Day 1 - Kochkor

I can hardly even begin to describe our week out of Bishkek...staying with traditional Kyrgyz people, seeing the natural beauty of this country, hearing and practicing speaking in the national tongue of Kyrgyzstan.... I will share more in the coming days about miracles we saw, deliverance that was at hand, and lessons that were learned; but, for tonight, I wanted to leave you with a few pictures from our first day.

We departed Bishkek in the late morning last Sunday with another family that is also studying and learning the Kyrgyz language. We drove the 3 hours east to Kochkor, where we were staying with one of the families that works in the Altyn Kol Shyrdak Cooperative. Two of the sons are in the guiding and hunting industry here in Kyrgyzstan and would be our guides over the coming week's language and culture immersion. They were incredible and we are so very thankful for this blossoming relationship.

You may get tired of these amazing "nature" shots, because I took quite a few this week, but I hope you can see how very lovely and blessed Kyrgyzstan is in it's God given beauty!

This is the field across the street from the guest house we were staying at in Kochkor.

After 3 hours in the car, we took a nice walk and were able to check out the surrounding area before settling in for dinner and bed on Sunday night.

Meeting one of the local donkeys.

Sissi, picking flowers in the field.

Finding tadpoles in the creek.

Sissi, with our friends, searching for tadpoles.

A large flock of birds flying across the mountain range.

The mountains through the trees.

I am just in love with this area, it is so very picturesque!

My Gwangi, happily running around and playing in the fields.

Sissi and her friend, picking flowers in Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan.