well, ukraine is going well as many of you know (if i have your email address then you may have heard from me and seen some interesting photos)...
this computer is weird -- the caps lock had been stuck, but now it is better, i guess, lol
i wo't be able to post photos on the blog yet, but after my trip i will post a lot of fun ones :)
so far on this trip i have eaten good food, slept in a bed that smells like PEE (EWWWWWWWWWWW), ridden a rollercoaster, ridden a ferris wheel, taught one day of VBS stuff and walked and walked and walked! we even had pizza today!
our one translator, ian, is going to school at MLS in the fall, carolyn & i want to send some things to be put in his room before he arrives -- pictures and maybe a US flag, etc...i am also going to send a package to the pastor & his family once i am home with photos, and some other american goodies for his wife & son...
we have spent almost no money so far -- the pastor is making sure we have everything we need, which is nice, but i feel bad that he is spending so much on us for things we had planned on buying (water for example)...
the flat we are staying at is odd -- the man who is there only comes home to sleep, and his wife & baby are at the sea for holiday, and we do not know when or if they will be back while we are staying!! carolyn & i both wish we could stay with the pastor, but his apartment is TEENY TINY and there is no room for us at all there -- but we do go eat dinner there every night which is nice...
this coming weekend we are going to kyiv for an "excursion" and for church...church will still stink because it feels like a HUGE waste of time when you understand NOTHING being said!! i will post at some point about the sucky aspects of the trip, but there will also be a longer post with the blessings in the trip! we are going to go to some museums when we go to kyiv this weekend, i want to go to the chernobyl museum, but i do not know if that will happen or not...
after next weekend's trip to kyiv, we will be back in chernihiv for another 5 days to do more VBS -- including a final program -- then back to kyiv for shopping and a few small things, then flights home again on sunday july 15!!
1 comment:
hey, glad to know you are well. sorry the accomodations are too small. you went on a roller coaster!? cool. not much new around here. we are going downtown tonight for a concert and the fireworks. bob has his flags flying. i guess we will bbq tomorrow. got free bball tickets for thursday. well, take care. you are in our thoughts and prayers, as long as i don't fall asleep too quickly!!!
love you!
mbg
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