Firsts

What a great day of "firsts"!!!

Gavin had a great first day at school! He didn't want to leave- he would have stayed for another few hours if he could of! He loved his teacher (her name is Masha- think Marsha w/o the 'r'). And one of his classmates is named Dasha which just happens to be the name of his favorite cartoon character (Dasha is how they translate Dora the Explorer)!

Tonight was also the first English Cafe of the year- it was GREAT! We had so many of our students from last year come and quite a few first time visitors! Everyone was so excited to see us and to see each other- it was so much fun! We've already made 'dates' to have a few over and the guys from Action Group are planning a "Men's Day" next week- they're going to go fishing and grill out, etc. - and JB was able to invite a few guys to that, tonight as well. And, several of the girls are planning on coming to our first Ladies Club of the year next Saturday night. We are really looking forward to a great year of EC and all the chances that the Lord will provide for us to build closer relationships with our students!!