From Russia, With Love

As Hope continues to emphatically quip that she is from "Mother Russia" and not Moline, I received a Facebook email from a former youth leader who worked with my brother Aaron and I when we were in the youth groups at Third Presbyterian Church in Dubuque.  Janet had emailed saying that she had a gift for Hope that she wanted to send.  The gift was something she had purchased in her time visiting Russia and thought it would be perfect for Hope.  So when we returned from Spring Break, the gift was sitting at our door, waiting to be opened!  She loves it and plays with it all the time?  What a cool gift!