As we continued on our walk through the town a path lead down to a park area where we were delighted to see this outside dance hall. It was a holiday this day and the music was playing loud and the senior citizens of town were having a great evening dancing to the music. It was delightful to see them enjoying themselves so and all dressed up too.

There was no grass in the cemetery. It was full to the brim with buriel markers. Each buriel spot had it's own garden of fresh flowers. The markers were most interesting each bearing the portrait of the deceased. It was awesome to walk around and see the different memorials.

While in Sumy we found this very old cemetery in town and was fascinated by it. This Angel statue is quite the eye catcher.

Here is our little flower garden. We bought some tulip bulbs last fall and decided to claim some of the dirt outside of our apartment. We planted 12, only 8 came up but we sure enjoyed seeing them as we left and came back each day. You would have thought it was a royal garden as we examined our little row of flowers each day. To think that next year their will be at least double that many brings a smile to our face.

Even those inside the city if they have a plot of dirt in front of there apartment building use it to make a garden. These garden spots are in a very populated apartment area in Kharkov. We don't ever see any type of sprinkling system in the city so we assume that all their little gardens are hand watered. I did see a lady outside of our apartment watering her flowers with a gallon size water bottle. So if there is a will their is a way.  

Not all the gardens we saw were out along the countryside. This garden spot was inside the city but down a hill and in an area where the busy city streets were out of sight. I believe the people here take great pride in their gardens because they are very neat and orderly looking.

One thing I enjoy doing here is a train ride to Sumy a smaller town about a 31/2 hour train ride away. This Spring we visited our institute class there and along the way we saw the many small country gardens. The countryside is beautiful and Ukraine has indeed been blessed with furtile soil.

Elder and Sister Burr farewell party put on by the Kharkov District. A very much loved couple that gave great service here in Ukraine. They completed their mission on April 17th. Some of the CES youth performed a traditional Ukrainian dance in their Ukrainian costumes. The smiles on the faces of Elder and Sister Burr radiate their love of the people here and the love of their Savior. They were a great example to us and we loved serving here with them.