We are here!

We made it to Russia! It was a long, bumpy ride, but we made it. Because of the Boarder Patrol and the roads we were about 2 hours late getting to the music school, but the Russian children greeted us with their school band and played us a couple of songs (very good), and then played us up the stairs to the music auditorium where they had a presentation with video, a young student playing the clarinet (unbelievable!), and two high school girls sang for us. They were awesome! After the presentation, the two groups of children got to meet in the hall for fellowship. You won't believe how many questions the Russians had for our kids. Lots of emails and Facebook addresses were exchanged. As promised, here are some pictures from yesterday. The first one is the Sibelius House, and the second is the villa Kokkonen. Oh, Wendy, Gordy wants his grandfather's email:)