Christmas (Рождество) is very different in Ukraine. There are really two holidays back to back. First comes New Year’s Day (on January 1, of course). This is the BIG holiday. Beginning on December 20th, or thereabouts, the New Year’s tree stands go up all over. People decorate for New Years…not Christmas. It’s kind of […]
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I’ve been having to relearn all songs that I want to lead at church in Russian… It’s frustrating sometimes. I decided to record some today to check pronunciation… If you speak Russian, you can critique it for me! Нет Никого, Как Ты
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What faith can do… anything. This has been a very trying two weeks. But honestly, we knew it would be. For two reasons. Our friends returned home to America last Monday and we know that satan loves to attack when we are down anyway. When we’re emotionally vulnerable. God is doing amazing things. We
Mary’s sister, Robin, and our niece, Kathryn, have been visiting since June 22. Of course when they got here 2 weeks ago it seemed like it would be plenty of time to get everything in…but today has arrived and the time has flown by. Family visits are great. Here in Ukraine, it can get a
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