Off to the Lake

Thursday morning, after picking up 16 from the village orphanage, we drove through the beautiful mountains to the city of Balykchi, where the team worked in 2006, and then to the yurt camp. It was a beautiful setting, the team had a great time. Except for the rain , all was wonderful.

Swimming first thing in the morning, before the VERY LONG, Beautiful drive around the lake to the beach and water park on the other side.

Ishar and Monnei, our faithful drivers, arranged supper for us: forty orders of lagman, the original spaghetti.

We arrived home safe and sound late Friday night.

Saturday is another busy day. Some finishing touches of work done at the local church in town, more on that later, then off to the mountains with the local youth, with a stop at the Tower.

This is Julie posting the blog. I can't figure out how to get the photo"s in any order and the words under the pictures. Please forgive me and hold nothing against me for this post. lol I like the pictures but there is not a full representation of the team or the village kids. We will continue and add to this adventure so please stay tuned. We also have some good videos that take too long to downlaod at this time. What alot of work this is. John deserves alot of credit for the great job he does on this blog. Thank you John!!!!!

P.S. There is a picture in there of the "Treasures" to show them off a bit. They came to the celebration at the village, Living Water Party.