Having FUN! For the children

This is the first time I volunteered to be the target of a sponge toss event. An American delegate (Vicki) painted the gorilla with too-too. I made the frame and was more than willing to be the target. You may say, so that is no big deal. They are only sponges after all. But these sponges can hold some amount of water and some of the children are strapping young men with quite an arm.

This photo was taken last June at the Savva English Camp carnival night but this weekend I'll assume the post again for the Ulan orphanage carnival we've prepared. Should be fun. With the help of the team here and local translators we'll set-up a half dozen stands for the amusement of the children.

So as the summer closes and the new school year begins we want to give the children a last hurrah. Don't you wish you could be here to toss a few sponges??? Go ahead, you probably throw like a girl! And if you are a girl then I would still tease you for throwing like one!

Well, off to prepare for the Ulan Summer ending Carnival.
Wish you were here
Ken

Monster Burgers

Just in case you were wondering how the food is over here, take a gander at my latest creation! I took nearly 2 lbs of lean ground beef and made 5 "Monster Burgers". Believe me, they are as tasty as they look.

Of course this is not the typical meal here. For the most part I take in mostly national foods and enjoy them very much. Kazakhstan is a real "meat and potato" kind of people. It is said here that Wolves are the one animal on the planet that eats the most meat. And Kazakhs are 2ND!

Veggie lovers stay home. JUST KIDDING! Come one and all. Especially veggie lovers. More meat for me.

Anyway, having said all that we all really love the national dishes here, but like a bit of old fashioned American style burgers and pizza! National foods include Bisparmak which is a hand made flat noodle dish with potatoes and of course meat. Kordak is another meat and potato dish usually made after a fresh slaughter of a sheep. The Usbec main dish is Plov. A rice and meat dish, while the Russian favorite is Borsh which is a cabbage, potato and meat soup. All very tasty and I'm sure you'd like them, very much, as well.

In any case, don't worry about us loosing weight over here. We love our work, we love the people and we love the food.