Category: Thoughts

Wednesday night The bus ride into Ukraine was pleasant enough. There were about 80 seats. Just guessing I would say 85-90 percent of the passengers were women. We stopped a couple of times to stretch our legs. The border crossing took about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The bus stop at Lublin, Poland, before we […]

Sometime during the night I decided to go to Ukraine without any luggage. I bought a bus ticket at noon to leave asap. ASAP is 8:15 pm. I went to the airport/bus station to wait 8 hours for departure. I checked one more time to see if my luggage was found. They said wait a […]

On Sunday I was in line at the airport. A lady was having a bad day and complaining loudly. I told her this was my second day being in airports waiting in line. She said, “you’re a local in the airport!” That frustrated me more than a little. I was glad she quit complaining loudly. […]

A small candle was burning dimly in the living room.  Someone walked past and blew it out. It didn’t take much, just a light breath and the flame was extinguished. Then they walked away. What surprised me was the thin straight trail of smoke that lifted from the wick. Then it completely dissipated. I thought, […]

As a kid my mother was constantly taking us to church – Sunday morning, Sunday night, and prayer meetings on Wednesday night. There were always lessons from the scriptures. And I wanted to know what they meant and how they applied to me. David of Old Testament fame was my hero. I loved the stories […]

We left Kiev and head to our destination of Berehove. We had an early lunch with the Hansens in Zhitomer. They are about two hours from Kiev and directly on our route. So grateful for the work they are doing there. VODAFON  On the way to Berehove, before we got to the town of Rivne […]

This was such a blessing to me while in Ukraine. However, there were a few drawbacks. On the second day I was stopped for going too fast. I really didn’t see the sign that the speed limit had dropped but that didn’t change things.  The policeman expected me to have an International Driving Permit. I […]

KIEV What a great experience. “HAVE A GREAT DAY!” We spent our time in the central district passing out tracts and talking to people. Throughout the entire trip, every time someone took one of the tracts I would tell them to have a great day. Olexander He was passing by and stopped. His eyes were […]

DESTINATION ODESA UKRAINE (This is a 13 hour drive from Berehove, Ukraine.) A TRIP FULL OF SURPRISES FRANK Last year I met a man named Frank Grabanski living in Berehove. He is a Christian, loves Jesus, and loves to talk to people about him. I asked him to join me on my trip to Odesa. […]