Sunday

It's hot - like 90 degrees - and the bus today was not air conditioned.  None of them are. Oh well, as long as you learn to sit on the side of the bus that is not in the direct sun it's okay.  We took a marshrutka - a mini-bus - yesterday to a baptism and it was HOT - and bumpy - and crowded.  We took a taxi home.

Got to speak in church today.  Had a good time doing so and used Brother Nicoli - a temple sealer - as an object lesson.  

We may have started a new tradition.  Miroslav received his mission call yesterday and the branch president asked me if I thought it was okay for him to open it at the end of sacrament meeting.  He has no family to open it with.  I enthusiastically endorsed the idea!  So, he opened it and after he read where he is going - Rostov Mission - everyone applauded.  Then we had closing song and prayer.  Maybe not EXACTLY normal but it may be the only time I've felt applause was appropriate in a sacrament meeting! 

I've attached some pictures of the various transports we ride on...we ride on all of these fairly regularly.  The tramvia - the one on rails - are really old.  We like them best because they are not usually as crowded and since they are on their own rails they don't get stuck in traffic as much as the other forms of transport.  Some of the tramvai have plywood seats which look like they have been installed to replace the worn out regular seats.  It's all an adventure!