Dear Family,
We have had a very busy week but eventful. We met with a lady from Mongolia who lives in Kostanai and we took her to church with us. She is the only member of the church living there and she is thinking of coming to Astana to live. She speaks Mongolian but is learning Russian.She bore her testimony in Russian and Gene Wikle interpreted for her and it was very inspirational. She is staying with relatives in a very poor area of Astana in a “dacha” which is a country home but with outhouses and no running water. We were humbled by the situations that people live in.
We are doing great. We have had the Browns from Moscow here helping us get trained and things seem to be looking up. They have been wonderful!! They are going to go to church with us and it will be fun to have more than 4 people present.
We will write more but we are going to put some pictures on our blog so here goes.
This is Sister Pat Vincent and I at Medey up in the mountains in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
She and her husband are the leadership couple in Almaty. We had lots of fun sightseeing with her. Notice the Olympic size skating rink in the background.
Don't we look like a couple of Russians? How do you like the hat on
Elder Welling? He looks like he blends in, doesn't he?
This is Sister Pat Vincent and I at Medey up in the mountains in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 
Don't we look like a couple of Russians? How do you like the hat on
4 comments:
Grandma & Grandpa,
We love your hat, Grandpa. You look stylin'. The skating rink was huge and cool. Did you go skating in it? We got a new trampoline mat this week. It's super bouncy. Fielding knows how to wave really good now. And he's reverent in the prayer. We have been trying to read our scriptures every day, and are answering our Scripture Seekers questions while we do it.
Two famiies in our stake are adopting children and two of them are starting school this week and will be in Truman's class at school. One is a girl from Ukraine and the other a boy from Africa. It should be fun. Now he REALLY needs to learn Russian (ha, ha).
Have a great week. We love you!!!
Truman, Newell, Landon & Fielding
Well, I'm impressed!! A message and you even got photos posted! See, you are making progress... either that or the Browns are acting as your current "tech support". :)
Good thing dad has that stylin hat since it looks way too cold there. You'll be blending in before long. I'm glad things are looking up on the training side of things too. Take care and stay warm!
Love ya,
Michele
Loved the update! It looks cold there! Hope you're staying warm. (It's actually quite cold here). We'll look forward to the next one.
Mark and Carole
Gavin LOVES the hats!! He is very jealous! Thats also a nice ice rink... too bad we never got one going back home!! Maybe next year!
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