August 2007 - Meet Grigori & Olya, the Bishops (like Superintendents) of Kaluga, a region in European Russia. They came to see us in Asian Russia to speak at the all-Siberia Conference in Angarsk, and then we took them to spend some time along Lake Baikal.
Grigori & Olya on the shore of Baikal
We stayed with at the Ladies' Rehab Center . . . a beautiful setting that even has a "banya" - if you don't know what a Russian "banya" is, it could best be described as an intense sauna, but Russians would tell you that it also doubles as a meeting room where the real decisions are made! Here I am with some of the gals. On the far right is Snijona, a friend and one of the leaders at the center.
Bishop Ivan & Bishop Grigori praying for Olya who has just graduated from the Rehab Center and is making her way back into the real world.
Olya and I are giving my STL car a push through the TAIGA - The Taiga is the largest forest in the world, and several years ago when this trees began to burn, the world was rightfully concerned since 20% of the world's oxygen comes from these trees. Actually my car is just fine, but had you seen the roads we travelled to get to the Rehab Center, you would realize she deserved some TLC at this point :)
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