Ben and Kristy Williams – Missionaries in Lviv Ukraine

Archive for May, 2007

They’re HEEEEERRRRRRE

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »

Wow! What an Amazing Race it's been! We arrived in Prague on Mon. night after about 9 hrs. in the car. We had dinner w/ all the other Josiah Venture missionaries who are leading intern teams and helping w/ our ...

First Leg of Journey

Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »

We were diligent to wake up at 3:30am on Sunday to get to the border by 5am. Last time, we got to the border at 6:30am, and still waited 7 hours. Well, good thing we added extra time because at about ...

This Life is Short

Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »

 I've been reading 1 Corinthians. Paul challenges the church in Corinth to live for God & focus on what really matters: "What I mean is that time is short...From now on, those who buy something should live as it were not ...

Our Time in Kiev & Cherkassy

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »

We were away on our first inner country road trip in our van, 550 km from Lviv to Kiev, and then another 200 from Kiev, south to Cherkassy. We went for 2 purposes - 1st to grow relationships, 2nd to plan for ...

Garage Adventures

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »

PRAYER NEED: it's been really hard for us to find secure parking near our apt. There are places, but everyone says NO or later. We have a garage (see pic - I love the "BREAK DANCE" graffiti on the side ...

Random Things Around Town

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »

I wish I took a picture fast enough of this man WALKING his cow on a leash in a field between the giant "Home Depot" & "Sam's Club" like stores in Lviv. We see funny stuff every day. And we are ...

Our 1st Josiah Venture Conference

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 5 Comments »

First, these pics belong w/ my last 2 posts (Ben w/ 3 Ukr. youth camp leaders; @ the mechanic shop- the red arrow shows the babushka w/ a stick, hitting a billygoat.) Well, God was faithful to get us over the border in ...

New Car Busted Car

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 5 Comments »

We made it to Hotel Malenovice in CZ for our JV Conference, but Sun. was the craziest cross-cultural 22 hr. travel day in our lives. We left at 5:30am from Lviv and arrived at the Hash's at 3:30am Mon. The ...

Summer Excitement in the Air!

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »

What a fantastic (chudovo, shaslivo, klasno - all Ukr. for "great!") weekend we had with our 3 English Camp partner churches here in UKR. 25 key youth and youth leaders from Lutsk, Rivne, & Cherkassy (see a map) came to ...