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Day 9: Trains, PAINS, and Automobiles 31 Mar 2013 | 07:50 am
I am not sure where to begin with this day! It started off a little rough (the ice water shower just helped to wake us up at 4am) -- how I wish that would have been the worst of our day, but it went ...
Day 8: Final Goodbyes and Travel to Kharkiv 28 Mar 2013 | 05:47 am
Today we woke early and headed to the orhanage one last time to say goodbye to the kids. We are truly thankful for all of your prayers -- they were answered in big ways as God did strengthen us in ou...
Day 7: The Greatest Gift 26 Mar 2013 | 12:13 am
We did many special things with the kids today, showering them with gifts and love for our last day here. We started the day at 12noon going to one of the classrooms at the orphanage/school. Alan's ...
Day 6: More Relationship Building 22 Mar 2013 | 01:15 pm
Today we went to see some sights here in Severodonetsk because we can't go to the orphanage to visit until the children are done with school at 2:30pm. There are 2 beautiful orthodox churches here an...
Day 5: Warm Reunion at Orphanage! 22 Mar 2013 | 01:15 pm
Today is the day! We arrived at the orphanage around 2:30pm when the kids got out of school. Surprise for them because they thought we were coming next week! We were also surprised to find out that ...
Day 4: Travel to Severodonetsk, Ukraine (ALL day!) 20 Mar 2013 | 01:59 pm
Today we woke at 4am and boarded our flight to Kiev, Ukraine at 7am. Our dear friend Sergei (who visited us in Kansas City over Christmas) greeted us at the airport. We then made the 11 hour drive t...
Day 3: Paris "That Made My Day!" 20 Mar 2013 | 01:41 pm
On Sunday morning, we worshipped at the American Church in Paris. We heard a great message of being ministers of God's grace around the world. The visiting pastor was even from Kansas City! We were es...
Days 1-2: Paris Beauty 19 Mar 2013 | 02:34 pm
Day 1: We arrived in Paris on Friday morning at 8am, having slept only an hour or so on the plane. We were tired, but we pressed on in our adventure knowing that we only had 3 days to see and enjoy ...
Happy Birthday Alan! 16 May 2011 | 02:09 pm
Since having kids, we realize that birthdays are no longer 1-day events! Compound this with the fact that our son has never had a birthday party, and we managed to stretch it out for several days! On ...
Choices and Consequences 11 May 2011 | 02:19 pm
Oh boy...Is there anything more painful as a parent than when you ask your child to do something, clearly explain the consequence that will result in not doing it AND they still make a bad choice? Fol...
