Back in St. Pete

We finished the Moscow Christian Library camp yesterday. As some of you know, the camp was supposedly under boycott from the neighborhood apartment buildings. One of the library's employees reported seeing a sign in Russian in a nearby window which said, "Don't give your children to the sect!" The number of children was lower than expected, unfortunately, but we still had a good time. If my flash drive wasn't on the fritz I would post some pictures to prove it. We taught English, made crafts, and played sports with the kids. Yesterday we said goodbye with the satisfaction of a job well done.

We got on a train last night headed back to St. Petersburg. The weather was thankfully much much cooler than the trip from St. Pete to Moscow. Also, we're basically pro's at riding the train now, since we've done it so many times in the last few weeks.

We rolled in to St. Pete this morning and made our way to the location of the final project. We're working in a house/church/school building painting walls in Pushkin, a town just outside St. Pete. There will also be plenty of sight seeing. Woohoo! We're going to have to get used to not having kids around all the time, since we've been at three camps back-to-back in the past month. Painting should be a nice break--time to let our experiences distill in our hearts and souls.

We miss you all desperately, and are glad that the time is soon coming when we'll see you again. (Things wrap up quickly when your time's running short at an internet cafe)

; )