An End of the Year Bang w Friends
Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »When we got word that New Life (our church) wouldn't be having a youth New Year's Eve party, we were a bit disappointed. We've spent New Year's Eve together w/ Mom Williams, watching movies, eating mac&cz and relaxing. But a ...
Mom W.’s Visit So Far
Sunday, December 30th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »We have been blessed to have Mom Williams (Ben's mom) with us since the day after Christmas. It gave us something to look forward to during the lonely parts of the holiday. L'viv has been between 20s and low 30s, ...
He sent His Son for us
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »We knew we would miss family on Christmas but we never thought we would miss the hectic schedule of Christmas. It is so fun driving all over Chicagoland to see family and friends. We missed it. But mostly we miss ...
Is It Christmas?
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Today actally felt like Christmas was around the corner. I was invited to a Christmas Cookie Exchange w/ some other missionary women, almost all I'd never met before. It was really festive and thoughtful. Of the 8 women, the longest ...
December 19th St Nick Day
Friday, December 21st, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »On Wed. it was St. Nick's Day, a gift-giving holiday for Ukrainians. Everyone wakes up w/ gifts under their pillows. I asked what happens if the gift is too big; they say they go under the bed instead! The night ...
Visit From Lutsk Friends
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We had a great visit from Andriy & Yulia, Ukr. friends from Lutsk. We invited them to L'viv to stay the night and talk about potential English camp partnerships. We take for granted that we live in such a great ...
Awana & Horodok
Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Ben had 2 really neat opportunities to serve God this week. The first was on Friday afternoon, when he & Syava went to Horodok, the boy's prison outside of L'viv. This is for underaged boys between the ages of 7-14 ...
Mariana from San Jose
Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We like to invite people over for dinner on Wednesdays, after I get back from Bible study. Last night Mariana came over. She's 16. I met her at this b-day party. She was introduced as "a friend who speaks English."Â Yeah ...
Unmasking Christmas Traditions
Friday, December 7th, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 3 Comments »Don't be scared. This is a Ukrainian Christmas tradition. Yesterday we looked for Christmas decorations & liked what we found. The artificial trees, the stalks of wheat. (You set these on your Christmas Eve table as a remembrance of provision, health, and the ...
December Frenzies
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Right now, most Americans are getting overwhelmed by Christmas shopping, decorating, and trying to arrange calendars to get in all the social activities that the holidays cater to. We feel frenzied here, a bit. I'm really trying to focus on "Do ...