Archive for October 2007
Keith and Darla Arrive in Ukraine
Posted by Alongside Missions
Keith and Darla have arrived in Ukraine after an 8-hour layover in Berlin. Darla reports great flights; she slept most of the way to Amsterdam and they arrived in Berlin at 7:30 a.m. (local time). Having traveled safely on to Ukraine, they will worship with Alex and Nadia on Sunday morning and in Kalinovka Sunday night. Darla […]
Posted: October 6th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 1
Greetings from Ukraine!
Posted by Darla
Greetings from Ukraine!
We arrived late Friday night after flying from Chicago to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Berlin and at last Berlin to Kiev. During our six hour layover in Berlin we were able to take a bus to the city center and walk around.
After traveling many hours we were very tired and […]
Posted: October 8th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 2
Thursday Update
Posted by Darla
Hello!
We are now at Nina’s house. We left Nadia’s today and traveled with all our luggage on the train to Brovary, then were picked up by Pastor Igor and went by car to Kalinovka.
Tonight we had our first meeting with 24 ladies present. We served a fresh fruit salad in a watermelon bowl, sandwiches of […]
Posted: October 11th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 1
Friday Update
Posted by Darla
We spent all of yesterday traveling by car to different stores in Kiev. We bought food for the root cellar: canned fish, oil, sugar, flour, rice, pasta, juice, etc.
Today we will go to Kiev again to a book expedition to buy books for the Church library and for Igor.
Last night we went to Bogdonovka and […]
Posted: October 12th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 1
Saturday/Ukraine
Posted by Darla
Greetings from Kalinovka! This is my third time trying to write a post and I keep getting kicked off, so I will try to type faster and pray it stays long enough.
Yesterday we went to Kiev with Pastor Igor, Ala (leader of AWANA) and Sasha. With money sent from First Cov we were able […]
Posted: October 13th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 1
Monday Morning/Ukraine
Posted by Darla
We had a great day yesterday in Kalinovka. We worshiped together in the morning service. Keith spoke about our act of worship which is not just on Sunday morning, but 24/7. I brought greetings from First Covenant and all the members of former teams. We sang “Your Grace Still Amazes Me.” […]
Posted: October 15th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 2
Thursday Update
Posted by Darla
Monday we went to Kiev with three Pastors and the Son-in-law of Yaraslov to purchase a portable sound system for the Church. What an adventure! We began in Igor’s car with two “Igors” who speak no English. We then picked up another Pastor who was walking along the road; he also didn’t speak English. We […]
Posted: October 18th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 3
Setters Arrive
Posted by Darla
Lou and Sue arrived Friday night. Their flight was delayed in Chicago 2 hours due to high winds and tornado warnings, however they were able to make all their connections and arrive in Kiev on time.
Here is a short recap of Friday. Keith worked at Igor’s house most of the day. I worked at the […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: 1
From Kalinovka to Berlin
Posted by Darla
We are in Berlin and will leave for Prague tomorrow morning where we will visit the Prudeks.
Our last night in Kalinovka was great. We had our traditional “farewell” party and it was fun. Lots of laughs and stories and praising God for His faithfulness. We left money for the Church to purchase guitars. They will […]
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
Comments: none
“Kapoot, Backtrack, Pea Soup”/Angel
Posted by Darla
These three words became the words describing our trip from Berlin to Prague!
We arrived in Berlin, checked into our Hotel and decided to go to the city center for something to eat. We walked to the the bus stop and got on the bus. When we tried to pay for the fare the […]
Posted: October 25th, 2007 under Missions Blog, Ukraine.
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