Our day started early as our train arrived in Cheboksary just after 9am. After a quick video shoot a the train station we headed off for our hotel and to quickly unpack our gear before taking advantage of the falling snow.
Cheboksary is located on the Volga River, so shooting downtown on the banks of the bay fed by the Volga seemed like a good place to start. We selected a few locations and started to knock out some of the “stand-up” segments for our video. While the wind started to blow harder and the snow felt more like tiny ice pellets hitting our faces, we were able to get a good start. The monument to "Mother Chuvash" created a great backdrop for shooting.
Lunch (borsht at a local Russian cafe) was spent with Alexander, a local Baptist pastor who gladly agreed to meet us and bring us up to speed on local Baptist work and evangelism among the Chuvash people group. He invited us to join him later that evening for a Bible study group at a small church outside of town.
Then it was back to the hotel for some rest and a quick edit session.
Our evening ended at “Living Water Baptist Church” where we met spent the evening with a Bible study group in their new building. After a time of fellowship we stopped by Central Baptist Church in Cheboksary and spent about half-an-hour talking with several of the church deacons who had just finished their mid-week services.
Usually our video trips are marked with early morning and late nights, and tonight was no exception as we worked until after midnight on video editing and writing a few blogs.
We are looking forward to tomorrow when we will tour the Chuvash National Museum as well as visit some of the other sights around town.
Blessings,
Marc
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