We have had a busy and fruitful two days at our house. I was SO happy to find out Saturday night that we were going to be able to go to a fellowship Sunday morning with some worker friends of ours. It was AMAZING to be among family! It was such a blessing to be able to have that fellowship that I was missing so much. Call me crazy but we got the invite a little after my blog went up about missing my fellowship...hmmm, a little interceding maybe. Thanks to whomever you are! :) After the fellowship we went and got Sunday dinner at the Ramstore (the new mall here in town) food court. We met up with some new worker friends who invited us to help them with some of their jobs, we are so excited!
This week our bosses are out of town, so we are trying out our independence. So far it has all ran smoothly. We joked with them before they left, you know while the cats are away the summer mice WILL play! Hence the reason we have unlimited Internet this week! PTL (gotta figure that one out on your own!) They left us a list of assignments to complete while they are gone. The purpose is for us to get out and do a little digging on our own. It is kind of like a mini Amazing Race! So far we have failed!! We went to complete an assignment this morning at the city museum, well we go be-bopping in like we know what we are doing. We were promptly stopped and told that the museum is CLOSED on Mondays, and its the only day its closed! So we called our taxi driver friend to help us with pre-purchasing of train tickets for Thursday, our most anticipated leg of the race!
Tonight we went to a concert at the Ploshstad. All we could figure out is that is was a concert celebrating the recent presidential election. I think it was pretty much an attempt to raise morale after their still fresh wounds from being rejected from the EU. About 10 singing artists from around the country sang, it was interesting to say the least. We snacked on sunflower seeds (the popular snacking choice) and acted like we had a clue what was going on! My Momma asked me the other day about how much language I had picked up. I am doing decent picking up some language, but the problem is that there are 2 languages to be learned. A river separates our city, separating the more popular heritage from the looked down upon heritage. Different languages are spoken on both sides, and unfortunately they sound NOTHING alike! We have to be careful because if we speak the wrong language to the wrong person, we get scoffed at.
Also just so you know, we are working with the "lower" people group. And for those of you like Mrs. Diane, no we are not in a scene from Indiana Jones! Haha! It is not the desert here, it is mountainous, even though it doesn't feel like it. They really do get the short end of the stick when it comes to weather they get bitter cold winters and smoldering summers!
Before I end this I wanted to tell Rhea Wilkinson welcome to the family! I also want to thank Katelyn Jackson for her obedience, we do have a persistent Father!
