Greetings to all on behalf of John, Rick, Elena, Natasha, Tom, and Margaret!
This week the team met with members form the church, in particular Luba, Julia (Luba’s mom), and Tamara (Luba’s grandmother). They had the traditional feast of good and hearty Russian stew (it is magnificent!), topped off with the traditional (and massive artery clogging) chocolate cake! I’m sure delicious hot tea was served with the cake, and I’m equally sure Luba played the piano for all. As you can see in the pictures below, everyone had a good time. If you know Luba, you’ll also note that she is growing up fast.
Also included below are pictures of week #2 graduating class from the Character for Kids Basic Seminar. They’re a great looking bunch of kids, aren’t they? Along with the pictures that Rick sent, he also said he was headed to the local market to buy some goodies for the party tonight (it’s tradition that we host a party in our flat after graduation). They will have a swimmingly wonderful time, I’m just sure of it.
The team there is wrapping it up and getting ready to come home. It will be bittersweet, to be sure. The bitter: having to leave the good people at the church, and leave their Russian kids. The sweet: getting to come home to the good people at Riverside, and their own kids. I am praying for safe travel!
Finally, the team is set to arrive at DFW on Saturday. They are coming in on Lufthansa flight 438S, arriving about 2:30pm…just in case you’re interested in welcoming them home. They will be “one vast substantial smile” when they get off the plane, but they’ll also be ready for a hot meal, a shower, and a pillow.
Mike Odle
April 29, 2009 at 5:41 pm |
Looks like things are going great! Just remember the cake is made of ground nuts, no flour, sooooo since the nuts are very good for you, maybe, just maybe they will cancel out all the SUGAR??????? Give Luba my love!