Left Providence for Moscow via JFK - all flights on time. Arrived Moscow half an hour early. Elena, our interpreter, met us at the airport. We were very tired due to little sleep. After settling in at Courtyard Marriott, we went for walk around town. Quick look at Red Square Kremlin, Bolshoi Theatre and St. Basil's Cathredral - as well as GUM department store. Past government buildings with security armed with uhzi guns. Had dinner at hotel and look forward to a good nights sleep and going to orphanage to meet child tomorrow.

Met with Elena and Sergei in morning about 1030 hours. From there, we went to Ministry of Education to get approval to go to orphanage to meet Andrewski. After filing the correct paperwork and a long drive though Moscow we arrived at orphanage. There we met doctors and staff responsible to children. To our surprise, a very cute little boy came through the door - very curious to see what was going on! with him sitting him on Lisas lap we were able to ask about his habits - eating, sleeping, likes and dislikes. We watched him gulp down a teacup full of water to the very last drop. After that, we were able to take him to a play area where we were able to take many photos and watch him mechanically empty a bag of toys and replace them and repeat process several times - he seemed very happy, smiling and laughing and appeared to enjoy our company. We were able to spend about an hour with him by ourselves. He particlularly liked the photo album we had brought for him (surprisingly more than the toy that we brought!) We could see he was tired - he has a mild respiratory problem - and we left him to take a nap. It was a long drive back to hotel through Moscow rush hour traffic. We both can't wait to see him again tomorrow and have organized to visit in the morning. We are both very happy on todays events!