Olga has internet!

I don't write about Olga often because communication has been pretty hit and miss, but technology is now allowing us to become close even though we have never officially met. For those of you who aren't aware, we hosted a little Russian girl many, many years ago. She went back to Russia and went on to be adopted by Americans. However, before she left her orphanage, she gave Olga our information. Eventually we got a letter from Olga out of the blue. In those days, translations were so tedious as they had to be translated by hand. I bought a very good translating cd as we got involved with Rakieta several months later so at least I could type in English and translate it into Russian characters. Otherwise we may never have gotten the relationship off the ground.
Anyway, Olga just informed me that I was not writing back fast enough (something all the girls are accusing me of-I just can't seem to get control of my time because of all work involved with the grandparents and their passing) and that she now has wireless internet so she can talk all the time. I am not sure if she has internet via phone or if she now has a computer, but Olga is now officially online! I will assume that there will be nonstop communication now if she is like most other young people. So as soon as I get a new photo I will post it here.
This is pretty cool. When we met Olga, I had to address her packages and letters in Russian characters and Rakieta's family who only spoke tribal dialect required 6 months of actively looking for a translator to communicate at all. That seems a like a lifetime ago now. Rakieta's family now has internet skills, multiple cell phones and a mailbox sponsored by us and now Olga is able to be online regularly.
I thank God a lot for the gift of modern technology!