Russia
Here are a few videos related to my last post. Here’s the activity as we waited in line to cross the border from Russia to Latvia: Here’s part of our drive through Latvia: Driving in Poland:
Recently we were at dacha, Olga’s grandparents’ house in a small village named Dolgovka. The house is well over 200 years old. It was clearly built by a wealthier family; the house is one of the largest and was built with high-quality materials and workmanship. Now, it’s run-down and needs a lot of TLC. One [...]
St. Petersburg — Valerie by the Neva River, with a view of the English Embankment, St. Issac’s Cathedral and the Admiralty.
Yesterday we attended the wedding of two dear friends — Andrei Sukhovsky and Liz Hulley. The ceremony was held in an old Finnish Lutheran church in St. Petersburg. It was great to witness this wedding and also to have time with old friends.
This was nice: All Nations Church had their camp at Elama last week. They posted this picture online with the following message – We would like to thank Michael and Olga Cantrell and Sergey Tovstopyat for help in providing the place for this wonderful camp. We were truly blessed, we had a good time in [...]
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As some of you know, we’re facing some hard times over here these days (in Russia, inspections and investigations; in Belarus, upheaval and difficulty; financial shortfalls everywhere). I sent an email to our team and thought I’d share it with you – ———– Recently I’ve been contemplating Hebrews chapter 12 and want to share a [...]
A mission team from Oak Hills church in San Antonio arrived yesterday. I met them at the airport and helped shuttle luggage to camp where they will minister for the next two weeks. This team has been coming for many years. It’s good to see old friends.
Tomorrow (the 14th) is Valerie’s fourth birthday. We celebrated early because Olga’s mother left for Montenegro this morning, and I came to Estonia today. Our friend Olga Ryazhskikh also joined us. Here’s a little ‘familiana’, when we ate the birthday cake:
Olga and Valerie were coloring together at dacha. The light was good and the subject superb. I love my family.
Here is a Word version of the Russian Customs Declaration Form. Usually these are filled out by hand, which can take a while. It’s nice to have a fillable version that can be printed in advance. This should be printed on A-5 paper (half of the standard A-4). You might have to fiddle with it, [...]
