Sunday surprise

At night when we tuck Andrei in, we tell him about something that will happen the next day, so Saturday night we told him there was church the next day. He said he didn't want to go, so we told him there would be a surprise at church (I thought the Bible Bucks store would be open - if you read your Bible, you get Bible Bucks and can buy something). He got all excited and said - Jesus? and proceeded to act out Jesus flying down from heaven and then getting crucified on the cross. (I think that was it - we weren't really clear on the whole thing.) We were trying not to laugh and at the same time saying, no, no that's not the surprise. Then he said it was sad when Jesus died, but it's okay because "Jesus Hooray! chu-chu balit (little hurt)" - I'm guessing because he rose from the dead. It was very funny.

So the Bible Bucks store was actually not open, so we didn't have a surprise for Andrei. Also, Jesus did not fly down from heaven.

Then Brent came home after second service and said we did have a surprise for him. There was a family visiting that was starting a Russian speaking church in Milwaukee, and we thought Andrei might want to talk to them. So we brought him in and introduced them. He said hello, how are you, and then asked what part of Russia Andrei was from. Andrei said - no, not Russia - I'm American!
There were a lot of people around so we went into an office to talk more privately. We asked the man to ask if Andrei had anything he wanted to tell us, and Andrei covered his ears and ran out of the room. lol I guess not. The couple said they understood, and that he was probably confused by the whole thing. We chatted for a few minutes and then headed back home. He was acting a little sad, so we were sure to tell him - "No more Detsky Dom (orphanage) - only America - a long long long long time." and Andrei said "Yes, good bye Russia, all English, allllll English."

I guess he wants to stay :)