YESTERDAY, I FOUND OUT WHERE ALL THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS IN THE WORLD COME FROM.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY SUNFLOWERS AND NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THEM.
THERE ARE MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF SUNFLOWERS IN THIS PART OF RUSSIA.
WE TRAVELED ONLY ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS OR SO SOUTH OF MAYKOP BEFORE WE RAN INTO GAI STOPS THAT BECAME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT. THEY SEARCHED EVERYTHING, EVERY TIME AND WHEN THEY REALIZED I WAS AMERICAN, THE FURTHER SOUTH WE WENT, THE MORE WE REALIZED IT WAS PROBABLY NOT A WISE MOMENT TO GO FURTHER. WE CAME HOME. IF YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWS, YOU KNOW THAT TENSION IS BUBBLING ON THE BORDER RIGHT NOW AND NO ONE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF WAR HAPPENED IN GEORGIA AGAIN. WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE STUPID. IN FACT, WE COULDN'T BE IF WE WANTED TO. SO, WE WILL SAVE THIS REGION IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS FOR A LATER DATE.
DID AN AMAZING THING YESTERDAY. LEONID STOPPED AT A ROADSIDE STAND FOR SOME KVAS (A RUSSIAN DRINK MADE FROM BREAD). USUALLY I HATE IT, BUT THIS WAS GOOD! IT WAS COLD AND I ACTUALLY ENJOYED IT. FIRST TIME EVER!
GOTTA GET MOVING. LEAVING FOR THE AIRPORT SOON AND IT'S 2 HOURS DRIVE.
PRAYER
WE WANT TO LIVE LIVES OF PRAYER, NOT JUST HAVE TIMES OF PRAYER.
LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.
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