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We’ve just returned from Estonia where we had a quick visit with a mission team from our home church in Athens, GA. The team is ministering in Camp Gideon, a Christian camp in the shore of the Gulf of Finland. This team is particularly memorable in that my aunt, Judy Cantrell, is a member. That’s [...]
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Three quick pictures: Valerie got hold of our camera and made some interesting pictures, including this self-portrait: She also used her little shovel as a microphone, singing and dancing in the yard: And we had a classic Finnish sunset:
This involves a bus, a plane, a van and a ferry. It started on Sunday – I’ve been looking to purchase a used mini-van for use as our ministry in Europe expands. Our little red car is getting a little long in the tooth, and I felt that the time may have come to find [...]
A friend in Estonia, Artur Pold, bought Valerie a bike last week. I took it to Russia with me a few days ago. We went for a walk/ride in the park across the street from our flat in St. Petersburg: We are so very thankful for the many good friends and great family we have [...]
You don’t see this every day – At dacha last week, a member of our family (who shall remain un-named) was cleaning the inside of the reservoir we use for the water system. (That’s our banya in the background.)
We are back in Russia after a great visit to the US. We arrived in St. Pete a little over a week ago. After battling jet lag, we are finally back on schedule. This weekend we are at dacha (rhymes with ‘gotcha’). A dacha is a Russian country house, anything from a hovel to a [...]
As some of you know, Olga makes GREAT borsch, the traditional Russian beet soup. This is her recipe: Preparation time: 3 – 4 hours 3-4 medium sized beets 3 medium potatoes Half of a small green cabbage 1-2 chicken fillet breasts or the equivalent of beef or turkey (the meat can also be on the [...]
Here’s a sweet picture taken last week. We had a Stoneworks board meeting, and board member Dan Wilson took this picture at my parents’ house. I’m in Montenegro now. Today I’ll drive into the mountains near Bosnia to look at some land we are considering for a Christian camp. More on that soon . . [...]
Here is the view looking over the Adriatic as we drove down the coast from the airport in Dubrovnik, Croatia to Zeta, Montenegro. What a wonderful world. Olga’s brother-in-law Zhelyan and his mother, Slavitsa, met me at the airport and got me safely home. Alla (Olga’s sister) and her son Andrei were here to welcome me. [...]
I leave for Montenegro tomorrow. I’ll be there for a week and will report on that trip when I return. It will be great to visit our friends there. For now — here’s a picture of Valerie with her new hat and ‘baby backpack’; both were gifts from friends. Valerie is having a great visit. [...]
