Best of Both Worlds: TB Hospital Revisited and the American reception at the Museum

Kat joined those of us on the weekly TB hospital team. We had an interesting turn of events; in the summer, there were probably 20 plus kids on any given day. Now that schools are back in session, the only kids that are left are the ones that aren't allowed to be in contact with other children in the schools. We had a grand total of 6 kids and most of them were very little children. We sang some songs, listened as Oksana told the story of Moses, and did stamping crafts. They were so cute with the stamps! Kat spent most of her time trying to convince little Artyome that he needed to put the ink on the side of the stamp with the picture...not the blank side.

Nastia spent her time cleaning off Alina's hands; she just could not resist getting the ink all over. Bless her.

Lastly, I would like to reiterate that Ukrainians, as a people, are very artsy and good with crafts. This includes middle school boys. They are so very good with their hands. I kind of envy them just a smidge.

After we left the TB hospital, we headed over to the museum next door. We hadn't planned to, but there was a festival going on. We decided to check it out. The museum is dedicated to Korolevki, who was a famous poet (I believe) from Poltava oblast. As we were walking in, the mayor was walking out. Cool. Then, Kat and I found ourselves being whisked around the compound, being shown this and that. I found out that it was because the docent found out we were American and wanted to give us a first-class tour so that we would be educated. There were all kinds of cool things: art work, photography, bead work, doll-making, basket-work, and there was even a man performing some traditional songs. It was really neat! Unfortunately, because of the whisking, I didn't get a lot of pictures. Here's what I have: