quilt the RS sisters made for a new mom in our branch
Natalia, Irena, Irena, Elaine, Sveta, Elmira, Sister Bullough, Armon's wife, Vera, Sister Paulette Patterson, Sister Trunova, Irena
Jim, Me, Maxim and daughter, Sveta
finally, a sign on our building!
District Relief Society meeting
Jim, Me, Maxim and daughter, Sveta
finally, a sign on our building!
District Relief Society meeting
Larisa (4 from left) next to Oksana
We came early to church on Sunday for a song practice and we were locked out of the church. The member that takes care of the rooms was having trouble with the lock. The children had fun running down the stairs to the storage room.
We came early to church on Sunday for a song practice and we were locked out of the church. The member that takes care of the rooms was having trouble with the lock. The children had fun running down the stairs to the storage room.
Elder Dunn, Viktor, Dimitry's son, elder Rudd, Ninel
Me, Tonya
For Women's Day the priesthood came into Relief Society, sang a song and gave a rose and a chocolate bar to each sister.
Jenya, one of our young adults, was leaving Moscow to be married. After church the women sang "Love at Home" and gave wishes or advice to her. They served home made bread (хлеъ -hleb) and jam and tea (herbal).
Sergey and Jim
Flat Tate in Primary January 23,2011
Karaoke at our branch party! Dimitry is singing - great voice 
refreshments at our Branch party - juice, grapes, and meat and fruit pies!
musical chairs for the young children
karaoke for the young children
FHE with the YA from our branch
Me, Tonya
For Women's Day the priesthood came into Relief Society, sang a song and gave a rose and a chocolate bar to each sister.
Jenya, one of our young adults, was leaving Moscow to be married. After church the women sang "Love at Home" and gave wishes or advice to her. They served home made bread (хлеъ -hleb) and jam and tea (herbal).
Sergey and Jim
Flat Tate in Primary January 23,2011
Karaoke at our branch party! Dimitry is singing - great voice 
refreshments at our Branch party - juice, grapes, and meat and fruit pies!
musical chairs for the young children
karaoke for the young children
FHE with the YA from our branch
Natalia, me, Maxim, Jeanna, Olga, Tonya
Elder Ablett, me, Anatoli, Elder Dunn 
Jim, me, Elder Dunn, Elder Ablett 
Elder Ablett, me, Anatoli, Elder Dunn
Jim and Anatoli at a pond by statues of famous circus clowns
Me, Sister Champenios, Heda (an investigator), Sister Khmelinina (Sister Khmelinina and I have the same birthday) 
Anitoli gave me flowers. He thought we were leaving to go home. We still have seven months!
Kasusha, and her bow. 
Primary President, Sveta, with Kasusha. She had a birthday and received this cute bow for her hair.
This is our chapel with green chairs.
Another picture of where our branch meets.
Elder Ablett, me, Anatoli, Elder Dunn 
Jim, me, Elder Dunn, Elder Ablett 
Elder Ablett, me, Anatoli, Elder Dunn
Jim and Anatoli at a pond by statues of famous circus clowns
Me, Sister Champenios, Heda (an investigator), Sister Khmelinina (Sister Khmelinina and I have the same birthday) 
Anitoli gave me flowers. He thought we were leaving to go home. We still have seven months!
Kasusha, and her bow. 
Primary President, Sveta, with Kasusha. She had a birthday and received this cute bow for her hair.
This is our chapel with green chairs.
Another picture of where our branch meets.
Jim is looking to see if we have a church sign yet.
FHE at our apartment with the young adults. Maxim, Dimitry, Konstantine, Andre
playing a game with a pepper (orange pepper) because we didn't have a ball or a bean bag
more of the game - the orange pepper on the table
Anna and Marina are in our branch and are both going on missions. Anna is going to Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk (August 2010) and Marina is going to Russia Samara (September 2010). They will both be excellent missionaries.
