Ukraine & Russia In the News
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Did we mention we have TV? We get about 30 channels for a few $/mo. Most channels are in Ukr., but we also have Russian, German, & Polish TV, and BBC News. One German station rotates Germ./Eng. news every other hour. ...
My First English Teaching in Lviv
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Yesterday I began Day 1 of 7 of volunteering to teach at a mini "English School" run by a local church. It's a special program offered a few times a year. It was advertised on one of the public transport. lines as ...
Sold the Condo
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Praise God for his faithfulness. The condo is sold and we are very thankful. It seems like it has taken forever but we know God's timing is perfect. Lamentations 3:22-24 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for ...
God Closing Doors?
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 7 Comments »We are just feeling like we need some prayers right now. We just called the owner of the van we drove and were ready to buy this week. He already sold it. Was this God closing a door, or did we ...
Our “Lazy” Sunday
Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Friday is our day off from lessons. Friday & Sat. are, for us, the weekend. Sundays are often full, and this one was a lot of fun. New Life church starts at 10, and lasted until 12:30 like normal. Our ...
Recap on Our Easter Weekend
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »XRUCTOC BOCKREC! Christ is Risen! What a great weekend! We had out of country visitors! The Ellenwood Family (Mel & Amy, and their 3 teenagers, Hannah, Haley, & Noah) have been full-time w/ Josiah Venture in Czech since 1998. We met them back ...
Beceliy Belikdenye! Happy Easter!
Sunday, April 8th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »In Ukrainian, Easter is called Pasxa or "Big Day"! This is appropriate for the biggest day that will make an impact on all eternity. Deciding whether to believe and make Jesus the Lord & Savior will have eternal consequences! How ...
Easter Traditions
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Easter is in the air! I was at the megastore, Metro, & there were no Peeps, Cadbury Cream Eggs, no Reeses anything, no plastic green grass, no jellybeans (this time of year I crave those Starburst ones.) We did see ...
Ben in Jail on April Fools
Monday, April 2nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »This is not a joke - Ben was in prison on April Fools Day. But don't get the wrong idea! He was VISITING a boy's prison (ages 15-22) about 90 kilometers outside of L'viv. He was asked to speak there ...