Bill Lovelace (who is an American) is our District Superintendent (DS) and he lives in Kiev, Ukraine. He is the DS of Ukraine and Moldova – yes, this area is a little bigger than most in America, but that’s how it works when your churches are few and far between. Hans Vaxby (who was raised [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Bishop and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Millions of Peaches
Posted in David's Detours, Life in Ukraine on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With the Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis hitting the world news hard the last couple of weeks, Shannon and I thought it would be a good time to share a little bit about our very interesting heaters here in Ukraine. Yes, they are called Peaches (although that is probably not exactly how you would transliterate the Ukranian [...]
New Years Chaos.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Okay, you are all probably running low on holiday cheer, seeing everything in America but football ended over a week ago, but I am going to press you a little bit further. Last week Shannon provided some info on Ukrainian holidays and especially Ukrainian Christmas. In this post I am attempting to add some informational [...]
Ukrainian Holidays
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
As you all over in America are winding up your holiday season, we are in mid-swing over here in Ukraine. The winter holidays began on December 19th with St. Nicholas Day. This is when presents, including toys, sweets and especially oranges, are given to children by St. Nicholas. They are placed under their pillows. This [...]
-
Recent Posts
Archives
-
Flickr Photos
More Photos Categories
-
