Frens and countrymen!
It's already the 17th here in Russia. Our family moved here before covid already wanting to protect our children from Schiff and company (before we knew anything about Q, though we were already doing information warfare before we found out).
I'm pleased to announce that this morning my beautiful baby daughter was born! Thanks be to God! And on the 17th!
This is a very thoughtful, high-effort comment. Thanks very much for sharing it.
After reading the article Silent Weapons for a Quiet War that's been shared here recently, I've come to the conclusion that the current problem and the Nazi problem are one and the same thing. Putin talks about de-Nazifying Ukraine and people think he's somehow got it wrong. He's right on target. What we fled was exactly the results of Operation Paperclip.
We were already from the northern US and moved to the greater Moscow area rather than Siberia, so the winters are slightly colder and they're snowier, which is a nice change from the thaw-freeze cycle winters had become in the US with the weather manipulation.
Our family is very happy. We're basically refugees and have lots of trauma from our experiences in the US, but then lots of people here were hit hard by the horrible 90's so there's built-in understanding of the needs of people who have been through trauma. But there's such a degree of freedom, of being treated as autonomous adults, that many of our challenges have actually been in the direction of maturing into the roles and opportunities that are available here. Even just being respected and not mocked for being a traditional Christian is a huge shift for this American.
The language is very difficult. I admit I underestimated that part. The cost of living is much less. There's not as much money but again, the culture understands people with needs and people help each other.
Again, thanks for your comment. Means a lot to hear from someone who really gets it.