Alright! So here is how the chicken incident played out! I ended up making soup out of it and it was Delicious. I also think I am going to be adopting a kitten from the orphanage because the baby kitty is scared of the children! One little girl came up to me and said maybe if you take the cat home with you the cat won't be scared anymore!! AHHHHH.......now I need to figure this one out! She is a cute little baby girl kitty and I am allowed to have them in my apt! Any who I went to a really cute children's outdoor theater skit tonight out at our local hospital! It was really nice! Yesterday, I took the kids for a walk and let two boys film themselves singing because one of them is trying out for a "Bulgarian idol" here and he needed the clip for his application! Of course, I asked first if the boy could do it and it was obviously OK. We had to show the clip to the director and she approved it! He will try out the first of Sept and I really hope he gets in he is really good! Today, I helped a child at the center learn English as well as the director of the whole orphanage! This Wed I am going to Sofia to the Peace Corp headquarters and to the police station to get my linchna carta, which allows me to live here for one year and I will need to reapply next year......FUN STUFF!! One thing I love about this place is whenever I go on walks the kids and I can pick fresh grapes, apples, cherries, raspberries, pears, and other fruits I can't say in Bulgarian off the trees and vines because they are everywhere here! The other day some woman told me to come and talk to her and I did of course and I ended up leaving her house with three tomatoes and some really tiny, what I believe are blueberries, and when you mix it with yogurt here it is so yummy! Tonight, I am going to lay low and maybe try and study some more language later! I hope you are all well and I miss you all a lot!

Love always,

Me