We were there at the lunch from 1-5:30 pm. When we got ready to leave they didn't want us to go. It took us 30 minutes to get to the door. It was one of the sweetest events we have been to.

At this lunch there was alot of singing, dancing, and speechs. The last two hours we were there there was dancing going on for everybody. They all seemed to want to dance with us. We did our best to dance with as many as we could. This lady was a very beautiful woman and as we danced with her there were tears in her eyes and her fathers eyes and in ours.

Pavlodar is near the Russian border. There were alot of Russian older women at the lunch that sang to us, and prounced blessings upon us. This particular woman was 85 years young and she blessed us with long life, good health, and happiness. The other Russian women did the same.

There was alot of food we just couldnot identify all of it. there were three glasses to drink out of. Soon as we got our plate cleaned up they brought more food of some kind.

At 1:00 pm they served a huge banquet where we were honored guests. There were alot of important people and people who had recieved wheelchairs. Nadezhda, in the center is the lady we worked with on this project.

This is a pic of the media interviewing us about LDS Charities(which we represent) and they were filming the presentation of these wheelchairs. This was later broadcast on the tv news throughtout Kazakhstan.

This is the third group who were brought in from outside villages. This group is very activity. This is where the formal closing ceremony took place. There were alot of people to witness these people get their wheelchairs.