Thursday, July 1, 2010

Until later...

You might have noticed I have not been around much lately. As you all know, wrapping up the school year makes for an extremely hectic time of the year.


I am also headed to Ukraine for a mission trip for two weeks. We will be working in an orphan camp a few hours outside of Kiev. The organization we will be working with is Hope for Orphans. My church has been working with this partner for five years and HFO has been in existence for more than 10 years. It was founded by Jenya Ivashko when he promised the Lord he would dedicate his life to helping orphans in his country. Jenya started with his friends, all in their early 20’s, to start a camp ministry at local orphanages. HFO now has reached thousands of children ages 6-16 across Ukraine sharing the love of Jesus. We'll be working with 150 of them!

We initially were going to be working in Skadovsk, which is right on the Black Sea. In high school I was part of an exchange program where we lived in Odessa, Ukraine which is also right on the Black Sea. Last week we learned that the director of the orphanage changed his mind so instead we are going to a different location (I don't even know the name of the village, although I know it starts with a V and it's not on any body of water).

Once I return I have two days to do laundry and clean the house (from the damage of having Dad and three kids at home for two weeks without mom) then we are on our way to spend a month with my parent's in Minnesota. We'll stop in Indianapolis and Milwaukee to see my siblings (and lots of nieces and nephews) on the way up. I just love this part of the summer.

I'll be posting occasionally but not much.
Remember to spread joy to all those around you. Enjoy your summer!

8 comments:

  1. Yahoo!! I live just outside of Milwaukee!! If you have any spare time, we should meet for coffee:-)

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  2. Wow! Have a wonderful time on your missions trip. Praying for safety and blessings on the lives you touch..

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  3. Have a blast and take lots of pictures!

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  4. I'm so jealous. I blogged awhile back about my three trips to Ukraine, working with orphans. I haven't met anyone in the blog world who's been there. My husband I both loved it. I'm sure you'll have a great time.

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  5. have a great time.. Be safe also...

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  6. I hope all goes well on your trip! I'll be thinking of you!

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  7. Have fun! I love Kiev. We were there in 2003 for a religious convention. The downtown city was beautiful. The train ride to Moscow...another story :)

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  8. Ukraine sounds like an amazing experience. Hope everything goes well! Have fun here in MN as well! Hope we have beautiful weather while you're here! And, I must mention that Jamba Juice is one of my favorite treats also!

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