I woke up this morning and saw it was foggy, and on closer look saw little white flakes falling to the ground… I thought it was great! It’s been a bit warm, so the ground has been green or muddy, but now, I thought, it will be white again 
. Then I had to go out in it 
. Don’t get me wrong, I love cold weather, and I love snow, but when you’ve been outside waiting for that 22 bus to come by for 15 minutes, one begins to think, ‘then again maybe not…’ :-P :-)
My language lessons have started, and again God confirmed to me that he had no special gifts for me in that area… :-) I have learned all but 6 letters (the Ukrainian alphabet has 32 letters), and I am working on about a 2 dozen word vocabulary (in addition to the few words I already knew). My writing assignments are the most interesting due to the similarities between the Cyrillic and Roman letters. For instance the English lower letter ‘g’ makes the ‘duh’ sound in Ukrainian. Several other letters are similar in cursive, but not… So there have been many times when I’m writing away then one hears a ‘ARGGGHHH,’ (I’m a bit vocal in my frustration when I’m by myself) Ahh, the joys that come from the curse at Babel… (I’m understanding more and more of the meaning of the curse) :-)
I am able to help out the CBC course by picking up the mail at the post office (it’s really close to my language lessons). It’s great to be able to help in that area! I look forward to the time when my Ukrainian is good enough were I can help with the grading and correspondence part.
Josh and I are heading to Kyiv next week. He will be getting something done with his passport, and I will be registering wit the embassy. We leave Tuesday night and get back Wednesday night.
I appreciate your prayers in regard to my housing situation. It looks like I’ll be at the Ministry Center for a few weeks till we find a roommate, then if needed, find an apartment. The nice thing is that, as of this afternoon, I am no longer living out of suitcases! I used some shafa (dresser) space, and put it to good use .
The English Club went well last night. We had 3 guys come for the English part, then all 3 stayed and 1 lady came for the Ukrainian Bible Study! Afterward one of the guys was asking Josh a lot of questions about the Bible! We pray that this interest will continue to grow, and that it will lead him to the point of salvation. Thank you for your prayers in regards to this ministry!
I am needing to head out (the buses will stop running soon), so I’ll stop my post here. Thank you so much for all your prayers for me. God is great, and has much in store for me here! May God’s light shine through each one of you!
