The Week of Care Bears
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Today is Day 4 of the guys being gone. I miss Ben, but we have filled our days so far with big kid and little kid activities, esp. since the Internet has been down again for 2 days...wonder if it's from ...
52 Hours of Trains, Taxis, and Borders
Sunday, January 28th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »It was a long trip. Jay and I left at 10:41am on Friday expecting to take a nice train ride to Slovenia for the JV mens conference. Jay got rejected from leaving Ukraine because he was trying to leave without ...
To Slovenia as the Crow Flies
Saturday, January 27th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Ben & Jay left at 10:30am Fri. to train all night through the Ukr/Slovak border, eventually to Vienna, Austria. Ukr can't sell them tickets from Austria to Ljubliana, Slovenia, their final destination. They would have to get other tickets once in Vienna. ...
Apartment Hunting!
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »We have some updates on apartments! Our realtor, Volodya, has shown us 4 different places thus far. I didn't take many pictures b/c I didn't want to draw attention, and some were not worth it. I used my camera in ...
Meest Delivery Round 1
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »We had a big surprise on Tues. At 8am, 2 delivery men dropped off 10 of our packages! (1/3 of all our boxes sent through MEEST). No customs issues, no taxes, no questions asked. 2 bins w/ CDs/DVDs were opened/searched (contents known from the customs form), ...
January 26 Prayer Requests
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Hey, two major prayer requests generated today. First, our brother-in-law, Ben, has damaged his back and is in the hospital. We don't have much detail at this moment. Just pray for his healing. And also, Ben & Jay left for ...
Internet Dependencies
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »There is so much to update, but I am at an Internet cafe, time is ticking down on my meter. So I have 4 minutes to say that in Ukraine, it is normal to lose electricity without any notice (it ...
MEEST = MICT = BRIDGE
Sunday, January 21st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »MICT (pronounced Meest) means bridge in Ukrainian. MICT EKCPREC is Meest Express, the Ukr. courier service. We visited the Lviv headquarters on FRI. Our first 10 small bins are to arrive at their warehouse MON and delivered to Jay's on ...
Odd Product Sightings and Other Weekend Activities
Sunday, January 21st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Everyday is filled with new observations and activities. (The picture is a tube of ice cream, then carolers.) We feel far from establishing any sort of schedule or routine here. I'm trying to journal as much as I can about this new ...
How Are We Really Feeling?
Friday, January 19th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Yesterday celebrated week 1 of our stay here. The theme that runs through our hearts is how God has prepared us for such a time as this. You must read ESTHER - a short book of the Bible about a Jewish queen who God placed ...