The church has a wonderful facility for family and youth attending the temple. There is a hotel there for families to stay in at a very affordable price. Some families stay for three days and do temple work, some stay a week, some just come and put their bags and luggage in the hotel foyer and go over to the temple for hours. This hotel has two very large kitchens and a very large eating area. You shop at a nearby store, you prepare it and cook it, you eat it and relax there, you clean up after yourself. It is absolutely awesome. They have several big refrigerators that are sectioned off into small compartments and have the room number that you are staying in on them for those that stay for several days use them for their food. Here is part of our group. They are holding up Ukrainian sausage which is very similar to a hot dog. They got boiled it little bit too long and split open, but it all tasted good. This hotel also has a big play room for children, so with a family that has small children one spouse goes to the temple the other tends the children and then they trade. The Saints here love their temple.

We were able to go with a group of youth to the Kiev Temple on Saturday November 11th. We had quite the traveling experience going there. We went on a night train, we left at 6:30 p.m friday night and arrived in Kiev at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning. We spent a great day at the temple. The endowed youth did several sessions and the younger ones did baptisms. It was special to be in the temple with them.

Sunday Dinner at Brother and Sister Bailey's

This is our little group. We just moved a few chairs out and a couple of tables in and we all fit perfectly. It was so much fun to have them in our little apartment, for them and for us.