Friday at the Market

We spent a couple of hours braving the cold weather (21 degrees) shopping at the Moscow open air market on Friday. We had a whole long list of things to buy for ourselves and special orders from friends and family back home! We found most of the things we wanted, but some things were not available. On Friday, the market is not as populated with vendors as it is on the weekends. Oh well!

We were glad we had Oleg with us, as he knows how to play the “game” of bargaining with the vendors. We Americans will just take the first price given! Russians know that you can usually argue the price down, sometimes quite a ways down! Anyway, safe to say that Oleg saved us (and our special orderers!) a lot of money. So treating him to lunch at “My-My” (pronounced “Moo-Moo”) was itself a bargain!

After becoming VERY cold out in the open, the boys enjoyed a nice soak in the hot tub at the hotel! The girls just vegged up in the room. We have one more day here in Moscow, and then we board a plane for the long journey home. We can’t wait! There is just so much gratitude on our hearts right now, I cannot begin to describe it. All of the prayers, the support, hard work, etc. etc. etc. finally coming to a head. Bringing the kids home to America will be one of the happiest days of our lives!

Thank you, God!

Blessings,

The Haworths from Moscow