MONASTIRSCHINA

GOT OUT TO MONASTIRSCHINA TODAY ABOUT 10:30. WEATHERWISE IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO WORK. THERE WAS ME AND JEFF AND JEB AND LUDA AND GORDON AND PATRICK. WHAT A GREAT CREW!!!!

THESE GUYS ARE THE VERY BEST. I LOVE 'EM!

THE SAND HAD ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT AND SPREAD ON WEDNESDAY, SO WE WERE READY TO START. SPENT THE WHOLE DAY ON THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ACTIVITY CENTER. HEADED BACK FOR SMOLENSK ABOUT 5:30.

THERE WAS A FRISBEE GAME AT 7. THE GUYS AND LUDA PLAYED WITH ABOUT 15 OTHER RUSSIAN YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE (SUSAN AND I) WATCHED. IT WAS FUN. LOT OF MOSQUITOS, HOWEVER, FOR THE WATCHERS.

PRAYER

Lord make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love.Where there is injury, let me sow pardon.Where there is doubt, let me sow faith.Where is despair, let me give hope.Where there is darkness, let me give light.Where there is sadness, let me give joy.Grant that I may not try to be comforted, but to comfort;not try to be understood, but to understand; not try to be loved, but to love.Because it is in giving that we receive, in forgiving that we are forgiven,and in dying that we are born to eternal life.
- Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

WE WANT TO LIVE LIVES OF PRAYER NOT JUST HAVE TIMES OF PRAYER.

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.