We celebrated Thanksgiving by having a dinner in our apartment for the young elders and sisters. I really worried about this because it has been hard to cook chicken here in Russia and still keep it moist and tasty---unless I put it in soups! Angels attended us and Heavenly Father inspired us and we had the most succulent chicken you could ever imagine. Now you might say, "where was the turkey?" We don't know if they even have it. Russians eat tons of fish, even fish soup. They also eat tons and tons of veggies. Vegetables are fixed differently and many ways. I can't wait to come home and be able to make yummy Russian dishes.
Well, I tried to add photos to this post, but it won't let me, so I will share those later. Matt said the same thing happened to him.
I will just tell you that we have two native Russian missionaries. Elder Naumov and Sister Kovalevskaya are both originally from Ekateringburg and are fantastic missionaries. We are so blessed to be able to work with them. They have tremendous testimonies of the gospel and are great with people. We love them.
As you know, we have a new assignment to be a Mission President couple. We will be going home to Salt Lake City, Utah to be with family. We report to the MTC June 24, 2010 to be trained as Mission President and wife. We continue to be in awe that our Heavenly Father has that much faith in us.... so we will too. "Whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies" [Pres. Thomas S. Monson] We have found so much personal support from our Heavenly Father and from our Savior, Jesus Christ. We feel so blessed to be able to continue to serve. We love you all and will be looking forward to coming home to some warm weather!!!.... :) The temperatures in our Khabarovsk, Russia have been -20 degrees F to -25 degrees F. We walk everywhere so we bundle up and we are loving it!!! See you soon - we fly into Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
