Missing USA Fall Traditions
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »It's a little hard not to be missing pumpkin carving and apple picking this week. I'm missing individually wrapped, fat Twizzlers and little boxes of Nerds. Ben's missing apple cinnamon donuts and Dots. The fall is pretty here~plenty of yellow ...
Congratulations Big Brother
Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Here is Braedan Josiah, our 2 year old nephew. This morning he became a big brother. Sara & Ben (Ben's sister & brother-in-law's names) just had a 2nd baby this morning. We don't have pictures yet, but I am sure ...
Strangers and Fools in this World
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Tonight was the end of a two-week "speaking engagement" at the Methodist youth club for university students. There is a missionary couple here who started this youth group about 7 years ago, I think. They are in the States now, ...
Our Labor is Not In Vain
Friday, October 19th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.          1 Corinthians 15:58  As Christians, it ...
A Week of Loving the Ukraine
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Here is a list of the reasons we loved being in the Ukraine last week. Most of these good things happened all in one day! Don't get us wrong, this is a good week, too, but we wanted to share ...
Elements Explosion
Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »We just had a JV Ukraine staff meeting where Valentyna shared with us about her experience back in her home town of Lutsk. After our JV Fall Leadership Conference in Czech (Sept. 17-22), Val and Yura (our Ukrainian youth leader ...
Craving Routine…and Getting It
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Exactly a week ago my parents left and we officially started a "routine". I think I talk about this a lot b/c it is something I crave and feel like we rarely get. Routine. Our day begins at 7:30 when Ben ...
International Photo Album
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Finally you can go to our photo albums to see a few pictures from our summer "rest" after summer camp. We were so blessed to see Prague and St. Petersburg w/ Ben's dad & step-mom. Then we had some time ...
Update Pizza Party Picture!
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »For those of you wondering how the pizza party birthday went, it was great! There was a girl there who reminded me SO much of Ali in my NJ small group, who has been living in CA for the past ...
Mike & Mare’s Visit
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »These past 10 days were filled with showing my parents the sights, sounds, & smells of Ukraine. We saw a motorcade of the President's drive down our street. We celebrated birthdays, Christmas, & wedding anniversaries all in one night. My dad got interrogated ...