A Lot More New Photos!

Greetings friends!
I have been promising to add many more photos for a while now. I added some a few days ago, but today I have just added almost 400. That is still a drop in the bucket compared to the 3.5 gigabytes of photos that I have from being in Russia/Europe, but still, its more than enough to see the most interesting experiences and sights that I saw in Russia. Enjoy, and feel free to post comments here.

To my photo gallery: http://photos.ArthurK.com

New Photos!

There are new pictures at http://photos.ArthurK.com. These Pictures are from my last Friday Night discussion group in May, before I left Russia.

раз, два, три... прыгай!

(One, Two, Three, Jump!)

Today was an awesome day! I went to Fishhook State Park today with my friend Jimmy. Jimmy is a friend from SIFE at Walla Walla College. He also was a student teacher in Almate in Kazakstan a few years ago. He is also the one who got me interested in going to Russia to teach. Today we were meeting Luke Hamilton who is a fried of Jimmy's. Luke was a student at a different university, but was also teacher in Moscow, just like I was. Maybe some of my readers in Russia know Luke. He says "привет" by the way. It was really neat to meet him (and his family) today. The three of us former student volunteers had so much fun talking about our experiences in Moscow and Almate. We even got to practice a little Russian - "хочешь арбуз?" We didn't just stand around eating арбуз (watermelon) though. Oh no... we threw in a little insane danger into our sabbath afternoon activities. We decided to jump from a 5-meter high cliff into the Snake River several times. It was a hot day (35°C/95°F), and the water was nice and cool. Should I mention this was my first time ever cliff jumping?

Finals Week

Well, I've been taking life easy this week, staying with my sister's family, and then tonight with my aunt & uncle. It's been really wonderful seeing them all. I also arrived a week earlier than they expected, pleasantly surprising them. Tomorrow morning, I will embark on the five hour journey east, across Washington State to the city of Walla Walla. I have a lot of family in Tacoma, but all of my friends are in Walla Walla. This is a very special week for them too. Not only is their friend Arthur arrving, but their long year at Walla Walla College will be drawing to an end. After two or three days of tough, rigorous exams, they will be done with the school year on Wednesday, and graduation will be on Sunday. My class will be graduating, of course without me, since I spent this year in Russia. Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing all of you (my WWC friends) tomorrow or the next day. Good luck with finals. It will be nice to be there, yet have no finals to worry about :) That will come next year!

BACK HOME FROM RUSSIA!!!

Hey everyone! I'm back from Russia. I am currently in Tacoma, Washington staying with my family. I am going to Walla Walla sometime next week. My flight was quite long, but not bad. I stayed for 20 hours in London, which gave me some time to wander around the city, and visit the wonderful British Museum. I even got to see the Rosetta Stone.

Anyway, I am happy to be home. I'd like to thank all of my friends, family, and colleagues for all the support while I've been in Russia. It's been an incredible experience, and I've been very blessed indeed, in so many ways.

"Hey, it's good to be back home again" --John Denver, Home Again