Details of the Next 2 Wild Weeks
Saturday, February 24th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 8 Comments »We really need your prayers for these next 2 insane weeks for us. In a few hours, we move out of Jay & Cameron's spare room and lug a small fraction of our stuff over to our NEW APARTMENT. There is ...
Youth Group Updates
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Hopefully you checked out the video that Ben uploaded in the post below. We are excited to introduce you to this youth group. For those of you who pray for us and our ministry to reach youth to know Jesus ...
Ukraine Christmas Carolling
Sunday, February 18th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Here is a video of a youth group coming over to Jay's apartment and singing 'silent night' to us. They came and sang to us two weeks after Ukrainian Christmas (1.21.07). We have visited this Church and youth group ...
Is This Apartment THE ONE?
Saturday, February 17th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 5 Comments »After changing realtors & seeing another round of apts., we think we've settled on this one. We'll spare you details of the seemingly long search. We just have specific qualifications on size, decor, location to Jay & the center, etc. We viewed it ...
Taking Care of Business
Friday, February 16th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »This week we had a few reminders of life in the business world. Each month we submit expense reports, detailing all our costs assoc. w/ being involved in youth ministry. We collect receipts and fill out forms to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses. On Thurs. ...
Welcome Our New JV Team Member, Valentyna!
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Our newest Josiah Venture team member has arrived! Her name is Valentyna Stohova. She is our age, from Lutsk, Ukr., and became a Christian through some missionaries working in her town when Communism fell. Val loves the Lord, loves English ...
A Busy 1st Month Anniversary
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Sunday, Feb.11th, marked our first month here in the Ukraine! It was a very full day, and it is a good representation of all that we've recently been up to here. First, we attended New Life church's Sunday AM service. ...
Self Language Learning
Saturday, February 10th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »We are doing our "informal" language lessons every Mon - Fri, from 9-12:30. Jay & Cameron take their lesson with tutors, Ludmilla or Natalia. Once we get our own place to live (keep praying for this; we've had no apartment visits ...
How to Honor the Sabbath in the 21st Century
Friday, February 9th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »A great missionary friend of ours, Mark Krupa, gave us good advice last summer when he said to find time each week to really honor the Lord by taking a break and honoring the Sabbath, similar to Jewish custom. In ...
Boys & Cars
Thursday, February 8th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »A man's appreciation for automobiles crosses cultural boundaries. Today we woke at 5am, and were on a snowy drive to Lutsk (another bigger city in western Ukraine) to visit an AUTOBAZAAR. A few days ago, we visited Peter, a friend & elder ...