Merry Christmas!

We've had a BIG busy last month, apologies to those who've looked for posts earlier.

We've worked hard at school... here's us with our teacher Irina. She's been a good teacher for us-- the second year things usually start coming together pretty good. And it has been for us.



We also went to an organic church greenhouse conference that we learned a lot from. The main thing: the only way to be unsuccessful in sharing your faith is by not saying anything!

We joined some friends for an American Thanksgiving...



We have been having people over-- we introduced some Ukrainians to Thanksgiving


Alicia's been going to the orphanage-- here's the girls doing a "trust" game.



We visited the Sumy church. Here's some of the kids doing decorations


One of the really special treats was that we visited a ministry in Bila Tserkva, a city south of Kiev, where an American lady started ministering to invalids. The ministry has grown into a huge service center with many handicapped folks being employed there. It's called God's Hidden Treasures, and the lady pictured here with Alicia is the director, Nita Hanson showing Alicia some of the "clients."


It is a really big interest for Alicia with her background in Physical Therapy. They also have been working with stroke patients. One thing we learned from Nita is that when God calls someone to do something, he equips the chosen, instead of choosing the qualified. Here is a picture of some of the equipment they work on.