Well we finally got a chance to go visit the Chernashofca. It's the half way house that the church here helps build and such. First off, when we got there some mosquitoes took Shaina and carried her a few feet until Titus could take them out. We helped till up some gardens and skinned some trees. We had lunch at 1 or so and I found like 3 or 4 mosquitoes in it. They're tasty btw. Another quick story about the place. It turns out that they regularly eat dogs.
We then loaded into the back of a small pickup truck and rode to a nearby Siberian lake. It was bit chilly. Since all the other guys there were wearing speedoes, I decided it wouldn't be too bad to jump in with my undies on. Quite refreshing, even though the paparazzi kept bugging me. A guy who was orginally Orthodox decided to be baptised, so Timur did the honors and baptised him. As he emerged from the water, Tolic yelled Haleluah. That makes three baptisms since we've been here. The Lord has such amazing power.
On the way back from the place we loaded a charter bus past capacity. It was exciting as we basically had enough room to stand and that was it for the 40 minute ride. We did get to spend time with a fellow American named Phil who is from Texas. WOOT! He's about 6'4" and a huge man. He is such a great guy to hang out with. He's older but very cool and always happy. He kept us in good spirits by stating things such as "you think Jesus was in a crowd like this when he said 'who touched me?'" He also took us on a cross city trip to find Dr.Pepper. It does not come to Tomsk.
Well that's not it for me, but I think I'm going to watch this way cool pirated video Shaina bought. For three dollars, I figure that taking a chance on the quality of a video isn't too bad. Have a great week!