Settling in!

Prayer partners--We have successfully survived the first 3 and a half weeks in Siberia. The cold has been quite an adjustment, but not a bad experience by any stretch. We are starting to figure out other places to eat besides Carl's Jr and KFC, which has improved our quality of life  immensely. Sometimes our Russian is understandable, but other times the cashier will run to the back and find someone who speaks a few English words! Alas, we know how far we still have to go in language learning when I (David) tried to buy sour cream and came home with cream cheese (at least I got the cream right)!!! All kidding aside, we have started to build some relationships with people in our ESL classes, so hopefully even as we are learning Russian we can begin to share the gospel (at least in English at first). Thank you for your prayers and look for more to come soon!

From Russia with Love

Greetings Intercessors,
Sorry for the long delay, but we have made it to Siberia. It was a balmy -30 F when we stepped off the plane (brrrrrr!!). I had actually expected it to be much worse than it was, although needless to say we have broken out our heavy duty winter gear! We are getting set up in our apartment and have ventured out several times this week to go to ESL class, meet with other m's, and go to stores to forage for things for the apartment. Unfortunately internet hookup is one of those things that takes a long time here, but better late than never!! Above is a picture of arguably the most famous part  of Novo, the statue of Lenin and the Opera House. More to come later!