Friday Night at the Park

A couple weeks ago we had a pretty unanimous idea to move our usual Friday English Movie Night outside.  Winter has been gone for over a month now, and the weather is incredible here in Moscow.  Because our friends the Friersons and Wilhelms were here visiting on their way to Prague, we decided to hang out at Парк Победы (Victory Park).  It's one of my favorite parks, and has a place where you can sit, relax, and eat sashlik!

Thanksgiving in Estonia!

Man.... so I'm finaly getting around to posting the video footage I took from Tallinn, Estonia. Beth and I went to Tallinn around Thanksgiving to visit friends. We hope you like the video! If you are receiving this post through e-mail and cannot see the video, click HERE.

Weekend with Friends

It's always a great time win the Friersons and Wilhelms come to Moscow for a visit. This weekend they were on their way to Prague for a visa run and school, but they spend a couple days taking in the sights and (mostly) foods of Moscow. Because they live in Izhevsk, and don't have the culinary varieties that we have here in Moscow, we like to spoil them just a little (Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Starlite Diner, etc.). It's also a good excuse for us to hit up the good places. :-)

Victory Day in Moscow - Video Highlights

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Victory Day 2010

One of the biggest holidays in Russia is May 9th - Victory Day.  Last year Beth and I managed to make it out to see the parade, and this year we wanted to try to see it again.  We met up with Andrea and Chris, and although we didn't make it to see the parade on the road (the crowds were immense), we were able to see the air show:

Alpha Course Weekend Away - Spring '10

A few weeks ago we took our Alpha Course out to the dacha for a weekend!  Other Gail, Andrea, Thomas, Mary-Louise, and Bob all came for three days of relaxation and worship.   Friends of Gail graciously allowed us to stay at their dacha for the weekend--only around 60 kilometers south of Moscow.

Thomas marveling the fireplace and fire he created.

We spent a lot of our time reading during the weekend.

We also spent some time walking through the woods.

We also got a little lost....  but Thomas is a master tracker.

The dacha we stayed (it was incredible!)

Thomas!

Andrea!

Mary Louise!

Speaking of Mary Louise, she led worship for the weekend.

Bob!  He was the guest speaker for the weekend.

The neighborhood

Trying to hitch a ride back to Moscow!

Beth is Back

Beth arrived back here in Moscow Thursday evening, following a rather lengthy trip from Atlanta to Rome to home.  There was a slight delay in Atlanta which resulted in her being late for her flight to Rome, but she was bumped to the next flight and made it back to Moscow by the evening.

Unfortunately her luggage didn't quite make it, but it arrived by the next day and we made a special trip back to the airport to get it.  We were so excited to go through things we decided to go at the last minute Friday night, and didn't get back home with her suitcases until almost midnight.

Beth was able to bring back not only valued food items (barecue sauce, girl scout cookies, to name a couple), but also different baby clothes and items.

Beth also managed to bring back CHICK-FIL-A!






Now that she's back we're slowly making preparations for the arrival of our son in about a month.  Tomorrow we go to her doctor to get a referral to a hospital where Beth will give birth.  We are still trying to figure things out, but are sure things will come together and the pieces will fall into place.