Well, Shannon and I are back in the states for about a month after being in Ukraine almost exactly a year. It has been wonderful to be back and we are experiencing a slight bit of reverse culture-shock. I think we are both most surprised by being able to understand everything that is going on [...]
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Stateside for a bit.
Posted in Ministry Reflections on September 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
St. Patrick
Posted in Ministry Reflections, Shannon's Shake. on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At annual conference David and I ran into a friend, and fellow missionary, Patrick Whaley. Patrick lives in Tennessee and he works with the General Board of Global Mission’s (GBGM) Russian Initiative, which includes not only Russia, but Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. He spends most of his time in Russia, but at the Ukrainian annual [...]
Pastor’s Conference
Posted in Ministry Reflections, Shannon's Shake. on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
David and I just experienced our first Ukrainian/Moldovan United Methodist Pastor’s Conference. It was held in Kiev, which is the capital city of Ukraine, in the center of the country, as well as where the district superintendent, Bill Lovelace, lives. The conference took place in his home. Here is our schedule for those UM people [...]
Borscht and all the Trimmings
Posted in Ministry Reflections, Shannon's Shake. on February 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Marusa is a student who has recently been making more of an effort to be a regular attendee of our Sunday morning worship. I think she enjoys the small group feel (this last Sunday we had six people) and it gives her a chance to ask some great questions. She is not taking this faith [...]
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