Trip To Ivano

About the middle of the month we were invited to go with President Steinagel, his wife and son to Ivano Frankivs'ka to help with a Branch Conference and a training meeting with the leaders of the different auxiliaries. We are at the front door here. It is in one big long building and the church is one small part of that building. We left on Sat. morning and came home Mon. morning so it wasn't so rushed this time mainly because they had a lot of interviews to do.
This is the chapel as we are getting ready to leave, check out the floor. The building is very nice but I guess they didn't put enough heat in it because they have little heaters that they put in the rooms that they are going to use, then they don't waste the heat.
We took the train there and if you click on this you can see a man holding a sign. There is someone at each station and road crossing. They only stay out there a short time and then back into the building they go. At the road crossings they always have a small building where they stay.
We went on the day train I guess. The lady sitting in the back is in the next compartment, you can see a bunk that she is sitting on and one above her plus one above that one (which you can't see). Across from her is the same thing and on the end behind Elder Williams is one that goes across. Where he is sitting makes out into a bed, one above him and one above that so it sleeps 9 people. A man is sleeping above her, you can see his legs. If you ask at the beginning of the trip they will give you clean sheets and a pillowcase. No doors on any of these. When you buy a Koupa and go all night, it only sleeps 4 people but has a door and lock on the door but we buy the whole Koupa so we don't have to share it with anyone that is drinking.
There sleighs here are old fashion but they really use them on the sidewalks pulling them here and there. They usually have a back on them so the children don't fall off the back end. The next one is our Hotel that we stayed in Ivano. It was one of the nicest ones that we've stayed in.