Visit to Siberia

John, Jill, and Joy travelled to Russia to pick up Jansen(Elder Price) at the end of his mission. We arrived in Novosibirsk Tuesday morning and checked into the Centralny Hotel. Jansen came and joined us and we were off. We visited areas where Jansen served on his mission, met the members, visited museums, etc. Here are pictures from our trip.

Novosibirsk

	Jansen was given a new tie as soon as he met up with his parents.
	The Returning Missionaries:Elder and Sister Madsen, Elder Bingham, Elder Price, Sister Thomas, Sister Shepherd

	We ate at New York Pizza
	A family in Novosibirsk - Yulia, Liza and Lubov
	Jill and Joy on the train to Omsk		Here is the view from the train

Omsk

	A group of Members in Omsk
	A smaller group in Omsk
	A Russian dinner in Omsk
	Sasha and his mother, Ekaterina
	And with Ekaterina's sister, Nina

Ulan-Ude

	The Primary Class at church
	Waiting on a bus stop heading for the baptism
	Before the baptism. Sergei, Anna, Rita and Jansen
	The biggest Head of Lenin is located in Ulan-Ude
	At a member's house with a group of members.
	Jill with local Relief Society President, Svetlana
	Back in the hotel, Jansen reads the Book of Mormon
	The view from the hotel balcony
	We visited a Nature Museum
	Beautiful Ulan-Ude!
	The Shatrova family

Moskva

We went to Red Square John Jill Joy Jansen

We saw a ballet at the Bolshoi Theater

We ate at McDonald's

We visited Star City located 30 km north of Moskva
	Jansen and the model of the Mir Space Station
	Cosmonauts practice in large tank of water
	Fix it
	The centrifuge in a large room. By riding this you can feel the G's.
	In Space Museum, Vostok, in which the first men flew into space
	This room is dedicated to the life of Yuri Gagarin, first man in space.
	Other objects in this museum, including these training trousers

Home Again

	After 2 years, Jansen made it home safely
	And for the first time met his nephew, Ethan