It snowed today! It was so beautiful and came down like mist. We had a morning session on just what we would be doing for the next 4 months and how we were feeling, like a good check up. We then headed to the Famine Museum.

This is the entrance to the Famine Museum. In 1932-1933 Stalin created a famine in Ukraine. He told the people that there was a famine everywhere (not true) and that they should give up portions of their food. Stalin created the famine to force the people of Ukraine to join the Soviet Union.

More people died in the famine than all of the others killed in WW2 on both side combined. I was told (don't quote) that roughly 20 million people died during the famine.

This evening was our turn to cook, thank goodness my roomies are good cooks! We fixed baked potatoes and a cabbage salad. There were many toppings: a garlic and cheese sauce (great!), shredded cheese, mushrooms, pork (we thought the package was bacon), and onions. Here in Ukraine you must make almost everything from scratch, no Betty Crocker or Hamburger Helper. For dessert we fixed apple crisp and it was served with ice cream. I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow and having a day of rest. See, for missionaries Sunday is our busy day so we have to make another day our day of rest.