Pictures!

It's officially starting to get cold here. We had our first frost last night, and the clothes I had hung out on the balcony were nice and crispy this morning. The little puddles on the balcony were icy, too.

Will took his parents to do some sightseeing in Vladimir today. It's a gorgeous day for that! We had all planned to go, but then we decided that Jaan needed a rest and that it would just be easier to visit museums and such without him.


Here are a few photos from yesterday:

Looking at photos with Granddaddy
Originally uploaded by fylliska.

Indians!
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Jaan was fascinated with watching Baba Julie put on make up. She drew a few lines on his face, and then got the idea of making him a whole Indian outfit. They had a great time with that, and then marched around with Baba singing Thanksgiving rhymes. (Will was singing something about how all the years of teaching kindergarten had gone to her head. )


New decorating scheme
Originally uploaded by fylliska.

Will's parents brought us a set of flannel sheets: sheets, pillow cases, and a matching drawstring bag to hold them. Will was putting them all on our bed yesterday morning. He came out saying, "I figured out what that little bag was for. . . to make the baby match the bed!"


With our guests
Originally uploaded by fylliska.

Yesterday one of the Gospelink missionaries came to visit. Jaan enjoyed having company, and the grandparents got to see part of our life and ministry here.


More guests
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In the evening we invited our neighbors over. The daughter has studied English. We have always talked about helping her practice, but she likes to speak Russian to us, of course. Since we want to get to know our neighbors better anyway, we had them come over to talk to Bernie and Julie. We had a very nice visit. Let's pray that this will be the start of a real friendship with these neighbors!