Medical Certificates...

In Russia, you must obtain a medical certificate to attend school (14 page document from numerous doctors), to obtain a driver's license, to get your car inspected, to go swimming, to participate in a fitness class, and to even attend music school!!! We recently had to take Gideon to our neighborhood doctor to get a medical certificate to return to school after the summer break that said "I have not been sick all summer", another certificate that gives him permission to participate in fitness class, and another to allow him to go swimming, which we still have not completed, because it includes an inspection of the posterior end of the body :-) that can only be done at 7:30 AM. We also found out that Gideon can only swim on Friday nights for 45 minutes with a parent. This means that Kristie (Keith refused :-)) must also have the posterior exam :-), in addition to a gyneological exam!!! Kristie is praying that God would remove Gideon's desire to go swimming!!!