St. Pete

Well I obviously haven’t updated in a while…. But on the 10th of October we got to travel to St. Petersburg. We boarded the train at 12:30 a.m. on Friday morning and arrived around 10:30 a.m. It was a sleeping train so when we got on we made our beds and tried to sleep as well as possible. We slept in the kindergarten gym of the school the St. Petes group teaches at. We met the group and enjoyed hanging out with them in the evenings after we walked around and explored everything we could in those 2 ½ days. We saw the royalties winter and summer palace, and other beautiful old buildings that I cant tell you the names of. St. Pete was beautiful a little cleaner than Moscow but over all just a miniature Moscow. I think the highlight to me was going into the museum that is located in the winter palace, and being able to stand before the work of Picasso, Monet, Da Vinci and Van Gough. That was a really great experience and something to cross off my life-long to-do-list.

In Russia I am thankful for…

Pete (our bus driver)
The girls I live with
Gulia (our site coordinator)
The church
My scriptures
A warm coat
The ability to walk
Not buying gas
Warm/Hot breakfasts
Living on the 2nd floor
The school staff
Good school food
Hot chocolate
Positive attitude

What I take for granted.... In America!

Free public restrooms

Restrooms with toilet paper

Restrooms with and actual toilet and not a squater

Roestrooms that you can put toilet paper in the toilet

Smells (good smells, like Bath & Body)

Spending time with my family

Showers that are hot

Showers with water that is drinkable

Actual showers (not sitting down in the tub with a hose)

Gyms

A car- easy trasportation

Central heat

A clothing dryer

A washer that stays in place

Talking to my family and friends

Playing with my nephews and neice

My health- i eat a lot of junk food

Being outside

Being able to read everything