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Sweet Home Evangelical Church

It's probably time to time to describe how, that is where we actually live here in Siberia. To anticipate: As soon as we close the door from the inside, we feel, to leave Russia and enter a piece of Ikea Spenge or country. And that's good. find an apartment in Novosibirsk
quick. Actually.
were already on the third day after our arrival we have a round trip with a - very nice and competent - broker, in part by subway, in part to six, of course, unrestrained, in the car. We were able to visit four apartments that came at all because of the rent for the question. Because for a moderately large, furnished 4-room apartment in the capital of Siberia you pay about as much as for two spacious one-family houses in East Westphalia.
Our many years of experience in Russia was very inhospitable to us, because dark, tight, torn and smelly hallways shock of 5-15 storey apartment houses not so much. Did we, however, that can look behind the door the world differently.
The selection was an extremely smart equipped but very small 80-square meter apartment after a classic Soviet-section (small kitchen with two seats, separate bath and toilet, only for one - not to be obese and four-person accessible to small living and sleeping areas). Contact with the landlords, Russia Germans from Oelde, we had already established in Germany, making it very difficult for us noticed this nice and open family, which had us entertained several times with Siberian treats and had traveled specially for our benefit for four weeks after Novosibirsk, a refusal to grant.
Two other very spacious apartments paid entirely on Soviet charm, with old oak parquet, decorated library rooms, but quite outdated plumbing and kitchen facilities.

So we finally convinced the fourth apartment, the landlord had actually sought a much higher price, but then given a "European" family was still willing to negotiate. Where "family" really is more of an obstacle, because most landlords of "luxury flats" (ie, renovated to European standards) fear painted walls or zerhüpfte sofas. What they may not all be wrong ....
After a few hours to think, in the still Jetlegs, we finally gave the approval for the apartment in the city center, yet quiet area with four rooms, each of which is not separated by a door, and appealing Kitchen and toilet facilities.


So, we thought everything would be regulated and is already planning the move for the coming weekend. But no!
The lender would only enter into further negotiations if their cash immediately, we put the first month's rent and a security deposit other than on the table. Also, do not worry, we thought. Finally, we Klaus had before the trip provided with credit cards, unlimited withdrawals featured world safe. But like the Novosibirsk banks had still heard nothing. We were given only small amounts of cash paid out, and after we were several hours from ATM to ATM getingelt, activated We summarily help from the small German community site. Stevie Fendler, already mentioned pastor, even just entered the country from Germany, came to help us immediately, so that finally we like a good luck on the slot machine, could pull in a good bank rubles to rubles.
But before signing the lease was still the "Act", a pre-defined hand-written by the owner, multilateral system, in which all were listed in the apartment located furniture and all prohibitions and rules. It was strange for us sometimes expresses ideas, for example, should we spend the night by guests, including family members include a kind of Hotel fee not negligible amounts of pay. Forbidden to dispose of toilet paper in the toilet and more power-intensive devices simultaneously on (but sometimes you want to blow dry it, even if the machine is running) is. In addition, all were Einrichtungsgestände with "new" or "immaculate" declared, although characterized actually several years old and wear. So we set an example for German thoroughness and walked for several hours (!) With the digital camera through the house to document every inch of wall paper or laminate, scratches on the fridge or crack in the ceiling. Complete preparations formed a joint visit with Ikea the landlady, her daughter and our children, and we have the opportunity to us to happiness Ikea familiar principle of an inexperienced Russian woman to explain. After that we had in fact for all children in a bed and cupboards and a second run without landlord we could purchase additional household items such as bed linen and tableware at their own expense.

mixed Thus, in our apartment now Russian Schick (white leather sofa) with a familiar Scandinavian Design (pine bunk bed as a gymnastics facility for Julius).

the time of our collection was all over the warm Novosibirsk Water for two weeks off, but soon we could learn, which meant the promise of the landlord that it was a "warm" apartment: all year, so even in high summer temperatures of over 30 degrees, run in the two baths, the floor heating and the towel warmer at full speed, so that there sauna temperatures can be achieved. Showers bathroom door was open only halfway bearable ...


Even now, after the onset of the centrally controlled heating season in early October, we get the special warmth of this home felt. Although very well-insulated brick and vinyl windows, run the radiators Day and night with no brakes. A thermostat is not it just a little confidence-inspiring red screw that you could run from radiator to radiator. But here we are prohibited by the landlord of any regulation in the first few weeks, as in the whole of Siberia Heizniveau must be leveled. With an air temperature at 15 degrees, only the temperature control is through large windows. Well, the Siberian gas for us is so free!
The apartment is on the 5th Stock - unfortunately without a lift! This brings us daily exercise and beautiful views of the - not always beautiful - surrounding apartment blocks, often with fantastic sunrise and sunsets.


However, we feel really at home in the apartment and even welcomed the first guests!

