tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post4994069772544890506..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Advice for missionariesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-4316756942250909242018-09-24T06:56:11.235+03:002018-09-24T06:56:11.235+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999547926563294039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-31592998244141908902009-09-18T00:55:27.389+04:002009-09-18T00:55:27.389+04:00Thanks for commenting! I think if you choose Name/...Thanks for commenting! I think if you choose Name/URL you don't have to be anonymous, but I'm not sure since I'm a Blogger user.<br /><br />Maybe I'll see you in St. Pete!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-66620733937553522212009-09-17T21:22:28.007+04:002009-09-17T21:22:28.007+04:00I usually don't comment on blogs, but I just h...I usually don't comment on blogs, but I just had to say that enjoyed reading yours. I found your blog through a link from Boundless. I am going to St. Petersburg in October. And this is my first time out of the country. I enjoy reading about other cultures. Thank you so much for your thoughts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-91533095154558023272009-06-07T21:08:19.137+04:002009-06-07T21:08:19.137+04:00Elizabeth, I really like this article - it shows a...Elizabeth, I really like this article - it shows a lot of insight that many missonaries never have.<br /><br />Anytime you want an assignment in Nizhny Novgorod, give us a call;-)Michael and Karen McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972007535093547928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-39487868371325607222009-02-03T05:11:00.000+03:002009-02-03T05:11:00.000+03:00"I like pumpkin pie, but my family is divided on t..."I like pumpkin pie, but my family is divided on the issue."<BR/><BR/>Aha! I am not alone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-32554977089154402092009-02-02T08:08:00.000+03:002009-02-02T08:08:00.000+03:00I like pumpkin pie, but my family is divided on th...I like pumpkin pie, but my family is divided on the issue. However, good point about the whip cream. One way to avoid a social fiasco is to load up your plate with whipped cream (chocolate sauce, sour cream, mayonnaise, ketchup, whatever tastes good), and then you will not have to worry about the yucky new food that is scaring you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-47734338063555611532009-02-01T22:39:00.000+03:002009-02-01T22:39:00.000+03:00I think I have my limits too. The other day I was ...I think I have my limits too. The other day I was watching on TV some Chinese guys enjoying eating miniature live octopuses. As they were shoving them into their mouths the tentacles kept moving. Everyone had so much fun! I don't think I could have eaten those.<BR/><BR/>As far as American home-made food. I like pretty much everything. A pumpkin pie would be the only thing I still do not enjoy. (I have to put a lot of whip cream on it to overpower the actual taste of it) I can't think of anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-34318049172123128662009-02-01T21:47:00.000+03:002009-02-01T21:47:00.000+03:00Thanks, Vitali. I like Russian food. Most of it is...Thanks, Vitali. I like Russian food. Most of it is the same ingredients we have, but in different combinations. I mean, pelmeni is just meat and dough, who could say no to that? :) Some of the food is really different, but I'm used to it now. <BR/><BR/>When I first went to Russia I was a picky teenager and ate almost nothing. Actually, I notice that a lot of (American) adults don't eat much their first time. People always told us, "You MUST eat everything on your plate!" but it is hard to force yourself. Many people (including me) get an upset stomach in response to anxiety, and sometimes there is just not anything you can do about it. I also think that it is very difficult to eat seafood if you've spent your whole life not eating it. Now I get hungry at camp so I eat everything. When I ate for the first time in a Russian home, I loved it. There are real psychological elements to appetite and the atmosphere can play a role. Nowadays I am just thankful for a hot meal. <BR/><BR/>When I moved to Russia, I was obsessed with pleasing people and I was too scared to speak up and say that I was too full or felt sick. That's why I mentioned in #6 about dealing with awkward situations. If you have allergies or something, you should speak up. Otherwise you will get sick and that will make your hosts feel even more terrible.<BR/><BR/>What did you think of American food when you first arrived? I mean home-cooked food, not fast food.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-11668800817287187422009-02-01T15:12:00.000+03:002009-02-01T15:12:00.000+03:00Good post. In the point #2 you have mentioned abou...Good post. In the point #2 you have mentioned about eating the local food. When I was still working in Russia as an interpreter, the foreigners' reaction (mostly Americans') to the native Russian food was the most difficult for me to digest (no pun intended). Granted, the food there is not all that great and some of it can look rather repulsive to outsiders and not a whole lot of them can enjoy and appreciate pelmenie, borshch, raw marinaded fish, marinated mushrooms, marinaded cabbage, small pirogie... How are you handling the Russian food, Liz? Have you tried most of what would be considered typical Russian food?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-79043146603693910502009-02-01T08:44:00.000+03:002009-02-01T08:44:00.000+03:00Спасибо, я только учусь. :) Это не требования, а п...Спасибо, я только учусь. :) Это не требования, а просто замечания.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-18757828006820939882009-02-01T01:52:00.000+03:002009-02-01T01:52:00.000+03:00К сожалению, не многие миссионеры соответствуют эт...К сожалению, не многие миссионеры соответствуют этим требованиям. Я очень рад, что знаю одну девушку, которая очень продвинулась в реализации этих положений ;)<BR/>Лиза, мы очень ценим твой труд!Andrei Sukhovskiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881060544762553327noreply@blogger.com