update from the states

I have been in New York now for about a month and thought I would let you know what I’ve been up to. The wedding of my friends Zachary and Heidi was a blessing to see.  When his mom asked him a couple weeks later how the whole marriage things was going, he said he was a fan.  I got to help with our church’s Spirit of America celebration on July 4th and thoroughly enjoyed selling hot dogs and watching the beautiful fireworks display. Praise the Lord for America and the freedoms we still have.  I have been doing some scrap booking and shopping for some odds and ends that aren’t available in Ukraine.  My chiropractor tells me that I have a herniated disc in my neck, and he has be treating me for that a couple times a week. If it doesn’t improve significantly soon I will have to have protisone shots and an MRI, both which will be costly financially, so please pray that it improves soon. This week my mother and I have traveled south to visit some friend I made in college and shortly thereafter when I was living in Augusta, GA. It has been great to reminisce over old times and catch up on the last several years.  I still have another trip to take in August to visit friends in the Midwest, but most of August will be spent close to home in Rochester. Unless of course, God changes things. He has a way of doing that, we know.