After Nagele’s we were driven to the airport by the church’s contract driver.  They hire a lot of driver’s to get the missionaries around.  Very few missionaries drive cars in Russia.  

         Then came a 4.5 hour flight to Novosibirsk.  We got there at 5:30 a.m. and were met by Pres. Gibbons, two AP Elders and Elder Guchin, The Area Seventy (who is also a church contract driver.)  They took us to the hotel where we crashed until about 3:30 p.m.  We then met with Pres. Gibbons at the mission office for interviews and orientation.  Then had dinner at his home.  It is now 11:00 p.m.   I have totally mixed up on the times and dates since leaving New York.  We have crossed 12 time zones and have two more to go to get to Krasnoyarsk.

So far everything has gone smoothly but it has been physically demanding.  We feel like the Lord has blessed us to get to this point.

Elder and Sister Webb on the right (office missionaries). Elder and Sister Huffaker on the right (CES missionaries).  Huffakers leave in a couple of weeks to go home.

The statues erected during the communist era are massive and powerful.  I'm not sure who these guys are but you can see from the car right behind them how big they are.

Lenin

I ordered "Pancakes" for breakfast.  This is what I got.  Much like crepes with an unidentifiable meat-like substance in the center.  They really weren't too bad.