On a different note however below is a dog that lives in our neighborhood. He's super old and adorable. I call him Wheels. :-)
Matt and I were in the freshman van on the way there (doing our penance for the trip :-P).
We were responsible for the games the first afternoon we were there. The second game we did was rock, paper, scissors where a whole team would choose what they were and then the losing team had to run to their safe zone.
Second game was Ninja, which I had never heard of until we went to the US this summer. You are trying to hit someone else's hands and you get one offensive and one defensive move. We played where you have to stay frozen until your turn comes back around so we got some fun poses from the students. :-)
The speaker this year was a friend of our head teacher; he coaches in Ohio and he was in Russia to speak at Retreat and have a basketball after school the rest of the week. 
Matt and I also went walking this past weekend and we refound this sign. It apparently is a pub and restaurant. :-)
The Peter and Paul Fortress from the other end of the street.
There is this stunning mosque in the city as well so I was able to take pictures of that. It's covered in turquoise and blue tiles.
Matt and I were in the freshman van on the way there (doing our penance for the trip :-P).
We were responsible for the games the first afternoon we were there. The second game we did was rock, paper, scissors where a whole team would choose what they were and then the losing team had to run to their safe zone.
Second game was Ninja, which I had never heard of until we went to the US this summer. You are trying to hit someone else's hands and you get one offensive and one defensive move. We played where you have to stay frozen until your turn comes back around so we got some fun poses from the students. :-)
The speaker this year was a friend of our head teacher; he coaches in Ohio and he was in Russia to speak at Retreat and have a basketball after school the rest of the week. Based on the feedback at the end of retreat, he was really able to speak to their hearts which is wonderful!
The first night we had our traditional apple bobbing (listening to the Russians trying to say that is the BEST by the way!). Mercifully this year we narrowed it down so only a few people from each grade had to do it. They were given a minute to get as many as they could.
Two brothers we have (one above) are apparently apple bobbing experts because one got 15 in a minute and the other got 17!
Our shirts this year were red and white, our school colors. Hence the sea of red above.
One of the guys who came with the speaker had them play Musical Chairs of Death. The students do the usual thing but two people end up without a chair. Then you throw a ball and whoever gets the ball first stays in the game and the other person is out.
(Mr K with students!)
When it got to the last chair, it was one girl against one of our basketball players and it got really intense! The chair was actually broken in the process but the girl did win!
We also had our last night marshmallow roast and share time. The Korean guys sang a Korean hymn which was very cool since we don't get to hear a lot of that.
The first night we had our traditional apple bobbing (listening to the Russians trying to say that is the BEST by the way!). Mercifully this year we narrowed it down so only a few people from each grade had to do it. They were given a minute to get as many as they could.
Two brothers we have (one above) are apparently apple bobbing experts because one got 15 in a minute and the other got 17!
Our shirts this year were red and white, our school colors. Hence the sea of red above.
One of the guys who came with the speaker had them play Musical Chairs of Death. The students do the usual thing but two people end up without a chair. Then you throw a ball and whoever gets the ball first stays in the game and the other person is out.
(Mr K with students!)
When it got to the last chair, it was one girl against one of our basketball players and it got really intense! The chair was actually broken in the process but the girl did win!
We also had our last night marshmallow roast and share time. The Korean guys sang a Korean hymn which was very cool since we don't get to hear a lot of that. The speaker also brought US marshmallows and grahmcrackers. There is nothing in Russia with the same lightness as grahmcrackers so we had to use cookies and the marshmallows in Russia are awful! So we were all very excited!
All in all retreat was a big success! The students were great and prayers were answered!
Matt and I also went walking this past weekend and we refound this sign. It apparently is a pub and restaurant. :-)
The Peter and Paul Fortress from the other end of the street.
There is this stunning mosque in the city as well so I was able to take pictures of that. It's covered in turquoise and blue tiles.
The whole time we were out there were just amazing clouds, big and puffy layers.
In other news, it looks like Matthew and I may actually be in better financial condition which is a huge answer to prayer. We are still about $350 short a month but that is a big step down from earlier figures. Please continue to pray about this need!
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