Barrett's email, July 8th

Train station in Yaroslavl

Catching some winks on a bench

Ryazan

Turns out Pavlov, as in the guy with the drooling dogs, lived in Ryazan. We were going to go to the museum, but it was closed

My companion, me, and the two new missionaries

Just walking around moscow

Holy Cow!!! What a week! What have I done to be so blessed with so many pictures? Everybody looks great. Holy cow!
Happy fourth of july! It sounds like everyone had fun. Mine was spent out at the mission home for the first combined zone leader council with all 8 zone leaders there. Sister S made hamburgers and pasta salad, and jello cake for dessert. Elder T, the west AP who was stuck in Kazakstan made it back the night before so he was able to be at zone leader council. He has some incredible stories about the last two weeks in kazakstan. He was there to help get 50 people to sign as founders of the church in the capitol city of kazakstan. They were down to the wire and they saw some amazing miracles those last few days. And now the church is registered in Astana Kazakstan.
So, since Elder T left his companion in Kazakstan, he and I began serving that day. Elder C, my former companion, made some independence day jokes.
So now, here I am in Ryazan, emailing in an internet cafe. Ryazan is beautiful. The buildings are shorter, the sky is bigger, the streets are lined with trees, and if you're in the right place you can see what looks like the edge of the city. That never happens in Moscow. Just before Ryazan, we were in Yaroslavl for a couple days. Yaroslavl is a bit bigger, so it didn't feel all that much different from Moscow, but Ryazan definitely feels different. If the USB was working on this computer I would send you some pictures: the Ryazan train station, the Yaroslavl train station, me trying to sleep on a bench in the Moscow train station. It's been an adventure. The missionaries out here are so solid. Really hard workers. I've been so impressed. Today is our last day in Ryazan. It's p-day, so we're going to an art museum. And tonight we'll be back on the road, a bus back to moscow. The new missionaries come in tomorrow, so we'll go to the airport with president to pick them up. Sister Carver will be one of them. 
Be sure to tell dad good luck and I love him. 
Tell Brother Y thanks for the letter, and maybe I'll ask around about the name and see if I can find anything out. 
And to Amy and Ana: remember, with great power comes great responsibility. That look is a dangerous weapon
Well, gotta go. Tune in next week: Lipetsk and Veronezh. Tell everybody hi. Love you. I can't wait to see that plaque. Elder C is happy that his career as an artist is finally taking flight, and in Placerville. Have a great week.
Love 
Elder Hamp