And now for some pictures

Today Max Pratt and Grady visited us. Max and Tim have been in Ukraine for a week. They are both board members for the Ukraine Mission Work. It was good to see and visit with both of them. We spoke about the work here, our perceptions and experiences. We have a busy schedule forming for this week, starting with a meeting later tonight.

A few days ago, we were blessed to visit with Lena's folks Nickolai and Galena. Grady is going to take his family back to Kiev this week. They have all shown us a lot of love. One time Nina was there with about 20 students seeing Grady off at the train station. She started talking to the students saying, "You think he's just a great guy, but there's more to it than that. He's a great guy because he follows Jesus!" Alicia and I say the same about Grady and Lena.

Anyway, they had the coolest tea pot I've ever seen. Here's Alicia serving:



And here is a picture of me and Nickolai.



I would consider him a friend even if he had not given me a coffee pot to use during our time here, he gifted us with some "stakanu" (cups-- see, we're learning words), a very generous and joyful man.

We are both doing our part around the "dom" (house).



Alicia washes clothes



And I do cooking ever now and then. This is borsh. It was tasty, but not as tasty as Ivan's.