Olympic Spirit

Wendy and I were invited to dinner over at the French teachers house last Friday. We gladly accepted, since they are pleasant people. The girlfriend of one of the guys mentioned that they were going to see the Olympic Flame at a mall the next day. Russians are very into "Sochi 2014" many many many things advertise this event.  We both thought this could be our only chance to see the torch so we had better go for it.

 We were able to see all the torches all the way back to Atlanta in 96'. Vancouver is the second on the right and I think that was London next to it on the left. It was cool to see this little exhibit and we were not expecting it so that was nice too.

 It was fun to see all the torches together and judge who had the best artistic style. Hint... we decided Russia does not.

 Here she is in all her glory, the Russian Olympic torch. It sort of reminds me of a Lazer Blaster from Star Wars or something. There is also a strange hole in the middle which doesn't see to make sense. But hey shouldn't be too critical, right?

Here is Wendy and I with our Russian Olympic spirit faces. If you didn't look closely at the exhibit, you would think it was just a Coke booth. They made it very well known that they were the Sochi sponsor. It just goes to show, no matter where you go in the world, you can't escape McDonald's and Coke.

Wendy and I are totally in the routine of life out here in Russia. We don't really have any fun trips planned for this month, so we are somewhat biding our time until Jerusalem. I (brian) work a lot, and Wendy works and has some fun afternoon activities with some people here in Nizhny. Trying to find purpose in what we are doing is our main focus. We hope to feel as if we made something of a difference where we have been living.