Here's a couple more pictures from our recent Couples Conference in Samara. One is of Elder Childers channeling Stalin at his desk in his Samara bunker. The second is of us in front of the statue of Lenin in Revolution Square in Samara. Every city seems to have a statue of Lenin...in Samara there are many. One is huge! In the picture we are on our way home after a long day with a lot of fellow old people.
Once a year or so the mission president and his wife invite all the senior missionary couples to attend a Couples Conference. Last week we enjoyed three days with the six other couples and our mission president and wife. We all had an interview with our president. Each couple also got to report to the group on our assignments. It was incredible to hear what the various couples are accomplishing! It's really amazing to hear about the one on one relationships they are building and the lives they are changing.
We visited Stalin's Bunker - there is a separate post about that - and the local botanical gardens and went to the mall and ate at the food court...if that isn't a typical senior missionary activity I don't know what is. Crazy.
Took a train ride there and back with the Saratov couples. Our train left Saratov at 4:20 am and got to Samara at 12:30 pm. Our trip home from Samara we left at 11:00 pm and got back to Saratov at 7:30 in the morning.
Really wonderful to be with our peers - they are an impressive bunch and really doing the Lord's work here. We can touch people that no one else can.
Life is good.
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