Friends,

We just finished our Easter Celebration Service and headed to bed for our flight home tomorrow. More on our final day in Moscow will come in my final blog posting from the trip. But while I have internet access at a little cafe in our hotel, I thought I would upload a sampling of the 2,500+ plus pictures our team took during the course of our week here. Enjoy these few shots and captions...and know that there are more where these came from!

Shay and his peeps on the train

 

Pulling our bags through the snow from our bus to our hotel in Slobodskoy

 

Kate with Alyosha and Katya

 

The American kids eating at the orphanage

 

The Naylors with Irena and Stas

 

David doing his teaching to the kids

 

Patsy and Maddie with one our great translators, Masha

 

Norma styling hair like a pro!!

 

Craig and Kate with Natasha and two other boys

 

Holly with Sveta and Katya

 

Kim and Claire with Rinata and Ruslan

 

Grace captivating the audience with her jump rope untying skills

 

Tom, Kostya and their boys

 

Carrie and Davit

 

Mark helping with a craft

 

The Americans and Russians after a friendly game of futbol

 

Shay teaching the kids...or maybe handing out candy

 

Patty and Rachel in a classroom

 

Misha and Kostya with Vlad and balls dontated by CUMC

 

Galenda, orphanage director, showing her styling skills on Julia