Friday, September 28, 2012

Saratov

We have arrived in our apartment in Saratov.  Here's a couple of pictures along our journey.  Thought Hannah would like a picture of one of the many cemeteries we saw. And Russian horses which look remarkedly like all horses! A picture of the countryside as well. I've also attached some pictures of our apartment.  Still trying to find out where stuff is and getting our suitcases unpacked. 

Here's a few general impressions of Russia.  The carrots are awesome!  Big and fat and sweet to eat. When you buy them they are covered with the rich, black Russian soil.  We're supposed to wash all fruit and veggies before we eat them so no problem.  Lots of sunflowers along our trip - fields and fields.  Not for eating - maybe oil? 

The road from Samara was heavily rutted and mostly two lane.  Our driver - the mission driver - was great - passed where ever and however possible. He has been a driver for the mission for twenty years! Got to go to the bathroom along the way at a gas station - one was an outhouse with a hole in the floor and the other was inside but still a hole in the floor - just a little nicer hole with a ceramic bowl. Fun stuff.  Glad I'm a guy. 

We have a new mission van - brand new VW.  The old one - two years old - had 300,000 kilometers on it and was wore out.  The roads are rough and tough on vehicles. Telephone poles along the way were made of concrete.  Hard winters must be hard on wood!


District meeting in our apartment today - eight younger missionaries and us. Saturday we have a meeting with all the CES teachers in our area as well as our supervisor.  Really looking forward to that - we should get some further direction.  Our zone leaders - we belong to a district and a few districts make up a zone and a few zones comprise the mission - helped us get settled yesterday and filled us in a little on the status of the various programs.we'll be working with.








Our love to you all.  Keep us in your prayers!

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