Moscow May 21

Convent outside the Red Square Orthodox Church so you need to wear a head scarf while there.

Cemetery. They have monuments instead of headstones. It was huge and amazing. You have to be famous to be buried in this cemetery.

Moscow Thursday May 20

Bus tour of Moscow.

Bronze Ducks in a park. They were donated by Barbara Bush. One time she was in Russia and was so impressed because all the people stopped their cars to wait for the mother duck and her babies to cross the road.

Red Square

Riding the Metro. Each station is decorated in marble and stone and a different theme. It is so clean and beautiful. 9 million people ride the metro each day.

Moscow

Our boat the Peterhof. The river and area is really beautiful.

Outskirts of Moscow. Melanie notice they have IKEA. You would be right at home.

The old Port Building by where are ship is at in Moscow. Lots of action on the boardwalk by the river.

Most of the girls wear high heel shoes. I do not know how they walk on them, especially on all the uneven surfaces.

Moscow

Our boat the Peterhof. The river and area is really beautiful.

Outskirts of Moscow. Melanie notice they have IKEA. You would be right at home.

The old Port Building by where our ship is docked in Moscow. Lots of action on the boardwalk by the river.

Most of the girls wear high heel shoes. I do not know how they walk on them, especially on all the uneven surfaces.

May 18 Tuesday Airports

Saying good-bye to Deanna and Max and Serge at the Minsk airport. Everything went really smooth there.

Moscow Airport. Everything went really swmooth there also. We did not even have to go through any customs. Who knew.

We stayed at this motel and ate dinner at the resturant in the motel. It was called Don Pepe/Tex Mex, but no spanish food, but decorted in American cowboy stuff. Pretty strange.

Memorial Monday May 17

The bells tolled about every few minutes. Really made you think.
This memorial represents 186 villages that were annihilated during WW II. All the women and children were burned or killed.
This man Yuzif Kaminsky came back and saw his town Xatbihb totally destroyed.

Vitebsk Region Lunacharsky Boarding House

This is the laundry facility at the boarding house. Conditions are so sad. Do you think I can call this a business trip because I visited a laundry facility?
Some of the residents.

Deanna and Max visiting with the director of the boarding house.

Monday May 17 Road Trip

We crossed over a river on this ferry in the van. The loading and unloading was pretty interesting.
A typical house out in the country.
Polatsk- St. Efrainnia Monestery

Oxana helped interpret for us while we were visiting in her town.

May 16 Church in Minsk

Serge and Joseph at church
The Belarus missionries Elder Max Wade, Sister Oaks, Sister Wener, Sister Wade
Max, Deanna, Susan and Randy at church. It is was so great to visit and meet some of the people Deanna and Max work with in the branch
Front door of the church

Minsk Saturday 5-15

Deanna and Max in front of their apartment in Minsk. Our motel was just down the block.
Tongue at the Komaroski Market
Komaroski Market Lots of open booths with wonderful fruits and vegetables.
First to translate Bible in Belorussian. Statue in front of the library.
Car show w saw in Minsk in front of the library.

Minsk Saturday May 15

The library in Minsk. I have messed up Picassa and cannot figure out how to post my pictures. So i will probably be on hold until the end of the trip

Airports May 13 and 14

Chicago airport. We had a long layover because we missed our flight due to severe weather. Lots of cunfussion because of so many canceled flights. We got on a later flight to Germany.

Victoria and Alex who sat by us on the plane ride to Germany. He was a darling little boy for the long plane ride. Victoria is from Russia and living in the United States now and going there to visit her family. Missed our connection in Germany so we were there for a long time getting arrangements made to change our flight again.

We were rerouted through Vienna to Minsk. A long lay over in Vienna waiting for our flight to Minsk. Should be there tonight at 10:45 if all goes well. What an adventure. Hope to see one more airport in Minsk !!!!!!!