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The phone system here works a bit differently than in North America. Basically, you pay for all calls by the minute…

Without a washing machine, I take extra care in keeping our clothes clean. This task is quite a challenge with a seven month old baby…

Check out the new snowsuit we bought for Jakob this week…

I absolutely love it here in Ukraine but I have experienced some culture shock. For those of you who have studied (or experienced) it you’d probably recognize some of the stages…

The leaves are falling and so have a few snowflakes! Last week, while at the YWAM base, I looked out the window one afternoon and saw flurries over the river…

I would like to introduce you to a local “Babushka”, which is roughly translated as “an old Russian/Ukrainian woman with a scarf on her head that sells just about anything on the street”…

…soon after arriving in Ukraine we began introducing fruits and vegetables…

*This blog is actually a sequel to the previous entry so I suggest you read that one first. I mean, you could go ahead and read this one but it would make a lot more sense if you started from the beginning…

Sasha and Anya own our apartment. They’ve stopped by a few times; to meet us, to help when the internet was installed and last night they came over to settle the bills…

Oh how I miss TV!!!

Okay, no, seriously…I miss TV. And what a tease it is to have one in our home but not really be able to use it. Just like an empty bottle to an alcoholic I stare at this dumb reminder of all the shows I’m missing. “Doesn’t it work?” you might ask…

Well, as in most countries there is graffiti here. Some places have more than others; I guess it really depends on where you go. I am seldom offended though, considering I don’t understand what any of it says…

I would like to introduce you to the smallest refrigerator in the world…of course it comes fully loaded with the matching smallest freezer in the world. This is one of the reasons why we have to shop pretty much everyday…

The day before we left for Ukraine, Jakob was nawing on my finger and surprisingly, it hurt! I checked it out and he had cut his first tooth! The bottom, left front tooth was coming up through his gums. It was fun to be able to share this event with my family and friends while still in California…