Слава Україні -'Slava Ukraini!

After a long day of traveling on Monday, I finally made it to Kiev, Ukraine the following day! Tania was there to meet me and the other 3 teachers who also arrived that day- Scott is an American missionary in Indonesia, Cerelina is a Filipino woman teaching in Canada, and Linda is a Canadian nurse who also teaches English.  It is a diverse group! After meeting them, we took a bus for about 3 hours to Cherkassy.  We were exhausted by the time we arrived,  but were greeted by some friendly Ukrainian friends who welcomed us with borscht soup and crepes with cottage cheese.  We all slept very well last night despite the time change.

Today Tania (another Tania since it's a popular name) joined us; she is another teacher who lives in a nearby city.  It was great to see her again!  We were student teachers together at a kids club 2 years ago in Lithuania as part of our practicum.  We all spent the day becoming familiar with the city by walking to the center, buying maps, and locating the stores near our apartments.  Tomorrow we will spend part of the day lesson planning and organizing aspects of the camp such as assessing the students' levels and preparing extra events such as Bible studies.

Thanks for your prayers!
*Right now the biggest concern is the number of students enrolled in the program. There are only 25 high school students registered whereas last year there were 39 students who enrolled in the program.  There is still time to register, so please pray for more!

*Praise: All of my support was raised! Praise God!

Title of post: 'Slava Urkaini' means 'long live Ukraine'.  It is kind of an inside joke with my Ukrainian roommates I had at LCC.  They made me learn the phrase for when I visited Ukraine so that I could say it to people.  So I'm sure Tania was proud of me when I said it to her last night! haha