For our Branch Party, everyone was to make and bring a "video" about themselves. We made one starting with pictures before we were married thru when we left on our Mission. We put it to music by the Carpenter's 'Sing a Song'. We had a great time and enjoyed all of the videos. 
This is Tat'yana (standing), Elmira, and Anna. They speek very good english and have translated for us many times. 
This is one of my favorite ladies in our branch. Her name is Valentina. She speaks no english. This was Elder Imangazi's last Sunday before he went home. He fixed a special rice dish for the branch members that day after the meetings. 
President Astashov, his son Daniel, and his wife Anna. He is in the District Presidency and Anna transcribes patriarchal blessings. They are both returned missionaries. We home teach them.
Andrey is the ward mission leader and is a returned missionary. He knew one of the William's boys.
This is Tatyana. She is a returned missionary and serves in the YW presidency in our branch. She is the cute girl that asked me where my hat was (when it was -20 degrees C) and that I HAD to have a hat. I bought a hat that week!
This is Elyana. She is a returned missionary and is married and has two cute children, a boy and a girl. She is in the RS presidency. She called me one Friday evening and asked me to teach RS on Sunday but no one told the regular teacher that I was teaching. That was also the day that we missed the train stop because the train door would not open and the day Jim was supposed to speak in church. The District President who had asked Jim to speak had not told the Branch President that had asked him, so Jim spoke the next week.
Vera, a very beautiful and lovely Babushka. Her daughter and grandaughter live in our branch too. She is standing at the entrance to our branch building. we occupy part of the first floor of this building.
Nadeshda and her two grandchildren, Ksusha and Danya, with Jim. We are walking to our branch building. We were having an activity about the Temple and the Celestial Kingdom.
Vladimir and his two children Vlad and Tasha. He walked us back to the train the first week. He works for the church and schedules and takes care of all the cars and arranges the drivers for the Area Presidency and OGC and the mission president. He really likes us and can't imagine that my great grandmother left her family when she was 6 years old to come to the Salt Lake Valley.
This is our Primary. We are missing a few children but not many. The three sisters, Marina, Svyeta, and Shayna are the Primary presidency. The children, Lisa, Ksusha, Tasha, and Vlad.
Elder Miller, and Elyana's two children, Lisa and her brother.
Katya, one of our 3 young women.
This is the room where we hold our Sacrament meeting. It also is used as the cultural hall. The sacrament table is to the right of the podium.
Viktor is waving. The members of the church love to have their picture taken. Natalia is sitting down and two of the Anna's are sitting down by Jim.
Healthy snacks (fruit, cheese, meat, bread, and juice, not cookies or cake) are always served after a branch party. This is an investigator on the front row with Natalia. Natalia was the RS teacher that let me teach even though she had prepared a lesson too. Valintina is behind her and Irina, our Relief Society president is in the back.
This is Sister Abram, Katya, Vera, and Svetlana (Katya's mother) at our ward party. Svetlana has a beautiful voice.
Sister Visitive with Marina (an investigator), Vera, Nadeshda, Anatoli, and Maxim. This is a sample of the snacks. Notice no paper products. We drank out of plastic cups and small bowls.
Ward members at the "Temple" activity. Our Branch President, President Makarov, is in the back waving. Svetlana's family (hisband, son and daughter Katya) are in white, Valentina, Anitoli, Vera, investigator, Natalia, Maxim, Nadeshda behind her two grandchildren, Marina (another investigator) and Sister Abram.
Zhana is a newly returned missionary.
FHE at our apartment with the young adults. Maxim, Dimitry, Konstantine, Andre
Maria, us, Tonya
Natalia, Mikiel
playing a game with a pepper (orange pepper) because we didn't have a ball or a bean bag
more of the game - the orange pepper on the table
Anna and Marina are in our branch and are both going on missions. Anna is going to Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk (August 2010) and Marina is going to Russia Samara (September 2010). They will both be excellent missionaries.
