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Informative Article!

I was just forwarded an article about Ukraine that is well worth the reading.  Check it out at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/januaryweb-only/105-22.0.html  The part on page two about Ukraine being a training ground/launching pad for the equipping of post-soviet Russian speakers to evangelize their own countrymen is phenomenal.   Pray for us toward this end!

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Second Saturday

Well, this is our second Saturday in Ukraine, and we are starting to find our way around town and feel a little more at ease.  We have a car we can use but I need a power of attorney to drive it and when I went to get it from the man who holds the […]

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Daytrip to the coast

Here we are on the boardwalk in Yalta.  This is about two hours from where we live in Simferopol.  Yalta is where Stalin, FDR, and Churchill met at the end of WWII to discuss borders in Eastern Europe.  They met at Livadia Palace.  It is a beautiful place with the snow on the mountains in […]

Friday, January 25th, 2008

living by faith

We seem to be swimming in a whirlpool of uncertainty, but the water is just fine!  What does it truly mean to live by faith and not by sight?  Is the Word of God true and can we put our complete trust in it?  Or just trust in it partially and rely upon our own […]

Monday, January 21st, 2008

We are in Ukraine!

It is Saturday afternoon, and we arrived here in Simferopol Wednesday afternoon.  We are staying in Al and Dolly King’s home.  It is really comfortable - they have been here for ten years.  The internet didn’t work for the first few days but it got fixed last night.  I heard it has been snowing in Kansas […]

Saturday, January 19th, 2008