Reese Family

In the middle of June, Dr. Mayberry and his wife came to visit us. They are serving their mission in Ukraine (he is the doc that helped me with my nose cancer) and he is our mission doctor. We spent the first day checking out several clinics, hospitals and doctors in Tbilisi so that he would know where to send any of our missionaries that might have a medical problem - we were all pleased with how nice some of the clinics were! The next two days we spent sight-seeing with them and the Mission Pres. and his wife. Our first stop was the town of Mstkheta. We went up the mountain to the Jvari Monestary. On the way we saw a tree covered with ribbons and cloth. Mzia told us that as people journeyed to the monestary they would stop to tie something on the tree and make a wish. In the parking lot was a man dressed in costume with a music box. He let us turn the handle (I hope to be able to add that to the blog!) We had fun taking turns and it turned out to be the best shot of the monestary. We gave him a few lari - I'm thinking this would be a good job for one of our members - I wonder where I can get a big music box?

My favorite picture - taken on the walk to the monestary.

This is the view from the top - it shows the convergence of the 2 rivers and the town of Mstkheta.

E. Reese found a friend - he stayed with him for quite awhile.

Even after he tried to eat him! (kids - remind you of the spiders on camping trips?)

On the way down the hill there were lots of bushes with these beautiful yellow flowers - so we picked some! E/S Mayberry in 1st seat with Mzia, S. Carter and I in the back seat.