Questions: Lots of people have been asking questions, so here are the answers.



Do the boys know about each other?

Yes, Sasha and Vasya have been in contact. I don't know when the last time was but they have seen each other. They were both placed in orphanage care in oct. 2005-which ironically was when we were here last but they were not registered for international adoption yet. I haven't been able to ask Vasya yet if he knew about Matthew before we contacted him, most likely he knew his mom was pregnant. I don't think either boy saw Matthew after he was born.



Are we staying with the people we stayed with last time?

No, we are not near that part of Odessa. Odessa has at leat 2 million people and is a huge area of lots of smaller cities. Where Matthew was is on the other side of the sea and would take at least an hour to get there. We hope to go back to his orphanage with a translator but not until we are done with running here.

Last time we were hear no one had pet dogs, there were just dogs and cats everywhere, mostly strays. This time we see all sorts of people with dogs on leashes, which to me is another sign that people are doing better now.