The kids missed their flight so they had to stay in Germany one night. They had a detour at customs so all of us who were waiting at the exit with our signs had to go up to departure to meet them. Serg the chaperone was burnt out you could see. He just wanted to get going. It was a little chaos but all of a sudden Vadym appeared through crowd and pointed to himself in my poster. I knelt down and tried to hug him but he stiffened up. He was all smiles and we took a bunch of pictures. He pulled out our letter to him from his backpack and pointed to Giuliana in the pictures. I told him she was at home and he said “home’ and smiled. I then pulled out the Ukraine/English picture book and he pointed directly at the pool. I then pointed to the photo of the pool in our letter and asked if he wanted to swim and he got very excited and said yes.
We dealt with the paperwork and said our goodbyes and headed out with Vadym and the chaperone. Vadym instantly changed his demeanor and would not talk. By the time we got to our truck he was tearing up. I think he was super sad to leave his friend Bogdon on top of being extremely tired and scared. The chaperone went to smoke and Vadym thought he was leaving and burst out in sobs. He then passed out on the way home. He followed Serg everywhere and you could see he was his security. He did little sobs and would go outside and pace back and forth. He did not want anything to do with me or Gregorio. Grego tried very hard to communicate with him but it was too overwhelming for him. The chaperone kept giving him pep talks and making him laugh but when he would leave to his room Vadym would freak out.
He did not want to shower but Serg sent him in. I made him a nice bubble bath and gave him clean clothes and he came out in tears.
He would not eat or drink and they both were asleep by 5 pm. At midnight he woke up screaming and I had to assure him that Serg was there but sleeping. We sat on the couch and played on Google Translate and played Chess. At 2:30 am I told him it was time for bed and he went like a good little boy. At 5:30 am he woke up screaming again. I got up and he made me open the computer game and assure him again that Serg was there.
I fell asleep on the couch and he saw me and went back to bed. I then heard him get up and go outside to see Serg. Serg was also awake and I could hear them talking.
Serg is a kick. He and Gary hit it off instantly and he is amazing and comforting to the children.
Day one complete and on to day two. I can see this boy is deathly afraid of me and I am super scared what is going to happen when Serg leaves to the next family in a couple days.
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