закамск (Zakamsk)

We had a good week in Zakamsk, it's not too far from the base in Oerm, so no incredibly long train ride.

We stayed in a lottle house where a few people live, there was a family upstairs and a couple, the man was a pastor and the woman (who is known as 'Mama Luba') stayed at home. But for the week everyone was home, because it was the holiday season in Russia. Their Christmas is on January the 7th as opposed to our 25th of December, so two Christmases for me.

We spent most of our time in thee different places: The house for meals (which were a great way to ease into the Russian food), the outdoor rink for (drum roll please...) hockey and the community centre down the road for church meetings.

The rink was pretty good, it is built just outside a soccer field/running track, so they flooded part of the track to the rink. We mostly played shinny with kids there, but we did have a game there the last night with a team made up of people in the local boxing club. The temperature there ranged anywhere from -15 to -25, so it was important to move around a bit, or at least put a lot of clothes on.

The cultural centre is a pretty big building, it's got at least two floors. The church meets on the second floor in a lottle room just otside the lobby. We normally had a bit of worship, someone on the team shared their testimony, more music, and some games since there were mostly kids at the meeting.

We also went to an orphanage for a day, playing floor hockey and sharing a testimony for the kids. A bunch of them ended up with a bible, so that was cool. We also went to a school and did the same thing, though there ween't many kids there because it was the holidays and we weren't allowed to share the gospel directly, being a school and all.

So it was a good week. We're in the base for the weekend then we go to Nizhni Tagil and we'll be there for about 10-12 days.

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