The Conference has Begun!

Dear Parents,
We started the conference yesterday and had a full day of lobbying and attended an opening conference.  Two of our students spoke in front of the entire conference,Ghanim Al Shaabi and Abdulla Al Kuwari, it was very brave of them.  We also got some snow yesterday, the boys of course had many snowball fights:) Today we are continuing the conference and doing well.  It is a lot of work for our students and they are doing great.
We miss you all!
Mrs, Machicek

Day 1 in St Petersbug!

Hello Family,

We are working on figuring out how to post on the blog but until then here are some pictures from our day.  Today we went out into the cold and got a tour of the subway system.  St. Petersburg has the deepest subway system in the world and it is also very beautiful.  The subway is meant to be decorated like a palace to keep the people happy during Communism.  Then we exchanged money and went to the farmers market.  The students were real excited about purchasing a variety of honey.  Then off to the see the Church of Spilled Blood which is full of art.  The history in St. Petersburg is very interesting and we are learning all about WWI and WWII.  We had a nice lunch and now the students are enjoying the pool and sauna at the hotel.  We are all doing well and enjoying ourselves.  Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Mrs. Emmy Josefson Machicek

The great Juma'a Prayer

Salam everybody,
It's the last day for us. but before we leave, we have to share more 1.5 million brothers the Juma'a prayer in Mecca.

 Al-masjid Al-Haram after 1 hour from Prayer....this is the outside area 

 The shuttle.... Dede and Imam did quick good job to insure arrive on time 

 Mecca Gate

 End of Haram

Some were really tired 

Some were hungry 

 But all happy 

 FIRST (row) CLASS 

 VIP bus 

and here we are all!!! 

Thank you and (ALHAMDULLELAH ALA ALSALAMA) 

الحمد لله على السلامة 

Fun Day in Al-Tai'f

Salam everybody,
Thursday was the fun day in out trip, The group headed to Al-Kur village in Al-Ta'if. not too many to say, but too many pics can explain.

and for the pic of the day

Men in.... White