burtons | November 2, 2009
Dear Family ,
We had a busy week last week. We worked on a possible crisis situation. One of our couples was asked to meet with the Minister of Religion in Perm, where they are serving. We heard about it on Tuesday and worked all that day and part of Wednesday to try and get the [...]
burtons | September 15, 2009
Dear Family and Friends,
I have been going to Primary in our new branch. I tried Relief Society and I enjoyed the sisters and someone would always translate for me, but I did not feel involved, so one Sunday, I went to Primary. That first Sunday there was someone there who could translate for me. But [...]
burtons | September 9, 2009
Since June, Sister Burton and I have been serving as coordinators for the Young Single Adult family home evening activities here in Moscow. One evening we happened to mention that we were traveling to Samara (a city several hundred miles east of Moscow) during the week ahead to work with the humanitarian missionaries there. As [...]
burtons | July 14, 2009
It was my turn to carry missionary passports to the U.S. Embassy today for processing. Each missionary in Russia must have two passports to allow them to leave the country every 90 days using their old visa, and to re-enter the country using a new visa that is valid for 90 more days. I have [...]
burtons | July 13, 2009
We are working on some new humanitarian projects here in Moscow to help people who cannot help themselves. Each time we review the needs and desires of a group of people, I remember the phrase from the church handbook of instructions to priesthood leaders that defines the purpose of the church welfare program. It very [...]
burtons | June 23, 2009
Picture us in a small car this week with our Russian interprepter and the director of one of the first charities in Moscow. It is the director’s car and she is driving. . . tearing through traffic very much like an Armenian taxi driver . . . talking to our interpreter (Anna) and waving both hands while dodging [...]
burtons | June 10, 2009
Bulgaria
Provided a staircase wheelchair escalator to a daycare for youth and children with disabilities to provide access for handicapped children to the gymnasium where physical therapy is provided.
Ukraine
Provided 17 doors for a large surgery center in a hospital to improve sterile conditions. The surgical area previously was [...]
burtons | May 31, 2009
Dear Family and Friends,
Yesterday, we did a passport run. In Russia they are now letting us have two passports. This cuts down on the time a couple must stay out of the country while they wait for their new Russian visa. Now, couples just fly out using one visa and fly back in using the [...]
burtons | May 31, 2009
We left Twin Falls for the MTC (Mission Training Center) Monday April 13, 2009. As I looked out of my kitchen window one last time, I saw my lilac bush covered with leaves, but not one bud. I wailed, “I won’t get to see my lilacs this year”, but we were late, and time was [...]
burtons | May 1, 2009
Just a correction about the wheelchair project. The Orphanage is not in Yerevan, but in a village about 14 Kilometers outside of Yerevan, no idea what direction. I have to use Kilometers to tell you how far away we were because the meter on the taxi only measures in kilometers, and that’s what [...]