Children from all over the world

These are our children we got to spend Christmas with this year. What a fun day we had, good food, good company, good friends. We never know what the end of 6 weeks will bring, it is a heart tugger to lose one to a transfer, but they are our heros and a wonderful source of joy for us. Jane is from Ukraine, she helps us with Russian on Tuesdays, Anna is from Ukraine and helps us with Russian on Thursdays, they have become very important in our lives, they are our friends and know English wonderfully and of course our wonderful district, Sister Fitzgerald, Sister Hudson, Elder Stradling, and Elder Mironchenko and leave it to Elder Bailey to have a goofy face in our picture. We love these kids!

Santa was a bit sneaky this year

We have a new sister in our district, Sister Fitzgerald from Alpine, Utah. It was great to bring her into our missionary family. We had alot of fun this Christmas morning. Santa was very good to us.

Santa Claus came to Ukraine

One of our joys and blessings is to be with the young missionaries. We are so thankful for our missionary family. They are a light and a blessing in our lives.

Lunch Time at District Meeting

This is our second district. Another group of outstanding young missionaries. Sister Hudson in the red sweater is from Canada. She is a sweetheart. Elder Stradling the elder across from Sister Hudson is from Arizona. He is also a very awesome young man. Sister Howell and Elder Meronchenko are still with us for a little while. We love our young missionaries.

The Bailey BarberShop

So the news got out that Sister Bailey has a pair of hair clippers and she can cut hair, so now we've got missionaries knocking on our door each week for a haircut. I made them sign a release form saying they wouldn't be mad at Sister Bailey if they didn't like their hair cut. We will see how many of them come back for a second hair cut.

A Thankful Table full of food and missionaries

This is our table full of food and full of missionaries. It was fun to be able to spend a couple of hours with all the missionaries. It made not being home for family Thanksgiving a little easier to bare.

Thanksgiving Table

This is what our table looked like before we sat down to eat.