Family
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. [...]
Here’s a bit of familiana (I don’t think that’s a word, but it’s like Americana) from a recent breakfast. Valerie thought I was going to take a picture, but she didn’t know I was making a video.
We arrived safe and sound on Monday evening. We had some trouble with our visas and had to re-route our trip after we arrived in Munich (long story). This added a few hours to our trip, but all is well. Valerie did great on the flight(s). We were expecting some air-sickness, but she was a [...]
We had our second pizza night recently. Olga did a great job making the dough, and we used home-made sauce with Estonian cheese and Russian sausage. Some friends carried over a pizza stone from the US for us, and that made all the difference. The pizza was so good that I forgot to take pictures [...]
For those of you who want a Valerie fix – She likes to sit in my lap and draw while I’m working:
Olga has been teaching English on Monday nights for quite a while. And now Valerie is helping! The young man is Kostya Protasov. He was a heroin addict who lived as a thief and extortionist before becoming a pagan who sacrificed to the gods of the forest; as a result of his drug use he [...]
God has blessed us in many, many ways. Valerie has been with us just over a month and is doing great. She’s happy and healthy, talking more and is quite smart. Olga is doing great as a new mom, though there are challenges. And I am so thankful to have a daughter who runs to [...]
