Europe from a Different Perspective
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »For kind of the 1st time, we vacationed in Eastern Europe. Minus a team of students. Minus an alternate reason why we were there. Our only plan was hanging out w/ Ben's dad, Dave, his step-mom, Karen, and our friend Alexa Higashi, who came to see what ...
Following Up After Camps
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Could you pray for our follow-up activities happening right now in Zdolbuniv? If you remember, Brittney was on our summer team and is raising support to move over here full time. Before she returns to the USA, she had the ...
First Annual TURNDIES Awards
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »Ben was such an amazing intern team leader this summer. (This is Kristy writing.) I am so proud of him. He did such a good job of balancing silly and serious, fun w/ work. As a huge "The Office" ...
Hanging w Work Friends in Kiev
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »We experienced a few more really special glimpses of home in NJ last week. Our friends from L.Martin, Dan Vogt & Lisa Sibenac, told us long ago that they were coming in 8/2007 to the Ukraine w/ their Wash.D.C. ...
Thou Shalt Vote For Communism?
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »What do the 10 Commandments, Vladimir Lenin, and the Communist Party have in common? In some way, they are each a symbol of Ukraine: strong religious sentiment (although lives aren't always lived out for Jesus); tumultuous history; a nostalgia for ...
Blogger of the Year Award!
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Can you believe it has been a year since we opened this blog? It has brought us a lot of joy to write often (or as often as we can w/o internet in our apt...a & sorry about the ...
New Jersey Has Arrived!!
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 7 Comments »1st, we must say that Steph Brant's arrival from South Jersey in May was a huge taste of "home" for us on Ukrainian soil. That joy just multiplied 9x, as Erik & Lauren Vagen (our NJ youth pastor & wife)Â came ...