Possible New Girl Sasha
I don’t know about the two Tanyas now, but there is a girl named Sasha, age 18, who visited our home while I was in Estonia and will come live with us if she wants to. She is from Gulia’s orphanage! She visited the states several times on the hosting program and a family wanted to adopt her and her younger sister, but she is too old now. They’re still involved in her life and trying to adopt the sister. She is going to clothing design school and can choose to either live with us or live in a dormitory. Her director hopes she comes to us so she doesn’t fall in with the wrong crowd.
The Dormitories
All the girls have the option to live in the dormitory, or in the family. Lucia says usually they all go back to the dormitory after a month in the family, and then those that return again to us from that are the ones that stick it out for two years. In the dormitory they are given meals and can watch TV all day with no rules or responsibilities (then they’re thrown out in the world, some actually believing food just grows in refrigerators, Lucia says). The family life is rigorous. At this point Marina is planning to go back to the dormitory for another year.
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