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Friday, July 30, 2010
Its About to Get Quiet Around Here
1:38 PM | Posted by
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This was the Centreville team's last day in Ufa. They will fly out early tomorrow morning and everyone should be praying for their safe return. Today was full of souvenir shopping. (it is surprisingly hard to find a good matroshka doll in Ufa) The big event of the day was a farewell dinner we had to say goodbye to the team. Several local believers and non-believers came and it was a great time of fellowship. Also, several of the team members got to tell the people present what they meant to them. God was glorified in what went on this evening and it was a great way to end up a great couple of weeks. Lots of new friendships were made and lots of older relationships were continued by the people from Centreville this week as well as by those of us who live here. I can not say enough good about this team and what all went on this week. They had great endurance in the face of one of the worst heat waves on record and the resulting mediocre sleep. I know the locals look forward the return of their friends as soon as possible and look forward to continuing these friendships over social networking and email. I, for one, had a lot of fun following them around and chronicling their activities. It was fun to act like an American around a bunch of other Americans. This was the first time I personally got told to be quieter on a bus or tram! So, here are a few pictures from the dinner. As you see, we had a lot of fun.
I hope you all have enjoyed this series over the past couple of weeks. Centreville really has set the bar high for people coming to Ufa. Their enthusiasm was contagious. Their willingness to adjust and adapt was amazing. Their attitude was great. I hope they continue to send many people this way as the Lord allows.
After we ate there was a sort of talent show.
The first act was Danielle serenading Vikki.
Then Bob and Damien Marley showed up.
A little chestnut tree.
These girls sang a popular Russian song.
I wasn't the only one with a camera.
Jeff and the translators. The hugs and goodbyes took forever!
I hope you all have enjoyed this series over the past couple of weeks. Centreville really has set the bar high for people coming to Ufa. Their enthusiasm was contagious. Their willingness to adjust and adapt was amazing. Their attitude was great. I hope they continue to send many people this way as the Lord allows.
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