Big Tennis, Zags, and a Bachelorette Party
Saturday, June 27th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Just when we think we are understanding Ukraine, we get bombarded by Ukrainian wedding customs. Our dear youth leaders Yara and Roman are getting married tomorrow. It will be a traditional Ukrainian wedding, complete with the national dress and dance, ...
First Camp Visit in Ternopil
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »If you read about Ternopil on Wikipedia, you'll find some really interesting info about the city we visited for camp planning. It has a similar history as Lviv, but you couldn't really tell by appearance. The entire city was destroyed ...
Time to Move On
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »My first CD I ever received was for my birthday freshman year of high school. My dad bought me the newest Tom Petty cd - Wildflowers. I was at first disappointed because I wanted "The Best of...", but it turned ...
Horodok Boys
Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »It was a huge blessing to work with these boys this week. It is hard to believe that each of them is being punished for a crime. They seemed so respectful, so good, so normal. During the week we had ...
Horodok – Open the Eyes of their Hearts, Lord
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Horodok Boys Day Camp ~ Josiah Venture Ukraine CLICK ABOVE to see a Youtube video from our Horodok Boys Prison/Social Rehab Center camp this week. Here we're singing "Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord; I want to See You." These ...
Quick Update on our First Day of Boy’s Prison Camp
Monday, June 8th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Keep praying! The Lord has been gracious to us today as we went into the boy's prison, unsure about what the group home director would say, how much time they would actually allow, how many boys would actually be in ...
A Snap Shot of Summer Plan and Prayer Requests
Saturday, June 6th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »You can totally pray for our camps. I am trying to be full of faith and not freak out b/c we have our boys' prison camp that starts Monday. This is a huge deal. HUGE. We want to see these ...