To Russia with love....

Our daughter Kara and a team of musicians from several churches leave today for Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg) to partner with other believers there. They'll perform and spread the message of hope in Christ! They hope to post updates to their new prayer blog for each of the 10 days they're gone. Thought the blog needed a pic for the header, so I took this with some stuff from home...and yay! They liked it!
I barely managed to get one shot of Kara, Christina, and Joy as they left. Took a cuter close up, but wanted you to see Kara's cello travel case (a.k.a. "The Coffin"). Do you think she put enough signs on it? :) It's sad she can't rent there and yeah... she's wishing she played the flute!! This case is about 18 inches deep and has another 2nd hard shell case inside...(plus styrofoam, newspaper, soft rags). Awkward...cumbersome...HEAVY!!! It's her first time to stow a cello in the cargo hold...she usually books an extra seat. Hope it survives! Mom, it's a school instrument her district trusted her with. Grateful it worked out as the mission insurance could replace it, if necessary, but couldn't come close to replacing Kara's.
If you'd like updates, check out the blog at http://2010russiamission.blogspot.com/.