On our recent road trip with our boss we traveled 2500 kilometers in five days, over 40 hours in the car and visited four branches and held graduation ceremonies in each branch. Actually due to Russian law we held an activity since we can not hold offical classes since we are not official Russian approved "teachers". Of course that means we don't give out diplomas - we give out letters. That said...we had a great time seeing all the teachers and students we have come to know over the last 22 months.
I've attached a picture of the branch president in Toliatti with our coordinator as they are preparing to give out letters. Zhenya had a great program organized - nice program to hand out to attendees, a few appropriate videos to show and some testimonies and a great Book of Mormon multiple choice game to play.
On our travels we stopped at a roadside stand and bought some flaxseed. That area has a factory where they make flaxseed oil. You can see in the picture the bottles full of seeds or oil. The colorful things hanging on the stand are woven, out of a plastic type cord, by the folks that live in the area. They make a great backcleaner for the shower...we have one in our apartment. There are a lot of people that sit by the side of the road selling stuff. At this time of year a lot of them are selling honey and strawberries from their yard or dacha. They sit there for hours, sometimes with only a little table and chair and sometimes with just a chair.
We stopped for shashlik at a new place - as you can see Zhenya loves shashlik. This one was cool because they brought it out and set it over a burner at the table. We were in Tartarstan and were the first Americans the waitress had ever met. Pretty cool.
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