A week has past and we have all settled down after the jump start we gave to the Ukrainian holiday season. The real holiday season doesn’t start for Ukrainians until St Nicholas Day on December 19th, but we thought we would throw in an American Thanksgiving for fun. It was a fellowship activity / invite [...]
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30lbs of Thanksgiving
Posted in Molod' do Isusa Updates, Shannon's Shake. on December 7, 2009 | 2 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 [...]
