Hello from Russia!

Hello from Russia!

After 15 hours in the air we have arrived in Moscow!  We were met at the airport by the Naegles who are the CES Area Missionary couple serving here and work for our supervisor's supervisor.  They got us through the airport and to the embassy where we purchased our internal passport.  Happy to report our debit card works fine in Russia.  After we were done with the paperwork they took us and another CES couple going to Siberia all around Moscow.  Attached are some pictures taken around Red Square.  Can you believe we are in RUSSIA and going to RED SQUARE!  One of the pics is of a construction facade that is painted on canvas to hide the construction.  Cool! We went into a mall and ate at a little Russian food place in the food court.  Ate my first borscht, which we all know is beet soup.  It was everything I expected it to be.  I also ate part of a sausage that is still talking to me!  We traveled on the Metro which is Moscow's awesome subway.  I even talked to a couple of guys on the Metro and talked to a grandpa and grandson on the bus.

I'm kinda excited.  Russia is incredible.  We've had some training from the Naegles and are both very reassured about our responsibilities. The Naegles have been so kind - we're relaxing in their apartment for a few hours and then back to the airport and we fly to Samara tonight aboard Aeroflot airlines.  We'll let you know when we get settled in the mission home. We plan to sleep a lot!  I think we've been up since 4 a.m. Monday, Utah time and will not get to bed until about 2 a.m. Samara time.