Wednesday, April 11, 2007





When we left the Blind and Deaf Orphanage and headed back to Moscow we passed the Monastery of St. Sergei, the patron saint of Russia. Beautiful! One of the early tsars asked Sergei to pray for victory over the Mongols who were attacking Moscow. When the victory was won, Sergei was given the credit . We begged the driver to stop for a photo opportunity and he did, even though we were running late. It's a good thing we did; one of the ladies got sick to her stomach and had to find a bathroom (there wasn't one on the bus). Our team leader and the translator went with her up to the Monastery and found an entrance and a public restroom on the other side of the complex. She was OK later but what a nightmare!

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