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Ukraine
May
12-31, 2003
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May 28, 2003 |
| Hello! This will be our final e-mail from the Ukraine. A
sad but exciting time for each of us. We think the last time we e-mailed
you was about the wedding. Sunday we went to the two services. We
performed our skit "Creation" and Joanna and Jennifer gave their
testimonies. We were each very touched by the encouragement and kindness
that was shown to us at both churches. We had several people come up and
ask us in English to come back. It was really touching. Sunday night
Joanna, Anastasia, Jo, and Bill stayed for Jo's Beginner English class in
Primorsk. Monday we worked at the center for about an hour and a half then
we came back to the house to get ready for Oksana's (our new favorite
friend) birthday party. We went to her ducha (like a summer home) on the
beach. It was great being with a Ukrainian family and to see how they
celebrate birthdays. We had a lot of traditional Ukrainian food. Yummy!!!
We want to bring some of these traditions back home with us. We left the
party early to go to Jo's Advanced English class. It was an awesome time
of God really moving in the hearts of the students. It was sad saying
goodbye to them because they really impacted our lives. After the English
class we went back to Oksana's and we went to the beach around sunset.
What a beautiful time. Some swam and some played football and frisbee on
the beach. It was nice and relaxing. Yesterday we worked on the church's
trailer here at the house. We wire brushed it and painted it. Then we went
to the youth center to play games and hang out with the kids and went to
Jo's Beginner class. It was great! We came home and brought Oksana with us
and watched Legally Blonde. It was a fun night. Today, our final work day,
we painted part of the fence at the center. We came back home and got
cleaned up and then we all went to the orphanage and did face painting and
balloon animals. It was hard saying goodbye to the kids that we love so
much. We came back home and put some hospitality gifts together and had
supper. Now some are out having a swim at the beach and some of us stayed
here to pack. We are leaving at 6:30 in the morning. We will be driving
twelve hours to where the Bible College is and staying the night there.
Then we will spend Friday morning shopping around Kiev. Then we will fly
to Amsterdam, spend the night, and then board the plane back to the states
on Saturday morning. We are looking forward to coming home but we are
really sad to leave all the wonderful people we have met here. We have had
some life changing experiences here. We look forward to sharing our
experiences with you. God is moving here in the Ukraine. It is exciting to
see His work! Well, gotta go pack! Thanks for all your prayers! Keep them
up! We love you!
Praising His Name, |
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