Monday, November 2, 2009
Swine Flu
http://www.euronews.net/2009/10/31/ukraine-goes-into-lockdown-after-swine-flu-spike/
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
About 30 minutes later, with my purse less than $2 lighter, I had sipped a singularly enjoyable latte and consumed a cheese crepe. Oh, to take pleasure in small pleasures!This photo on the wall of the cafe amused me greatly!
2010 Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Victor Yanokovich's strategy has been to plaster billboards with his face and phone number so Ukrainians can call him if they have any problems. His sign says, "Your thoughts count. Your problems will be fixed." Hmmmm. It will be interesting to see the outcome of the election....
Sunday, October 18, 2009
One of Those Days
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
First Hint of Winter
This week has been full of catching-up for me; buying groceries, getting housework done, moving my plants from the veranda to indoors, lots of phone calls and visits for tea, hearing all the latest news, etc. It has also had a couple of unusual moments. One afternoon I spent driving around town and down by the river looking for a missing boy. About 8 years old, Saturday he left home at 7 AM to go fishing. At 5 PM it was getting dark, and he had never been home. His mom was near hysterics. Several teen boys and I, including his older brother, spent some time trying to find him. We finally found him on his way back home, carrying 3-4 fish he had caught. Praise God we found him. We were all pretty worried.
Tolic, Venya, Artyom, Dima, and Dima trying to balance on a board and change places in youth group. The game went along with our discussion on how we treat others. Artyom led it and did a great job!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Back in Ukraine
I made it back to Nova Odessa safely, and it was a relatively easy trip. Joanna, Josh and Artyom drove down from Kyiv with me, and it was really nice to have some time to visit with them. I felt like I had been gone so long and missed so much! Please pray for me as I'm adjusting and getting back into a schedule. I am not as strong as I'd like to be, and I'm going to have to take it easy at first. I am going to have to cut a couple of things out of the schedule for a couple months, probably. I had 13 kids and teens over for a welcome home dinner the other night, and we have youth night tonight. There are some things that I have trouble doing because of my balance, like carrying 30 pound bags of dog food or 50 pound bags of potatoes, but the teens have been really helpful with that kind of thing. Some other things to deal with on getting back... water barely trickles, why, I don't know; my car won't start and it has a flat; internet doesn't work; mice have invaded because my cats were shut in the veranda... the list goes on... Frustrating things on a good day... However, seeing the kids is worth it!
Please pray for Artyom. He repented at youth camp and has been doing great! He is visiting his family right now, and there are a lot of temptations around him. Please pray that God gives him strength and wisdom.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Family Reunion '09
Friday, September 18, 2009
Mission Week IBS
In other news, the doctor has released me to return to Ukraine on September 29. I am already mentally packing! I still have a walking cast on, but I am able to walk up steps now, which is VERY exciting! It seems like it has been a long frustrating healing time, but according to the doctor, I have been healing very fast. Thanks for all your prayers!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Good Times!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Pain...
"Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly....And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place."
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