Updates
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Due to some medical appointments, Angela had to return home for a short visit (don’t worry, all is well). It was a great trip filled with family and friends. Unfortunately, because it was just over a week, Ang didn’t get to see everyone she would have liked. However, since we are half way through our…
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A B C D E F G H I J K L Notes
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Celebrating 5 years of what? We are celebrating 5 years of being in Ukraine. It has been a great journey! Many exciting times. Many Countries. Many people loved and trained as Bible Teachers. We asked people who have been a part of our programs to share a bit how it has impacted them. We wanted…
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Traffic congestion in Kyiv. Interestingly, its not that there is so much traffic that people can’t get anywhere, as you can see at the top of the photo. When the light turns yellow as many people as possible drive into the intersection. The thinking is sound, if I get in there, then I will be…
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We made this little flick for one of our friend’s baby shower. I’m sure you can imagine that the kids are neeevvveeerr like this, it was all just terrific acting. :)
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It is hard to imagine how life giving visits from home are for us! The kids were so excited to pick up Grandpa! Posters for the airport were made, special welcome baskets, and Cassie willingly gave up her room! And of course the kids were not disappointed! Grandpa is a great book reader and even…
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We’ve added a new member to the family! She is a 3 month old Black Labrador. We named her Midnight…can you guess why? :) She is adding lots of joy, laughter and snuggles to the family. We were quite shocked by the low price of Labs here, so if you are thinking of a family…
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As we live our lives, every action we take has some sort of result…good and bad. For example, if I stay up too late every night and then wake up early each morning, the result is a grumpy mom and wife- which in turns affects everyone else! Someone gave us the parenting advice once that…
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Nadia is one of my coworkers. She is from the Western part of Ukraine and grew up in the Soviet Union. She remembers standing in line for hours with her sisters to get a bit of candy, (which ran out just as they got to the front of the line). I was privileged to travel…
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Here is one list of the top 10 cities of Ukraine to see – maybe this summer we’ll be able to discover a few this year. 10. Poltava Poltava is located on the Right Bank of the Vorskla River, 333 km from Kyiv. The population of Poltava is about 300,000. Poltava is one of the most illustrious…
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Below is one of those mass consumed articles about relationships. Of course its oversimplified and ignorant of the realities, the challenges and valleys that normal life experiences. But to celebrate my little girl growing up, I mean, she really isn’t a baby anymore. Even though it isn’t perfect, some of the great things I want…
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We are on the Leadership Team with YWAM Kyiv. That means involvement with all sorts of aspects like creating operating policies, making decisions on staff and leading them in ministry. Two years ago we had a team come from Kilcona to serve YK by doing repairs around our property but mostly redoing the exterior on our…
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SBS (School of Biblical Studies) is a very intense 9-month program that takes students through all 66 books of the Bible, reading the whole Bible at least 5 times. Its not for the faint of heart but with such a challenge comes a depth of understanding of God’s Word. This is one of the most…
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April and May become birthday season around here, are three kids celebrating within 35 days. That means cakes and presents and parties, all things we love – and our kids too! This years birthdays included a day at the park with close friends, a superman party and a day at the zoo, also with friends.
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Part of our work is teaching and part of our work is leading a team of Bible teachers. One aspect to leading a team is providing opportunities for their growth. We recently hosted a 5 week seminar course studying New Testament theology. This kind of course is deeper than our School of Biblical Studies (SBS).…
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We started Easter with a sunrise service – yup – even the kiddos climbed out of bed at 5am to be downtown to celebrate with our church when the sun came up. Why do such a thing? Because the very best thing in our life, the presence of God, was made real by the innocent…
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Often this website is a way for us to communicate all of the things that we are doing, to share the excitement with family and friends far away. BUT sometimes it is good to share what is happening with our kids since many of our readers love them too Jay and Cassie are really growing…
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A few months ago our Titus Project participants graduated! They had the opportunity to share a few stories and what they experienced as they travelled to many countries to teach the Bible. Watch this video to be encouraged, inspired and challenged!
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Next time you see this error: “This document can’t be opened because it’s too old.” Here is the fix! I know this is an old thread, but I ran into the problem today. Apple support was only “Load it in the old ’09 and export it again”. They even suggested trying Microsoft products to…
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