This is a picture of Valera when he came to visit in January. Valera is 12 years old with a heartwarming smile and sweet spirit. One of my favorite stories about our visit with Valera was when he got a hold of my "walkman". (Valera didn't know how "behind the times" I was!) At any rate, Valera put the headphones on and walked around the house for hours listening to whatever CD was in there at the time. I figured it didn't really matter which CD it was considering he didn't understand English. You can imagine how surprised we all were when one night, while walking around with the walkman on, we heard him singing in his Russian accent "Tonight gonna be a good good night, Tonight gonna be a good good night". I was shocked! If I had known that he was picking up on the lyrics, I would have put in a CD with "Jesus loves me this I know" on it!
I look forward to the day we see Valera again. I plan on bringing the walkman and giving it to him that day. Upon seeing his face, I will be the one singing "Tonight's gonna be a good good night. Tonight's gonna be a good good night."
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