Fun in Russia Month of May 2011

 It has been a great month for us. We have had zone conference, the annoucing of the first stake and a wonderful visit with Michelles family. Summer is here and it is wonderful to have blue skies.  We have very little dark.  It is not totally dark by 11pm and it is light by 4am.  There is so much to tell about that I will just tell it with the pictures.


We have a heated towel rack and it blew a leak.

What a mess.  Dirty rusty water squirting everywhere.  It was starting

to cover the floor and go out into the hall.  We did not know how to call anyone

for help, so we just finally figured out how to turn the hot water off.  But it
would not go off all the way so Gene made a water slide with the shower
curtain so the water would go into the bathtub.  One huge and big mess.  We were both
covered in filthy rusty water from head to toe.

 

Towels from mopping up plus there were many more.  In above
picture look at the water on the ceiling.  Yuck!!



It was also our 10 days for no hot water.  That started the
day after the leak.  They turn the water off to clean the pipes.
Do you think it needs it?  Glass of hot water.

This is what the water looked like when they turned it off.  I got
a little out before it was totally gone.



Elder Jenkins and Elder Huston getting ready to go on
mail run.  They have our driver Alexander pick them
up on Tues. mornings around 6:30am and he drives them
to the service center, the post office, the distribution center
and the central bldg. and where ever else things need delivered
or picked up.  They usually get back to the office around noon.




This is the annoucement of the stake. 




Back side with dates and times of meetings.





Yeah a package from home.  This is from Michelles family..Happy Mother's day cards and Happy Birthday pa cards
from all the children and grandchildren.

 


So exciting to open.  Brings a little of home to Russia.



Elder Patterson and Gene at zone conference.  Looks like mut and Jeff.

A happy moment.  Michelle arrived.



And Clay and Gracie came too.  So fun to see grandchildren.  Just to
be able to hug them and feel them hug us.



Touring Russia

Moscow River




Christ Cathederal.  It is beautiful inside.

 


Bridge over the Moscow river





We always found ice cream.  We love ice cream..especially vanilla for granny.

 


Little children in Russia are so cute.  They make me happy.




Many beautiful flowers




Famous Cemetery where many important people are buried.  We saw Kruchev's grave.




This man was founder of the circus here in Russia and he was
also the clown in the circus.  The circus is suppose to awesome.
Hope to see one.



Gorky Park



Fun to play in the water



Love cotton candy

Entering towards Red Square and the Kremlin



Alexanader Gardens..many beautiful gardens.  This is the place that
the church had a dedicatory prayer for
the gospel to be preached in Russia.



Changing of the guards at the Kremlin

This cannon was never shot

Many cathderals inside the Kremlin wall

Ice cream again



So cute



Lots of loves



Looking at the Moscow River



Another cathederal

More loves

Just in case you do not know that is Gene's head with a cathederal dome on top.

So many different cathderals.



A break for lunch from McDonalds



St Basils Cathderal



Kids got to expierence the bus ride that pa and granny take quite often.




No only the kids the whole family.  2nd bus ride





Fun new Russian hats from the souviner renick.