Snow in Vologda! I had my first snow ball fight today after church with the Sunday school kids. Nikitia threw one (on accident) right at my face. I ducked...but it still got stuck in my ear. Hilarious. I definitely got him back though:)

I also got to see my first Russian football game today with Dana, and got together with Sveta for another interesting conversation. She told me about how she feels like her soul is still searching for something...we talked about reincarnation, and the different ideas about how the world came to be...and I just threw out the question. Can something come from nothing? She talked about how people may go through cycles like trees. Trees have their leaves, shed them, and then regrow leaves. Maybe people are like leaves....one spirit, and our body comes back as different leaves. She said that we may have to do that until we become perfect. So we discussed perfection and the possibilities of that here on earth. Oh, how I love Sveta.

It was so good to be out and about today. Yesterday I slept most of the day, trying to get over a cold, and because my overnight train ride was horrid-to the point where I hardly slept at all.

And although the train ride was pretty bad this time around (snoring...and the heat), I am so thankful for the train!

Here is why....we literally almost missed the train. And we didnt. By mere minutes. So although I barely slept, at least I made the train. Whew.