A Sermon on Patience
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »It seemed appropriate that Ben preached about patience during our Sunday service last week. He talked about waiting on God's timing. "God is never late, but He's also not early." As we celebrated our 1-yr. mark here, we have asked ...
Better is One Day in Your Courts Than A Thousand Elsewhere
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 5 Comments »Better is one day in heaven with the Lord than 1,000s anywhere else. (Psalm 84:10) I really needed to hear this tonight at a friend's youth group. This picture is from Christmas. You'll see my 3 siblings, my brother's wife, ...
Birthday Video
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Happy Birthday Dear Syava! A few of his closest friends gathered at his apartment for a feast, mostly of national Ukrainian dishes like cabbage rolls, kutya, compote, beet salads, etc. It was great. This video we posted on YouTube tells ...
The Little Grey Clouds
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay ...
Water Facts in L’viv
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »I just read a Ukrainian text I'd written back in the spring, while practicing the verb: to get used to. I wrote, "I will never get used to living in L'viv without water." God must be working on our contentment, ...
NewYear’s Again?
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »Tonight is the "Old" New Year's Eve celebration in the Orthodox calendar. These Ukrainians love to party. The square was full of people, a big stage w/ people reciting verses, singing, iceskating, drinking kvas...it was good to be back at church ...
Anniversary of Another Kind
Friday, January 11th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »A yr. ago today we stepped off the plane in L'viv, arriving in our new city. This past week, we've continued to set goals for our next year here, for our personal walks with Jesus, for our dreams for English ...
Pondering 2008
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »I love resolutions. Ben, however, is more practical, and says that if you really want to change something about it, just do it already, and stop resolving to. I had 22 hrs. to ponder 2008 resolutions on the train from ...
Check Out December & January Pictures!
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Click on the Photos link to see 40-something Dec. & Jan. pictures that we've taken, from our time w/ youth group kids and our visit w/ Mom Williams. Enjoy!
5 Year Wedding Anniversary
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »It is hard to believe that 5 yrs. has come and gone! We sat down to dinner at one of the only Mexican restaurants in Vienna, Austria, and enjoyed rehashing the past 5 yrs. of vacations, trips, guests, unique experiences ...