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"I lift up my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord." |
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Last May, we were able to take a road trip up north to the beautiful region of Borovoye (or Burabai as it is called in Kazakh). It seemed as if we were in the mountains of Colorado as we hiked among the aromatic pines and we knew that we had to return to this beautiful spot to see it during the winter. Compared by identical photos during summertime and wintertime, it is easy to agree that Borovoye is beautiful the whole year 'round. The people of Kazakhstan are blessed with such a beautiful place. We agree that God did some of His best work when He created this special spot! |
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Recently, some dear friends wrote about the legend of how this beautiful area came to be. Borovoye...sometimes called the “Pearl of Kazakhstan”, is a place where legends are made. … Where it is said that when God was creating the world one of the nations was given rich forests, another got the fertile fields with green grass, another a large tree-lined river and a fourth received beautiful mountains, blue lakes and streams flowing down the steep ravines … but, … all that the Kazakhs received was the steppe, a huge desolate expanse of flatland stretching for hundreds of miles with only feather-grass and scrub providing a few places for cattle, horses and sheep to graze. Besides, their land was brutally cold in the winter, so they asked God to endow them with some natural beauty. |
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