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Published: December 1st 2008
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Moscow
Inside St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square ...for everything! Hello my faithful blog readers. It has been a few days since I last updated so today's blog may be a little lengthy but it will have pics! I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving with family and friends. I hope you ate until you were satisfied and had a great day! I did not think I would get a traditional Thanksgiving so before I left my mom fixed a big Thanksgiving dinner for about 40 people. However, I was able to enjoy a wonderful, traditonal Thanksgiving right here in the middle of Moscow! I could end there, but I'm sure you are wondering how this happened. I'll tell you.
When I decided to come to Moscow my grandma told me she went to church (View Acres in Berryhill) with a lady who had a grandson and his family who lived in Moscow. My grandma gave me their contact information and I made contact with them before I left Oklahoma. He told me to give them a ring when I arrived in Moscow and they would have me over for dinner. However, because of all the stress of the first few weeks I was not able to get
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Very narrow stairway going up into St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square in touch with them until last Monday evening. When I made contact he immediately asked what I was doing for Thanksgiving. He invited me and Amber to go with he and his family to a friend of theirs home for Thanksgiving. In the end there was about 20 missionaries at this home and we had all the traditional foods for Thanksgiving. They even had last year's Macy's Day Parade playing in the background! We had a great time and I am glad to have met these wonderful Christian people. They truly made my Thanksgiving away from home seem like home.
So, amongst the many things I am thankful for I was thankful for a good Turkey dinner. Also, on Thanksgiving morning I had my first class and it went extremely well so I was thankful for that. It is continuing to go well and I feel like I am learning so much about the Russian langauge. I already feel more comfortable around town. Thank Jesus that the school situation is finally working out! As for the rest of my weekend, it was good. On Saturday morning I took some of my fellow students to Red Square. They are from
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Inside St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square Korea but speak English fairly well. They enjoyed themselves tremendously and even paid for my admission into St. Basil's Cathedral. Then before I left to meet Bro. Moses they bought me dinner. I am learning so much about many different cultures! In the evening Amber and I met with Bro. Moses (our supervising Missionary who is leaving December 8th for two years to raise funds) concerning what direction he wanted us to work in. I feel good about what I can do now after talking to him. He definitely headed us in the right direction and was pleased with how things have been going. We have made plans to begin a weekly prayer meeting in the dorms, start an English club, and I am investigating what it takes to begin a Campus Ministry at MSU. Keep these things in your prayers as it will involved jumping many hurdles to see them come to pass. But I know God can open the doors that we need opened...and we will just walk through!
Sunday was a good day. We had service at the rented apartment of Bro. Moses since he was in town. There were 12 of us total in attendance.
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Inside GUM (Goom) - the former state department store. It was decorated for Christmas and reminded me of home. It was an interesting service as we had Russian, English, and French speakers in attendance. Alosha preached in Russian, Natasha translated into English, and Daniel (who just moved here from France with his family) translated into French for his family. It was very multi-cultural! Afterwards, we went to Ismaylava with those who came and we also met some of our University friends there. Ismaylava is a great place to buy souvenirs and also has an open air market. You can get just about anything here. When we were finished there we went to Arbat Street, the oldest street in Moscow. Cars can no longer drive on it, but it is a nice place to walk. We ended up on the other side and decided to eat so we went to Shesh Besh. It is typical Georgian cusine, but was very delicious. The funny thing is that they have a salad bar and you can share. It is only a one trip bar but you can pile the plate high. We got two plates, piled them high, and shared between five people! I think back to the states and laugh at this. We would never get by with this in Tulsa.
Anway, things are going well. There have been difficult days and days when I thought to myself "what in the world am I doing here," but I am reminded of the song "I Won't Complain!" Here it is if you would like to hear it...
Until next time...Paka! (Bye!)
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