The day after we got home we started Vacation Bible School. We explained a little bit about it to Aiden and gave him the choice about whether or not he wanted to attend. He was very excited about it and chose to go every night. 
His daddy was the teacher for his class which he thought was way cool, especially since Daddy dressed up as a medieval peasant. (The theme was the armor of God.) I stayed with him and translated as we went. He took it all in with huge wide eyes, never having heard any of this before. He was especially intrigued with the idea of a good kingdom and a bad kingdom and the new concept of King Jesus rising from the dead! He loved making baskets in Grammy's craft class and was pretty adept at it too. He liked the outside games except tag which he thought just looked like a pushing game. He absolutely loves to sing, and is a quick learner, so got a huge kick out of singing along to the theme songs, as best as he could. His older brothers were in the drama so he was fascinated with watching that each evening, and would giggle and gasp along with everyone else at the antics of the bumbling princes and the evil queen.
All in all, he is doing really well. We've had a few bumps in the road, as he grieves for all he had known before, and tries to acclimate to a new family, a new language, a new culture. He's very bright, very affectionate and pretty sensitive to what is going on around him. He blazed through over 20 pages in a math workbook I bought for him yesterday, but is not all that excited about the phonics workbooks. He loves Legos and the cat, and is trying to get used to the dog. He is active and all boy, but also likes to play Uno and Connect Four and put together puzzles.
Your prayers are still much appreciated, we know that the Father has a boundless heart for setting the orphan in families and that He will enable all of us to bring glory to Him if we seek His face through this experience. May He alone receive the praise and honor, for He is worthy.
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