Cheese!

Inaugural smile in our new church room

Trio

Cathy with Miss Luda (middle) and Natasha

Cowboys

Kendon with Sergei with cowboy hats given for christmas

I'm *much* taller

John-Steven with Cathy near church library

Explaining

Brittaini trying to explain to Tanya how to play Jengo, the wooden block game

3 Muskateerettes

Brittain with Miss Luda and Noelle

Smile!

Cathy with Yevgenia (or Zhenya for short), Sasha & Natalia's daughter

Scrabble

Cathy playing RUSSIAN scrabble. Very hard!

Happy New Years!

Miss Luda with Cathy approaching the midnight hour

Eye Glasses

Cathy took 3 church ladies (Luda, Alla & Natasha) for eye exams and new glasses. Afterwards, a mandatory visit to McDonalds for fellowship

posing

John with Natasha

Special Music

Noelle & Cathy singing & signing in Russian, with Brittaini on piano

Genesis = beginnings

Our genesis photo with bro Sasha.

What our church room looked like during reconstruction