Women's Retreat

It was already two weeks ago now, but here are some pictures from our women's retreat. It was such a relaxing time- all of our meals made for us, no "program" except for one Bible study. The rest was a bunch of free time to do things like walks on the beach, personal time to be alone and read and pray, watching a movie together, going to the banya (steam bath house), and talking.



Lake Baikal was frozen and we saw this boat and climbed in for a picture. Rebecca and Nettie cross country skied WAY out on the lake until they came to a little hut where fisherman do ice fishing (the whole was frozen over, of course).


Sharon and me. And Ella. She likes being in the carrier.

The lake is behind us (Inka, me, Ella) in this picture.
The weather was wonderful. No wind. Sunshine. White snow. Sparkles. So thankful for this time.