This is Chris Arveson, our puppet master. Each year, Chris finds a folk story, has it translated to Russian, and reads all the parts (in Russian!) onto a CD. Then he makes puppets for each of the characters and backdrops that he can transport by air. When we settled in at the orphanage he pulled it all out and started to train us to be puppeteers. This year's story was about a musician who played for the Sea King and fell in love with his daughter, but had to decide whether to stay with her or go back to his beloved city. He chose the city but sat on the bank of the river and played and thought he saw a beautiful face in the water. Chris always puts a Christian message at the end of the story and we wound up singing "Silent Night" in Russian. There will be more pictures of the puppets later on.
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