1 March / English

Today was the first real outreach day. In te morning we travelled from Novosibirs to Tomsk, which took a bit more than 4 hours. I enjoyed the beautiful landscape, birch forests, pine forests and large plains, all covered with snow.

I Tomsk we went to the church where one of the team members goes. We had lunch, waited for a while, went out for a walk, helped making snacks for the kickoff meeting of a Bible reading group. I gave an interview for a Christian newspaper. We joined the kickoff meeting. We left to our guest family around 8, had dinner and it’s almost bedtime now.

The Bible group is a group that meets approx. every six weeks to discover the Bible in a creative way. This can be a quiz, a game, a study, or just being together, reading and sharing. The intitative is supported by a Facebook style platform, where twice a week a quiz can be played (whoever has the most correct answers in the shortest time, wins), and where announcements, tasks, etc. are placed.

Today the temperature was approx -10 Centigrade, a bit of sun, some clouds, and a bit of fresh snow to make the white look really white again.

Tomorrow morning we go to church, in the afternoon we visit an orphanage, and  then we’re free.