For our Branch Party, everyone was to make and bring a "video" about themselves. We made one starting with pictures before we were married thru when we left on our Mission. We put it to music by the Carpenter's 'Sing a Song'. We had a great time and enjoyed all of the videos. 
This is Tat'yana (standing), Elmira, and Anna. They speek very good english and have translated for us many times. 
This is one of my favorite ladies in our branch. Her name is Valentina. She speaks no english. This was Elder Imangazi's last Sunday before he went home. He fixed a special rice dish for the branch members that day after the meetings. 
President Astashov, his son Daniel, and his wife Anna. He is in the District Presidency and Anna transcribes patriarchal blessings. They are both returned missionaries. We home teach them.
Andrey is the ward mission leader and is a returned missionary. He knew one of the William's boys.
This is Tatyana. She is a returned missionary and serves in the YW presidency in our branch. She is the cute girl that asked me where my hat was (when it was -20 degrees C) and that I HAD to have a hat. I bought a hat that week!
This is Elyana. She is a returned missionary and is married and has two cute children, a boy and a girl. She is in the RS presidency. She called me one Friday evening and asked me to teach RS on Sunday but no one told the regular teacher that I was teaching. That was also the day that we missed the train stop because the train door would not open and the day Jim was supposed to speak in church. The District President who had asked Jim to speak had not told the Branch President that had asked him, so Jim spoke the next week.
Vera, a very beautiful and lovely Babushka. Her daughter and grandaughter live in our branch too. She is standing at the entrance to our branch building. we occupy part of the first floor of this building. 
Nadeshda and her two grandchildren, Ksusha and Danya, with Jim. We are walking to our branch building. We were having an activity about the Temple and the Celestial Kingdom.
Vladimir and his two children Vlad and Tasha. He walked us back to the train the first week. He works for the church and schedules and takes care of all the cars and arranges the drivers for the Area Presidency and OGC and the mission president. He really likes us and can't imagine that my great grandmother left her family when she was 6 years old to come to the Salt Lake Valley.
This is our Primary. We are missing a few children but not many. The three sisters, Marina, Svyeta, and Shayna are the Primary presidency. The children, Lisa, Ksusha, Tasha, and Vlad.
Elder Miller, and Elyana's two children, Lisa and her brother.
Katya, one of our 3 young women.
This is the room where we hold our Sacrament meeting. It also is used as the cultural hall. The sacrament table is to the right of the podium.
Viktor is waving. The members of the church love to have their picture taken. Natalia is sitting down and two of the Anna's are sitting down by Jim.
Healthy snacks (fruit, cheese, meat, bread, and juice, not cookies or cake) are always served after a branch party. This is an investigator on the front row with Natalia. Natalia was the RS teacher that let me teach even though she had prepared a lesson too. Valintina is behind her and Irina, our Relief Society president is in the back.
This is Sister Abram, Katya, Vera, and Svetlana (Katya's mother) at our ward party. Svetlana has a beautiful voice.
Sister Visitive with Marina (an investigator), Vera, Nadeshda, Anatoli, and Maxim. This is a sample of the snacks. Notice no paper products. We drank out of plastic cups and small bowls. 
Ward members at the "Temple" activity. Our Branch President, President Makarov, is in the back waving. Svetlana's family (hisband, son and daughter Katya) are in white, Valentina, Anitoli, Vera, investigator, Natalia, Maxim, Nadeshda behind her two grandchildren, Marina (another investigator) and Sister Abram.
Zhana is a newly returned missionary.
3 comments:
I loved seeing you ward. It's nice to put pictures to the stories. sigh...today is windy and slilghlty warm. I'm doing a wedding tomorrow and it's causing me stress...I can't get daffodils in and my cherry blossoms wont blossm. sigh...what to do!? Loves, Jen
What a fun ward, It is nice to see the faces of the people you have been talking about
Memories of Cleveland came flooding back as I saw the multi-functional rooms for church. I can't imagine a primary with less than 10 children. How blessed they are to have the individualized messages each sunday.
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