian. That’s besides the point haha - so we took public transport over to the bowling alley. We took about 10 of the graduates bowling... it was a lot of fun! There was a lot of laughter and a lot of smiles! After that we walked through the city, and went to the Ryazan kremlin! The buildings and architecture are so beautiful. Walking around with the grads is a great time for conversation... they are really starting to open up!After that, we had dinner and came home to the hotel!
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