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Entries from July 2008

On Wednesday it Rained, On Friday it Didn’t

July 29th, 2008 · 11 Comments

This past week was an awesome week. We arrived in Dubrovitsa on last Thursday and we had planning time on Friday with the interpreters and youth leaders. On Saturday we had training for the camp leaders and then we had our introductory youth session in the evening. On Sunday we worshipped with the church. Monday [...]

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A Typical Sunday and Update

July 21st, 2008 · 8 Comments

A typical Sunday in the life of the Baptist church in Dubrovitsia. There are four services in three locations. Two services are held in the church building, one is held in Zarichne, a village about 40 minutes away and the last one of the day is held in the village of Celets. [...]

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Say “Salo”

July 14th, 2008 · 9 Comments

This week has been quite eventful!  We had our planning meeting on last Tuesday where we received our marching orders for the next two weeks from Pastor Michael.  After our meeting we started immediately and visited a family who had 14 children and they lost one last year to a tragic accident.  The next day, [...]

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Over the River and through the Woods

July 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Literally! We arrived pretty much on time on July 3rd. We were met at the airport by Pastor Peter and his daughter Inna. We drive through the heavy traffic in Kyiv and stop for lunch about 2 hours later. We arrived in Rivne (the major city in the region where we will be serving). We [...]

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Packed and Ready to Go!

July 2nd, 2008 · 9 Comments

Family and friends, the time is at hand for my 5 week journey to Ukraine.  This is the longest amount of time that I have spent outside the US since I was 7 years old.  I am ready.  My bags are lined up and ready to go.  Our flight departs at 1:00pm today.  Please pray [...]

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