Here’s a slideshow I put together from our recent visit to Montenegro with the mission team from The Wesley Foundation in Athens, GA.
I realized that I don’t have too many pictures of the ministry times, because we were busy being involved in the work rather than being outside of it. Still, you can see the people and the land.
And I realized that my wife is in there a lot — I wonder why? 🙂
The music is tradtional music from the area. Zhelyan gave me the CD.
Pasha made a video,
In the forest.
It was posted on the internet.
Many people saw the video on the internet.
Many people had questions.
What is he doing? Why is he there?
Only Pasha knows for sure —
Cute as a button:
Again, this has nothing to do with Russia, but it’s very sweet and cute.
OK, so this doesn’t have anything to do with Russia or mission work, but it cracks me up. Many of you know I’m a dog person . . .
This is some cctv footage of an intersection we have driven through many times. You can see why it’s important to drive defensively in Russia.
These accidents are caused by people running or jumping a red light; both problems are common here. There are traffic lights at that intersection, but the size of the intersection means there are more collisions.
Here is a view of the Metro System in St. Petersburg —
Well, it says ‘without commentary’, and none is needed.
Here is a favorite Russian tune, in a great setting —
Katyusha is a tender diminutive from the female name Ekaterina (Catherine): Katya is the nickname and Katyusha, a tender diminutive.
This is a Russian Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. It was first performed by the celebrated Russian folk singer, Lidiya Ruslanova.
I’ve found some funny Russian pictures on the internet over the years. I thought I’d start posting some of them. You can see an eye-full on my earlier post about herring.
In Russia, cooking shashleek (what Americans call shish-ka-bob) over an open fire in the forest is an important part of the culture; it is a special and highly-valued event. Russians love to go on cookouts, just as Americans love to cook bar-b-que on a grill.
Here is a classic example of cooking shashleek at one of our cookouts at Elama last year. Notice the marinated meat on the skewers over the hot coals. Very tasty.
But, sometimes the weather doesn’t allow for cook-outs. It’s Russia after all, and it can get cold outside. So what is an enterprising Russian to do?
Mike and Olga Cantrell 