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Steve Hill has a very succinct explanation of what is happening (or not happening) in the churches here. His analysis is accurate, and is exactly the problem we have seen here as well.

Read his “Newsletter” here… 

I think it’s time for an update on what is happening here, what we are doing, and what we are hoping to do in the future. I’ve realized that most of the other posts (and photos) on here are predominantly about our day to day lives, and although they may give you an idea of what our life is like here, they don’t really provide a complete picture of what we are really “doing”.

So… although this may end up being a bit long, I will try to give a more complete outline of our experiences, our ideas, our dreams, and yes, our difficulties.

In the past two years, we have learned a lot, experienced a lot, and are now trying to use what we have learned to develop a plan that will make a difference here.

Our primary goal when we came to Ukraine was to help the orphans. That is still our goal. When we first came, we weren’t sure how we would be able to help, we just knew we had to try. Now, after two years of living here, getting to know some of the kids from the orphanages at a personal level, seeing the difficulties they face, we are starting to understand what we can do, and what we must do.

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Happened to find this cartoon on the web this morning… Kind of reminds me of what we go through here, especially when we have extra kids in the house and it rains for a couple of days (meaning that the laundry won’t dry).