Elder Jacobs with Parents

Elder Jacobs sitting 3rd from the left, sitting next to his father served in Lviv I think, for 6 transfers and then he went to Kyiv. He is now released and his parents came to pick him up and they came back to Lviv for a visit. We are having a dinner with him and all of the missionaries at the Golden Boar. We tried to get in the day before but it was a 1 1/2 hour wait. Elder Williams had meetings and Linda Jacobs (his mother) wasn't feeling well.
On Sunday after going to church we decided to visit this cemetery. It was for the rich and famous and the veterans. This was where Ivan Franko is buried (famous man). He had a University named after him and also a town. Roman 2nd from right is the branch missionary leader in one of the branches. He had a very hard time when Elder Jacobs was transferred.
In front of the entrance of the cemetery. Lena, who had been on two mini-missions this summer and is 20 years old, I think, was with us and is taking the pictures. Linda is napping and Elder Williams stayed home to read. This cemetery is HUGE. If you click on this picture to make it bigger and look at the trees in the back there is some big round things growing on the trees, it's mistletoe.
On Sat. we walked to the top of the tower. 408 steps to see the city. Brother Jacobs said there were more steps than that. We then walked down center and went to the Opera House. They wanted to see it because there is one in Vienna that has the same architecture. They were in Vienna this year teaching. Pres. Yushchenko (Ukraines President) had been at the Opera House just moments before for a celebration, so they wouldn't let us in but a friend of mine and I had gone just two days before to make sure we could get in and so I, with Elder Jacobs translating, reminded the man of this and he said he remembered me so he let us in.
We had a wonderful weekend. They left Mon. night at 10:50 p.m. on the train and the youth always meet them at the train station when they go home and bid them farewell.