Hurrah!

Julie started feeling better early this morning! Now we're all well, except for Raia's little cough. She is starting to sound better, too. We just need to pray for her to get over this cold and for Julie to regain her strength for the trip back.

Winter has arrived here! It's been snowing off and on, and everything is now covered by a light layer of white. Jaan and I had a wonderful time playing outside. He had been saying "neg neg" all day when he looked out the windows. (Sneg is snow in Russian.) When we got outside he yelled, "Wow! Neg!" as if he thought there wouldn't be any left by the time we got all the way down the stairs. Then we had to go into a store. He said, "Poka neg" (goodbye snow) and grabbed a handful in each mitten as we went in. Those two handfuls of snow went all around the store with us. The reaction when we came out again was the same as when he first saw the snow: "WOW!"

Julie says, "Now it looks like Russia."