Since We've been in Sumy

This is just a rundown of what we've been doing since we've been in Sumy.

We found an apt on our first morning here with Grady's help and a lady named Nina who attends the church of christ here. After moving our stuff in, Grady showed us around town some and took us grocery shopping.
We then went to a bible study at an apt where we one of the lady's translated for us. (At every visit or bible study you can expect tea and snacks. It's kind of fun!)

On Saturday, Brett and I met Grady outside our apt at 10am and he took us to the outside market. This included a visit to the indoor meat store. It's pretty crazy. It's huge room full of raw meat unpackaged laying on counters everywhere. One way to guess what the meat is, is to look at the skinned animal hanging nearby. All the ladies are kind of yelling things out to you (in Russian of course) saying things like, "look at this cut of meat", "buy this." It was interesting to say the least.

Later that evening, we had tea at Grady's former boss's apt, and then went upstairs to the apt of Larissa and Max for dinner. She served us baked chicken with cheese and mushrooms, some kind of tuna salad, cheese, and of course tea and fruit and cookies. Juices like pineapple and cherry are served frequently with meals. Larissa will translate for us when we need her. She will come with us tonight to bible study.

As Brett said, today, Tuesday, we had our first Russian lesson. Man alive was it difficult. She was very down to business; the funny thing was she couldn't always answer our questions because she doesn't speak English very well. We have some major studying to do tonight after bible study because she comes back in the morning at 10am. We will have our last lesson of the week on Friday at the University where she teaches.
Peace and Prayers to all who read this. Alicia