Week 1

Hey ya)

This is how my first week of September went. ( Que awesome music playlist >> )

156. I am back

The street in front of my house.

                                                                       157. I kinda walk here

The bridge I walk over whenever I want to go into the city, Krasnodar

My scary clown.

Yes. I have to read all of this for Bible Class.

                                                                    158. That's mah room

My desk. Favorite part of my room.

The Kuban River.

School books.

A way to avoid school...

Old guitar learnin'

Is it time I threw these away?

On the tram.

Messy room, sunny morning.

These shoes are so warped. 

Schedule.

Cut an old TinTin shirt down to size. 

IT'S TINTIN GUYS.

TinTin is freaking AwEsOmE

So Th-th-th-that's all folks!!!

Ciao)

Musically Fantastic, and other Shtuffs.

Hey folks, mah friends, it has been SO long...........guuuuyyyyysssss, please don't be mad at me. Take your anger out on my internet. I am serious. This is not me procrastinating. ( Ha, I know right? I'm amazed as well) I can't get a KB to upload. Welcome to Russia, correction: Welcome to Adygea, a little piece of nowhere in the middle of a pool of nowhere surrounded by countrysides of nowhere. But enough about the internet and my lack of posting. That's all we ever talk about.  I feel like that annoying friend who doesn't stop talking about herself and how busy she is and, I just don't have time to talk about something like that right now, Iv'e had such a crazy day, it all started this morning when- wait. :)

So you might have noticed something new. If you didn't you're an airhead. oh wait, or deaf, excuse me, my apologies.

That's right!!!! The new music player!!!! Is that just not the bomb diggity or what?! So one of my many goals is to post a new playlist of songs every week,

CAN SHE DO IT??!?!?!?!?! YES SHE CAN. oh yes I can.

I would write out the list of songs here
but I am feeling lazy

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Don't Stop - Foster the People

One Night in October - Little Comets

The Downfall of Us All - A Day to Remember

The Girl - City and Colour

Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks

The Backpack - Bear Attack

Sugar, We're Going Down Swinging - Fall Out Boy

Seaside - The Kooks

Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Brothers

Her Morning Elegance - Oren Lavie
 
^^ somehow the smart Madi kicked the lazy Madi's butt and I did write out the songs. 


Well, th-th-th-that's all fOlks!!!





        ***cut me some slack. longtime.no.blog.sound like. caveman.***

-Road Trip-

• ***THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO POST A MONTH AGO. fail. Terrible internet at camp***
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• Well I am on my way. Where to? Right It's been awhile since I've blogged, well Novorossiysk. I'll be there for some 20 days. Wwwhhhhaaaaa? that's OK sometimes I find myself saying the same. I am going to help at a kids camp, Yup It's an all Russian all the time channel. Crazy good for my Russian though. And It's a good cause, so I'm happy to help. Kids from krymsk will be at camp too.
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• So when.I started writing this I was packed in the back of a car between a drumset and my friend's mom. yeahhhhhh that ride started out awkward. But I am trained in the art of avoiding awkwardness, or atleast ignoring it. First of all I didn't correctly explain directions to my house. So that took awhile and I think Kostya parents were a little ticked off. But a few lame jokes, and some bad Russian later everything worked out and I love his mom. It wasn't until I started writing this that I realized how 'everything is illuminated ' that car ride was. (If you live in Russia or Ukraine that film is a must) I never really think of my life as being 'wow, Hey, she's an American and she lives in Russia, isn't that bizarre? ' it really is. I just forget cause it is everyday life.
• Phone is about to die, so I'll wrap it up quick.
• I love to see how parents can worry their heads off in either language. A mom is a mom no matter what.noises her mouth makes . 'Do you have the right drumsticks? Is there a music store in novorossiysk can you buy more? Roll your window up you'll catch a cold. You're wearing shorts! You must be freezing here take this blanket. What's this street called *backseat driving*. Eat another sandwich you're too thin' 
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• The sky was setting pink and we went to the beach. Near мало земле (??spelling don't know) that's a huge amazing war monument.
• K enough for now. Enjoy some instagrams (<<<I am so creative lately -_-) 
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Constantina)), Well, Kostya, and learning Russian phrases teaching English ones, чо за предьявы? You know, stuff like that.

Не видно, but sky is beautiful #novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Love this picture, it is so 80's and yet so today Russia. 

I just love this picture. Yup end of blog post.
                               
Tochka. (<period. end of story. in russian)

Krymsk Update

A
Krymskarian
Update.

Крымск, tents set up outside the city for the now homeless.

Krymsk, soldiers are here now," helping"we pray they are doing just that. So many of them were just standing around. Or marching down the streets back and forth. Everyone knew that Putin was supposed to be flying over, so it maybe partly for show.
UPDATED UPDATE: excuse my 16 year old brain. My eyes were misinformed , they are helping.

The home we helped out this Saturday, totally destroyed. Family of 7.

The little boy who lived in that house. He's staying at a neighbor's house till they can fix things up.

Cleaning out the basement with some of the guys from our church. It smelled like year old fish down there. It was terrible, and full of broken jars. But we got it done, one basement down, 5,000 to go.

All of their food the spent the entire year jarring was in that basement we cleaned out. They are still hoping to be able to eat most of it. They don't have much of a choice. 

Praying that the food is still good, because these families will eat it. 

This is what the humanitarian help looks like in Krymsk. People drive by and throw the clothes out the window, then get the stink out of Krymsk. :////


UPDATED UPDATE: Not EVERYONE does that.




People are beginning to forget about Krymsk. Just because it has been two weeks, doesn't mean its any better. Or any less important. In fact, things could be getting worse now. They need your prayer and help more than anything now.
.now.