Going for Gold!

Last Thursday, October 16th, Roman traveled with his some of his classmates and teachers to the University of Delaware, where he participated in Soccer skills with the Special Olympics of Delaware.



When Jim and I arrived at the field he seemed completely shocked to see us there! He didn't know what to do at first, but after he realized we weren't leaving he scooted over and said "Ma-ma!" Of course I thought that was as cute as ever so I sat down next to him...We watched some of the more severly handicapped kids participate first and he was really into watching them. Then, after a little while it was his turn to go down onto the field...

The first skill he got to "show off" was his ability to dribble the ball. He was hillarious...he didn't really dribble as much as he catapulted the ball from one spot to the other. He loved it...he was all smiles the entire time and he even loved watching his classmates participate.


The second skill was shooting from a running position--which he did beautifully! And his final skill was shooting the soccer ball into the goal--he had five chances to shoot the ball into the net and he made it all 5 times! He was so excited!



The day ended with a medals ceremony....as soon as he saw his buddies getting their medals he got really excited b/c he knew he was about to get one too...in the picture on the left he is looking at the police officer with such anticipation! Once that medal was placed around his neck he didn't want to take it off...so cute!













Here he is (right) with Daddy...posing w/his medal! What a fun day we had!

We couldn't help but think about how far he has come in such a short amount of time...If only his orphanage director could see him now! It is still hard to believe that he is the same child that we saw just 2 years ago--so little and seemingly frail. We are so proud of him and thankful to God for the amazing work He is doing in Roman's life.

Hope you enjoyed the pics!
For all of the Weaver crew...
Karen