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