Created for a Mission

For me, this was a week of preparation.  Preparation to once again pack the majority of my earthly belongings and move to a new and temporary place.  Tomorrow I will head north to New York to hang out with my folks for a couple of days.  New York is where I’ll be staying for the most part [...]

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I just want you to know that this is a test.  I hope it works so that I can make more of these video and post them for you.  If this works correctly you will be able to see more details able our time in Ukraine this past summer.
 
My 2008 Ukraine Journey

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Since my return from Ukraine I have had time to rest, to reflect and to be refreshed.  It has taken me until now to feel totally back to my new normal.  For those of you who have been on a missions journey, you know that you are changed forever, so once you return home you [...]

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We began our journey home at 6:15am on Monday August 4th.  We departed from Celets pretty much on time.  We drove to Rivne without many delays.  Pastor Peter dropped us off at the Hotel Rus.  We were all anticipating being home the next day.  We walked around downtown, got something to eat and then got [...]

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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 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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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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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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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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I got back from Minnesota yesterday.  It was truly a glorious and intense time.  In addition to the training, we got to play and bond with each other.  One of the fun things we did was attend a Twins baseball game.  We also stayed up to talk most nights.  On this past Thursday night I [...]

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