Sunday 12 Sept 2010

Quick update on the week.  Pretty normal week at the office.  A sister next door to the office came over and invited us to lunch.  So that was a new event for us.  They have a Russian soup here that all the Russians love and eat a lot of.  I do not like it at all and of course that is what we had.  I ate as much as I could. But she was a very nice lady and it was a very kind thing she did for us.
There is also a Russian Soda here that they all love.  We tried it Tues. night with the elders. It taste like yeast and smells like beer.  Horrible..
Sister Sorenson's is making a grandmothers quilt.  She is making one piece for each missionary she has while they are here for 3 yrs.  It is beautiful and it is all done by hand.  Gene picked our piece.
This weekend has been District Conference that is like our stake conference.  We had Sunday's session at a place called the Amber Plaza. It is like an expo center. Moscow is looking so forward to having a stake in the near future, but Gene and I were saying they will need a stake center to have a stake.  Their little branches are just in small buildings. Conference has been good.  One of the speakers said it was his first time he had ever spoke in a meeting.  We still watch how young the church is here. The saints are just learning and so willing to learn. 
Sat night Gene was asking what Metros we needed to take to get to the Amber Plaza.  A member sitting near by heard him and asked if he could pick us up.  Gene accepted.  It would of taken us 11/2 hrs by bus and metro to get there.  Which we are getting use to.  You just do not get in your car and drive to church.  And these saints to get to conference had to travel by metros and busses.  The member that offered us the ride is here working for Chevron oil.  He is from Canada.  So he had his own private driver and car.  After conference he had the driver take us on a little tour around Moscow.  We loved that.  It is hard to find time to get out and see much and we live out in the suburbs.  Quite a ways from downtown Moscow,
Anyway, our testimonies have grown this week as we have felt of the Moscow Saints testimonies and their love for their Heavenly Father, Jesus and the Gospel.
We look forward to another week in Moscow. 

Cute office elders we had over for dinner

The elders talked us into trying this drink..Never again..Awful

This is our piece for the quilt

These are some of the pieces she sews together

This is how the pieces look before she puts them together

Gene waiting his turn at the ATM only one person in at a time.

Conference at the Amber Plaza

This is a church we pass when we ride the bus

Wonderful headsets that we listen to English through as someone translates

A building on Red Square So neat

The famous church on Red Square

Famous St. Basil's Cathedral

Brother Iherts..the kind man who took us on tour

Church in Moscow

The Moscow river,  It goes all around the city