We have no internet. Please be patient. I will do my best as soon as I can. We are well. God has confirmed many times over our purpose of being here. This post was by Keith via phone.

We are safe and thanks to Nina, well fed.  Our flights were good, although we only got about 3 hours sleep in the last 24 hours.  Tomorrow is Sunday and we are all scheduled to participate.  Please pray for us, Sue will do a chalk talk, I will sing and Genevive will preach.
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It is hard to believe our two weeks have come to an end.  But we have said our good-byes and our bags are all packed.  We arrive in Chicago tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Central Time
Today we had a wonderful service in Kalinovka and then packed up the benches and headed for Bogdonovka for their Harvest […]

Have I told you lately how long it takes to do anything here???  It seems we too forget.  Today Keith and I made our second trip with Igor and Nadia to the store to purchase tile for the downstairs of the Church.  Three hours later, the tile was purchased and we set up delivery.  That […]

It is hard to believe that we will be leaving in just two more days!  As usual, we are running around trying to get everything finished before 6:30 a.m. Monday when we head home.
Today we visited a private school in Brovary where Anatoly (Nina’s husband) works.  The Director invited us and when we got there […]

We just returned from another busy day.
After returning to Kalinovka, Pastor Igor picked us up and we drove about 45 minutes to another village.  There we visited the Word Of Life campus.  There are about 67 students attending the Bible school at this former Pioneers Camp (during the Soviet Union time).  We toured the facility […]

Today we came back to Kalinovka after a couple days in Irpine at Alex and Nadia’s.  Keith worked on Nadia’s “Honey Do” list and accomplished a lot.  It was wonderful to see the progress they have made in their apartment.  They now have a beautiful kitchen and some living room furniture.  Chris came to stay […]

What a wonderful day we had yesterday!!
It was the Harvest Celebration - one of the biggest celebrations for the Church.  We began very early preparing lunch for everyone who would come.  And they DID come!  The Church was packed!  Even the foyer was full of people.  In the usual Ukrainian fashion, there were three sermons, […]

Today I was finally able to visit with Alla and see her precious baby boy.  He looks absolutly beautiful!  The clothes sent for him are a perfect fit!
It was very difficult to talk to Alla and hear that she had a wonderful pregnancy up until the birth.  Everyone agrees that she should have had a […]

This was my Father-in-law’s favorite saying.  It is how I feel returning home tonight.
We spent the day cooking and preparing for the Ladies Conference tonight.  Always an adventure - cooking in someone elses kitchen.  The first hurdle was to bake corn muffins.  The ovens here have two temperatures, hot and hotter.  By the time the […]