4/17/2016 Volga,

 This is our last view of the bridge and the Volga as we left Saratov Monday morning to go to the mission home in Samara.  We fly home Thursday, the 21st.

This is the view of the Volga from the windows of the Balakova building where we stopped for church on the way to Samara.  A beautiful last Sunday in Russia.

We're grateful for the experience we have had here.  The missionaries work hard and inch forward .. and we think of this scripture:

 128:22: Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. 

We will do a final and more complete update when we get home .. we're still enjoyinged the journey!