Hello! Per Dave's request here is the explanation of the pictures that I posted last week.
1.) Elder whatshisname from the Donestk mission, Sister Park, Sister Humpherys, Elder Park, Elder Humpherys, Elder Mayberry in the Sofia, Bulgaria Mission/Church parking lot. Four missionaries ,the Parks, the Humpherys were in Bulgaria to get their visas worked over. We have to go out of country for 4 days just before our 1 year date in Ukraine. We on the other hand were their to look at medical facilities.
2.)Elder Mayberry looking very cute in his Ukrainian hat. Me looking very tired. We are in the Vienna, Austria airport on our way to Sofia, Bulgaria.
3.)We are taking a tour of the Castle where the Crimea Accord was signed by Roosevelt, Churchill and that other guy. this woman kept looking at us with that smile and pointing to her chest where our name tags were and nodding yes. She is a member from Donetsk, Ukraine.
4.) Elder Mayberry, Agna, and Sister Mayberry. We are in Vilnius, Lithuania. Agna was our interpreter and drove us around all day. She picked us up in Kaunas, Lithuania and drove us the 90 miles to Vilnius.
5.) This is the center stone in ths old town square in Tallinn, Estonia. It reminded me of our trip to Boston. On Bunker Hill there is a compass marker that starts the red line to all the famous places in Boston. Steve and I took a picture there of us starting our journey through the city.
6.) These are the flowers of a plant I have tried so hard not to kill these past 5 months. I for get to water them I all most froze them this winter by having the window open as we fought the cigarette smoke from our neighbors.
7.) Elder Mayberry with Nicoli in Varna, Bulgaria. He is a wonderful man. He is active inthe church and he is and engineer. he works on the huge windmills as an alternative energy source for Bulgaria. he was a great interpreter as well.
8.) Kiev. Old town Ukrainian Orthodox church. Renovating as it is crumbling. The in the back. The foundation is washing away as it is on a little hill. The constructon of roads and sidewalks have caused erosion at the base of the church.
There you have it. It takes me so long to write and twice as long to post pictures at the same time. Maybe I will learn to do both at the same time. there is always hope.
