P Day Activities

 On Monday, Feb. 12th the Sisters invited us to visit the "Red Temple" with them...they knew what bus to take and how to get there!  It is a little bit out of town - but very impressive.  The women have to have a scarf to cover their head.  I'm pretty sure it has another name but I didn't catch it - and it would have been in Russian anyway.

 There were ice sculptures on the grounds - really cool ones - will of course they are cool.

 This is a Madonna and Jesus statue with ice swans in the front and a ice dove on top.

 Elder Smith looking grumpy in front of a rather scary ice sculpture!

 Nativity scene - with ice sculptures in front - cool angels!

 Beautiful Sisters waiting for the bus to take us back - see the Church in the background? It was snowing and cold - but it is winter in Siberia!!

 We enjoyed a quick lunch and ice cream!  The sisters got the small ice cream cones - we the large - really really large!!

 Sister Wilcox took this 'selfie' of all of us at the lunch place...it is awesome to be around these young people...the future is in good hands.

The restaurant on the wall had a bench of posters -this one was so funny - look out for pterodactyl birds to take off your head if you smoke in here!!