9 Mar 2010

What’s goin’ on these days?

Posted by Denise

Spring is just around the corner, but the cold temps and intermittent snow want to hang around just a little longer. I continue to watch the Bardwell kids on Mondays and help with school while Laurel takes Ukrainian language lessons and does some shopping at the bazaar. This past week there was a chocolate festival in town, and we walked around a bit and got some chocolate covered donuts. Pretty tasty, I must admit. While out and about we ate lunch at a relatively new place in town, and their calzone is delicious. March 8 was International Women’s Day, and though many countries don’t give the day much attention, Ukraine plays it up pretty big. At church Alla, one of our faithful young ladies, gave each lady a homemade candy bouquet. The correspondence Bible course continues to go strong, and in the month of February alone I registered 31 new students. Most of these came from invitations from other students who are already taking the course. They say word of mouth is the best form of advertising. In an effort to improve my Ukrainian language and reading skills I have been reading the book The Prince and The Pauper by Mark Twain in Ukrainian during my lessons. I finally finished the book, and look forward to starting another one soon. We are looking forward to the summer, when we minister to the local kids through a week of Vacation Bible School. I am developing a week of lessons and activities based on a “seeking for treasure” theme, with the main idea that Jesus is the greatest treasure. I am still helping Greater Grace church with their Saturday kids’ club, and this past week Edgar presented the parable of the sower lesson. After Resurrection Sunday we will begin a new series of lessons about the early Christians. Continue to pray for the ministry and ministers here in L’viv, Ukraine. Thank you, and God bless.