Sorry for the late post...technical difficulties...
How many Americans does it take to open a lock?...you'll have to read the blog to find the answer!!
Today at VBS the kids learned that God's Word is Surprising. We had about 25 show up even with all the rain - praise God! :) The kids are getting so good with the songs and enjoy it when Ben breaks out with his rap! In fact, Ben is one of the highlights on this trip...he's been told that he must always come to Russia! :) Today's craft was t-shirts; the kids used fabric markers to draw, write and decorate a shirt to keep. We even brought little gems in many different shapes to glue on their shirts. These kids are so talented; we'll try to post some pictures later. We did recreation inside and had chocolate for snack...that was a huge hit! Afterwards, some of us had the kids sign our t-shirts and it will be a treasure to help us remember them for years to come.
Yesterday was Transfiguration Day. As explained by Olga, Russians celebrate more holidays than we do in the US. :) In light of this, and due to the pouring rain, we did not work at the orphanage today but some of the men did. After lunch, Amber and Stephanie were able to work a little on the mural they have been helping Uri with; he is the local artist and does exceptional work! He has done chalk portraits for all the girls. The rest of us got ready to go to a little shop/museam in the villiage. Once Amber and Stephanie arrived, we headed to the shop, we met Sergi Skirchenko, the director, and he gave us a tour and a little history lesson on Soltsi and then allowed us to buy some his clay creations. I think they call him the "toy maker".
We returned to the center for dinner and then headed to church for Wednesday fellowship, where they fed us again. Pastor Valari asked Stan to come up and introduce the team and we sang a song in Russian. Afterwards we went into the "dining room" and socialized with some of the church members. When we got home, we walked from the center to our house and couldn't unlock the door. Sasha, son of Victor, came to help us but couldn't get it to unlock and when Victor came by to check on the goats, we told him we were having trouble and he yelled out to Nadya, "Nadya, go get mama!" LOL, it was so funny. Anyway, Tatiana came and even she couldn't get it to unlock. So, the answer to the riddle above is, none, it takes a Russian with a crowbar! I guess you had to be there! LOL
It was a late evening but we had a wonderful time with our new brothers and sisters! We are getting ready for VBS this morning so I have to go help set up. We miss and love you all!
For Christ Alone,
Team Soltsi
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