My name is Katya, nice to meet you! I'm 14. I'm a member of Kazakhstani Jewish community. I live in a small town of Kokshetau, and I'm eager to tell everybody about our community.

   Children's Day Center opened in the Hesed "Natan" the other day. It's a brand new service in our town. The opening was held in my favourite city park. We received a kind of present from the Hesed - tickets for merry-go-rounds. First we observed the town from the big dipper, and then we raced on electric vehicles. While the youngest children were jumping on a trampoline, we had rest under old pine-trees.

   Also we have Torah lessons with the Hesed "Natan" religious program coordinator Volodya Marufenin. I guess he prepares thoroughly to the lessons, because there's no question he can't answer. I know about five Torah books and the Temples built by our ancestors. What I remember the best is the mobile Temple used when Jews lived in a desert.

   It's not that I just like the Day Center - it impresses me greatly! It seems to make me grow up!

Katya Mutasova