Dec. 15: Midnight

Hello!

How nice it is to write in english and communicate so easily! : ) The Russian language is so difficult... but it's fun to hear others talk.

Tonight I am outside of Tallinn. I am staying at Maxim and Julia's (Maxim's wife) house with their 2 children. Maxim and Julia have a 2 year old boy and a 3 month old girl. The 2 year old can roll his R's and I just sputter my R's! haha!

Today I was in Aseri all day (until tonight). I went this morning to Aseri's public school where they were having a Christmas Fair. The kids and/or their parents made crafts and were selling them at the school. There is a picture to the right.

At Aseri school is the most interesting museum. Yes, a museum. It has most of the school's history and some cultural history artifacts in this place. There are everything from old school uniforms (during communist times), to old village artifacts, to gifts from other countries. There were also old Bibles, books, pencils, banners, computers... etc. I enjoyed it very much.

The rest of my day I spent at Aseri Church working at the after school program. There were about 7 boys and 4 girls that came. This program has only been announced and there are a few homemade posters around - and it is a new program. So if children come, it is on their own. They come to hang out, eat, stay warm, play, etc. There is nothing else to do in town. The local gym has been closed due to bad city financial planning. This is a neat outreach. Parents are curious and the church's hope is that they want to come to church on Sundays.

I am tired and wish to sleep now. I hope this post makes sense... I am writing in a mode of sleepiness and speaking in broken english. : ) Thank you for reading this blog. I pray that God touches your heart through it. I have posted a few pictures on the right.

Good night and many blessings -
Rachel