Category: David’s Posts

We’re in Chicago!

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Please be praying for us. We just got done with the first leg of our trip – we’re in Chicago – and it’s already been an adventure. 1 canceled flight, 2 redirections, 3 delays, and 1 aircraft maintenance later, we’ve FINALLY arrived in Chi-town, and we’re pretty excited about it. Katya and I are learning to treat things like this as an adventure. That’s not to say that we’re never disappointed, but we’re learning to trust God more with these things.

Some stuff you can pray for:

  • Katya’s and my backs / necks already hurt from carrying all of our stuff… 😛 We didn’t sleep that well last night, so that’s probably contributing
  • No more redirects / changes in flights… We’d really like to make it to Ukraine on time.
  • Our time in Kyiv (the capital city) – we’ll be there for 3 days before we go back
  • Just time for us to be alone and rest for a day or two… We’re pretty beat from traveling around the U.S., and we’ll be staying with family when we get to L’viv.

Thanks!

LATER EDIT – Once we flew to Frankfurt from Chicago, we spent an awesome time with a missionary girl we met who was serving in South Africa. She was on her way home to America. We got to buy her some coffee and play Skip Bo with her. After that, we discovered that the Frankfurt airport is a lot like a huge labyrinth. It took us about half an hour to get from our arriving gate to our departure gate, and we had to go through security again.

Finally, once we got to our gate, they discovered that our tickets to Ukraine had been CANCELED! Katya and I just laughed and laughed, taking it in stride. They rushed and rushed, trying to find us another seat, and eventually got us one. My guitar even had its own personal seat in business class. Friends then met up with us in Kyiv and took us to the Calvary Chapel church office where we would stay for a few days before going to L’viv.

See you guys at church tomorrow!

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Haha… I (David) just realized that I wasn’t very clear as to what church we are going to in our last e-mail newsletter – I’m sorry guys! We are going to Horizon Christian Fellowship Indianapolis. There are a couple of churches that we haven’t been able to visit this trip, which is really unfortunate, because we have good friends at those churches. Please pray that we’ll get a chance to go there next time.

The Prayer Meeting was Great

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2014-04-12 17.37.30Well… This is our last weekend in America for a while. We do hope to come back in about two years just to visit. Thanks a lot to all that have made our stay in the U.S.A. so awesome! We really enjoyed visiting all of you all over the States.

We had a great prayer meeting today at Horizon Christian Fellowship (see picture left). Thanks to all that came. We really appreciate all of you that are praying for us and helping us in so many ways.

Please keep praying for us as we prepare to take off on Tuesday. We actually won’t be home until Saturday night, because we couldn’t find train tickets from Kyiv to L’viv until then.

Some stuff you can pray about for us:

  • Safe travels
  • Luggage problems (we are still negotiating with the airline as to how many bags we can take – they are supposed to give us an extra bag)
  • Vision for web-ministry (David is working on a strategy to help the social media team in L’viv really take off)
  • Wisdom with our studies and work (Katya is considering two jobs, and David is studying in seminary)
  • The general situation in Ukraine (separatists, Russian instigation, armies at the border, and an economic currency crash are all there waiting for us)
  • Pastors and Christians in Eastern Ukraine (they are the closest to the border and the most affected by the Russian invasion)
  • Revival in Ukraine

 

Honoring Those Who Served

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Katya and I happened upon something accidentally today. We were waiting for a flight in Baltimore, and we heard all if this clapping. I got to snap a couple of pictures of the spectacle.

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Apparently there was a large group of WWII veterans in town, perhaps for some kind of ceremony for them. I haven’t gotten enough time to scan the Baltimore news to know exactly what it was.

It was really cool to see our veterans honored in this way. I was just talking to a friend the other day about how we don’t honor our veterans like we should. I just pray that we will do more than just clap for them but really take care of them – they’ve done so much for us!

Being wise…

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I was reading my Bible today, and I came to Proverbs 13:2, where Solomon speaks about how a man can live by the fruit of his mouth. I asked God, “Can you make me wise so that I can do that?”

Then I got to thinking, “Solomon was wise, but I don’t want to be like him… God, can you just make me more like Jesus? He was wise, but it didn’t get to His head.”

Being wise isn’t a bad thing at all – it’s a very good thing, but if all you are is wise and don’t follow Jesus, you’ll just end up like Solomon.