Thursday, April 8, 2010


This is some of our YSA after a fireside. They are getting their jackets, boots, scarves, hats and gloves on and ready to go outside.
L. is Donna
M. is Anna who served a mission in Japan and is now working in Moscow for Henry Kosak the CES EEA boss.
R. is Dasha from the wonderful Savchuk family.
Back is Inna the YW district Pres.





























Our only male left is Andrey and he is moving to Ulan-Ude on the far east of Russia. He will be supervising the building the new church building in the city

































































































Novokutznetz Branch President, Elder Green in their "chapel". Beside the chapel, they have a small office to the left and a bathroom.














Novokutznetz is an old coal town with lots of manufacturing. This is how they get their power. Coal. Every inch of Novokutz is covered with black coal smoke and when you go in at night and clean you face, the cloth is black.











We travel to Novokutz at least once a month via a 9 hour bus ride. This is really the most depressing city we have seen.














This is Elder Ahuna who is full blooded Hawaiian. When he was just a child his father met an Indian who did the hoop dance and elder Ahunas father did the Hawaiian dances, so they taught each other their dances. Since then the Ahuna family has traveled all over the world doing these dances. So, Elder Ahuna was allowed to bring his hoops. He is doing the dance here in the Mission Home for the Senior Couples Conference.






This is Elder Ahuna.


















These are some of the ice sculptures outside the Novosibirsk History Museun.















More ice sculptures.














In the park where the ice sculptures are just as the sun is starting to go down at 4:30 pm.
















More park.

Thursday, April 1, 2010


this is looking across the river to the left bank. the elevated "train" is actually the tunnel that the metro passes through to cross the river.













This is a picture of one of the ice slides that the missionaries went to on P day
















Another view of one of the slides.
























Sorry, this is a repeat.











More ice slides.















The start of one of the slides.