We were blessed by a visit from some of our favorite people this February! Sharon and Heidi arrived on a Thursday. We made a Valentine's mobile together one of the first evenings.
Sharon is the education coordinator for all of the missionaries in Russia, and she has certification to do academic testing with the kids. She did 2nd grade testing with Anneka (no picture) and some pre-school testing with Ella. It's nice to know that our kids are on track and is so helpful to have Sharon as a resource to our family!
John had some business in Kazakstan, but he and Carl joined us on Sunday. They were very busy in their days here, meeting with other missionaries and church leaders. But we got to snag them for one evening. We went out for pozie (a national food here) and had ice cream back at home.
Then Heidi stayed with us after her parents left to western Russia. We felt honored that we got to have her with us!! The kids loved having her around. Heidi was born in Russia and lived here until right before 11th grade. This was Heidi's first time back to Russia since then- almost 5 years ago!
Ike enjoyed giving Heidi a massage...
...and wearing wigs together with her!
Anneka's working on a big project for school right now based off of the book Robinson Crusoe. She'll give a presentation to our team at our next team meeting. On this day, she enlisted Heidi to help her paint a big "rock".
Heidi had a list of places to visit, people to see, and things she wanted to do while she was here. One of those things was to climb a hill overlooking the city that her family often climbed together. One afternoon Leif and I got a babysitter and climbed up with Heidi. There was a biting wind that day, but it was also sunny and beautiful. What a gift to share this special hill with Heidi! I always love looking down at the city and being reminded of how God created each person and deeply loves each one. I believe He will do big things here.
The night before Heidi left she gave us a special children's book as a gift. We love it!
3 comments:
Great pictures! Looks like you all made some fun new memories!
Great to see some of the things you did with Heidi, her folks and Carl. I know this was special, even more so in the winter--your dream come true Jami. God bless you all and I'm so thankful you have visitors. Hugs, Grand Mama Irene
What a blessing you are to us! We thank God every time we remember you!
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