The last several days have been tricky with the Littles. Â They have been especially restless, rebellious and disobedient. Â We find ourselves saying MANY more negative words than positive words. Â And we don’t like that. Four of our Littles are adopted. Â Technically, not our children (in the biological sense). Â Yet, they are children […]
We have some dear friends who are also on mission here in Ukraine.  Would you take a moment and read this post from their website about the health of their coming granddaughter and begin to pray without ceasing.  Prayer does change things. Read the post here: http://ukrainiac.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/1-in-10000/ Bless the Name of the Lord with me today.  He is
Jamie our friend and team member and Masha our friend and translator.
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As we invest in peoples lives here, there is joy. Â There is also sometimes sadness. As we get closer and closer to people here, we find out about the difficulties that hide behind their smiles. One of our new friends (I’ll call her “Oksana” but that’s not her name) is truly searching for the Lord.
Clearly, Fall is here in force. Â We awoke this morning to VERY cool temp and VERY strong wind. Â It reminded me of the blustery day in Winnie the Pooh. Â Most of the remaining leaves fell today thanks to the wind. We attended the Fall Festival today at KCA in Kyiv. Â The kids
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School Days If you’ve missed the news, I (Chris) will be teaching elementary music, middle school choir and high school choir this year at Kiev Christian Academy. Â This is the school Hannah attended last year. Â She, Bethany and Seth will all be attending this year. Â It’s not something I went looking for. Â
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Wouldn’t it be easier if every morning I got a navigation link sent to my phone and I just had to accept the file, open it up, and see the detailed turn-by-turn directions for the day? Â Week? Â Month? Â Year? Â I mean, it would be easier for me and even God, too, right?
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We went to our first wedding in Ukraine yesterday. Â We left the house about 2:00 for the 3:00 start. Â We pulled into our driveway at 12:40 a.m. Â You might think we broke down somewhere and had to wait hours for help.
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We don’t know for sure or exactly, but we see places where is IS working and we know He’s inviting us to join Him in that work.
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Focus. Â I am really trying to reorient our focus right now. Â As I have said many times before, we came with great plans to serve God. Â We even put it into a bullet list and once it’s written down and people have seen it, you have to stick to the list, right? As I was