things I've missed.

For the next month, I'll be in Ukraine (July 4-24) and China (July 24-August 4). The Ukraine team will be keeping a blog of our adventures during the 3 weeks we're there. Some neat stuff will happen so follow along: missionsukraine.blogspot.com (you can subscribe via rss feed or Google Reader).

I didn't want to include real pictures, but some of the things I've missed about Ukraine.

The Litin girls.








My host family... and Gorodishe... the village they live in (I'm staying there this year too!)







The "jeep" that looked so much like it was going to fall apart but managed to get us to and from the church each day, squeezing as many as 9 people at a time.






Blinchke with homemade jam.








Church service outfits: t-shirts and tennis shoes with skirts. And even the spontaneous church services themselves.







The lake in Gorodishe - isn't it beautiful?








Mealtimes.











Countryside like this. Cows.








{scheduled to post on Thursday}