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An important starting point for our next school, kindergarten and ZfA office in the first few weeks become especially the evangelical community in Novosibirsk. The German pastor couple with three children, has been for nine years in Siberia-employed, we have already had at our first visit in March met - in fact apart from us the only German family here with somewhat older children! After a Year language course and quite a long time in Abakan (Khakassia Republic) they have served for one and a half years now, the evangelical community in Novosibirsk, which is also not easy. The community consists mainly of older people who have commented for decades as a parish without a pastor brothers had, of course, lived in the diaspora and so well defined strong. Traditions that have been revised in Germany long been respected here and all new, the pastors tried to bring the caution, it is very critical. Every Sunday to take the remaining 30 church members to worship in a small German-blue wooden house on the outskirts of Novosibirsk, which belonged formerly a community elder who bequeathed it to the community for use as a church building. Now that the community because of the still more advanced age of most members threatened with extinction simply gradually and not because the younger generation of Protestants, the German is usually dominated have the pastors for some time to have certain resistances of the core community endeavor, a service also be offered in Russian. And this service we have now visited several times and make some good contacts here and find something like a "spiritual home" can.


You have to imagine it this way: The church attendance is at least a half-day program. Around noon, we walk to the subway and get off at the last stop on the opposite left-hand bank of the Ob, in a district that falls significantly more attractive compared to a more or less send center. Then we continue by bus or taxi (true match, no?) To "stop the tank driver" in the suburbs. There are on the right side of the road still plenty of prefabricated buildings, left side, however, already covers a so-called "private sector", by which is, however, present a collection of crumbling wooden houses must countless free and unchecked roaming dogs, an unpaved, extremely rough clay road, various huts and shacks.
foot it goes on through the village until you come to a house that stands out clearly because of his care condition with fresh blue paint and neat vegetable garden from the environment. This is the evangelical church as a simple sign on the fence the visitor who has lost his way here, not hard information in Russian and German.
When we arrive, it's so soon after two, and there is still time, with the handful of people who gather to worship, to drink tea and eat some cookies. Your table is always plentiful and you're forced to eat almost. In the majority very friendly old ladies, a couple of young ladies and gentlemen, all predominantly Russian-speaking, but somehow with German roots, occasionally a few stray German, as we are - that are then so the congregation. No more than 15, mostly less so. Before the start of the service we all need briefly to the "thunder box" in the yard (which, however, are more inviting than many other toiletries otherwise), then the portable keyboard, which here replaces the organ, connected to the electricity that you sing a few - I think, very beautiful - songs, drifting past during which the participants may have. In the living room, which was converted into a church hall, only the first number is busy, for all sessions with liturgy and songs designed for not only we are not familiar with the texts and the process in the Russian evangelical church service. It is generally a very friendly, very open atmosphere, sometimes takes the Sermon on features of a conversation. You feel very well, the whole atmosphere is very personal.


As a farewell, it is not uncommon to get all of the vegetable garden a few flowers pressed into the hand, and it is very much encouraged, but must come back next Sunday. And because we know that it is at this event, they are kept alive to every individual is, you can call this hardly escape!

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Day of Knowledge

On Monday, the 1st September has begun in Russia, the new school year with a huge party for the "Day of Knowledge". Everywhere freshly spruced boys and girls were in school uniform (usually black coat, vest and white blouse along with white giant hair bow for girls and black suit with white shirt and tie for boys) with huge, if not always tasteful bouquets for the teacher through the streets. What do you do well with 30 bouquets of flowers?

Cara had to wait a long time, however, since in the "second layer" learns. The school suffers from a lack of space, so the class 4A divides the classroom with a first class. The first class has morning classes, but Cara 13 bis 18 clock. Hence there was the "Linejka," the ruler-like list of all classes with the teacher in the school yard before early afternoon.
Full of expectations and Cara has joined in their line and under a blue sky at about 30 degrees waited patiently for the start of the ceremony. After the Russian national anthem numerous speeches of various teachers and individual students, followed always alternating with musical contributions of talented students - just won important competitions for the school - was stressed as always had. The closure was the singing the school song, a moving ode to the "best" school in the city - with no irony! Then there was the "first ring" instead of the new school year: A student of the highest class (Year 11) took a first grade girl by the hand and together they walked around the school yard, where they rang a symbolic school bell.

disappeared after the children and their teachers in classes for the "lesson of peace to hold. They came back with a plan for the (three!) lessons on the following day - a real timetable, there will probably not before October.

Even at the "Linejka" and later Cara in the class brought their newly acquired Russian-chunk bravely used. Finally she was able to their peers with whom they sometimes the last few months in Germany already had exchanged e-mails, meet in person.
home was the school uniform, Cara with great pride and much seriousness, carefully hung on the bracket and for the next school day a fresh white tights ready set ...