My students as they prepare to sing the N.C. State Fight song!
Lucy, Me, and DeAnna showing off our "wolf hands"
Some of the girls waiting outside of the school
One of many stray, sad cats sleeping in the window sill of the stairway window in our building.
The bus we rode to the Alexander-Svirsky Monastery near Lodeynoye Pole, Russia
Bus trip to Alexander-Svirsky Monastery
Entrance to the Monastery
Russian Orthodox Cross
Russian Orthodox Priest talking to a Russian Lady at the Monastery
Tatyana and me. She is the "Director" of the School, which is the same as an administrator or principal.
I'm filling up my cup with the water. They say it Holy Water. It is VERY cold and everyone fills up their bottles and drinks it. Tastes like regular tap water to me. But at least we didn't have to BOIL it for 10 minutes!
Holy Water well inside this building
Students and me in the Monastery
Inside the Monastery
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery near Lodeynoye Pole, Russia