This year, Russia celebrated Easter this past weekend. We spent Saturday with one of Gideon's classmates family at their cabin. We had to literally go 4-wheeling to get there, because the road is so terrible right now. The road is a hilly, dirt road with major dips and lots of mud which all resulted it lots of fun for Gideon and the other boys. We all squeezed into the father's 4x4---5 adults and 5 kids. The cabin is located on the Volga river and was really nice. Russian tradition is to cookout shish kabobs and have salads. We made zucchini cake and sugar cookies. The boys had a great time wrestling, jumping on the beds, and playing in a tent. We all had a great day!
Sunday, we went to visit another missionary family, who live in Paraslavl---1 1/2 hours from Yaroslavl. A family of 5 live in a one room house, where they also have church services on Sunday. It was amazing to see how resourceful they are in creating space for everyone. The oldest boy took Gideon for a ride on his bike---Gideon was holding on tight, looked scared and uncomfortable, but kept wanting to go farther! Mary Elizabeth enjoyed all of the attention she got. This time the shish kabobs were chicken legs that were still red! I was so thankful M.E. is to little to eat chicken legs, Gideon doesn't like them, and I just covered mine up with my napkin!
We thank God for providing friends to celebrate the holidays with!
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