United Methodist Bishop

The Bishop of the Eurasian Conference of the United Methodist Church welcomed us to Moscow at our dinner on New Year's Night. In addition to having Christmas with the orphans, Volunteers in Mission have worked at the orphanages in the summer building playgrounds and repairing buildings and have helped build a Methodist Seminary in Moscow. The Bishop thanked us for continuing this work.
Our meal this evening and several other evenings was at the Log Cabin Restaurant across from the Hotel. The food was supposed to be typical Russian food and I loved almost all of it. (I still don't like mushrooms, Russian or otherwise!) The meal always started with some kind of salad like slaw or pea salad (but not salad greens or lettuce) and/or soup (borscht/beet soup or ghia/cabbage soup). The main course was meat (beef, pork or chicken) and potatoes (mashed, baked, roasted, etc.). Desert was often the most wonderful ice cream I've ever tasted. The butter fat content must have been the most you can have and still call it ice cream! Russia is also known for its chocolate candy. Yum!