Continuing Prison Service
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_509" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Inmates at the Lviv Prison Hospital"][/caption] Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains, for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. So ...
Movie Club
Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Today (mon.) Xrystya and I did a double-feature. I have been taking Xrystya to the movies as a bonding time for us and a true language lesson for me (new releases are $3 and often released earlier than in America! We ...
A Water Leak Could be an Answered Prayer
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Ever since the break-in to our apt. (Jul.1,'07) we have been EXTRA cautious of interaction with neighbors. After a drunken encounter with some wild men who live in our bldg, Ben's suspicion of the thiefs being from our building was about 95% ...
Taking Off Old Clothes and Relishing in New Clothes
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »I felt so blessed that our JV Women's Conference this year included one of my very favorite topics: the old self, before turning to Jesus Christ, contrasted with the new self, transformed by the Holy Spirit to become more like ...
Connecting with Michael Allan
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »My brother, the soldier, had a 2-week leave in the States recently. Actually, he returns to Afghanistan in the next week to finish out his first (and hopefully last) tour. He has been fighting the Taliban since August in a ...
First of Two Ladies Retreats Complete
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »My Ukrainian friends Nadia, Xrystya, and I just completed a 3 day journey in three different cities in Poland. It was Xrystya's first time out of the country (Ukr), and it was my first time to spend longer periods of ...
Girl Time v. Man Time
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »There was nothing greater than spending 3+ hrs. with my favorite Ukrainian girls at our pastor's sauna last week. It was SO relaxing, and great bonding time between us. Ben has had his own guy sauna time twice since being back in ...
Mid Winter Visit to Lutsk
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Part of our job as JV missionaries is to visit the different youth groups we do camp with. This usually happens a few times a year, for a night or two. We try to gather the leaders together and have ...