All,
The excitement is building in Sugar Land - we leave this Friday, July 16th, for L'viv. Sugur Land FUMC had a commissioning ceremony for our team during service yesterday, eight of the 12 of us were able to be in attendance. Justin and Sarah are already in Europe doing a little sight-seeing, and Justin started their vacation off right by proposing to Sarah! We will be meeting up with them in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday and flying together to L'viv. Emmie lives in D.C. and will be metting up with us in Chicago, and Steve had a prior commitment. The eight of us who made the ceremony were blessed by the prayers of our pastors and congreation! We ask for your prayers as well, specifically: safe travel, good weather, good health, the Holy Spirit working through us and hearts that are receptive to the message.
A lot of people wonder about how long it takes to get to Ukraine: 2hours 35minutes to Chicago, 9:25 to Warsaw, and then a short one hour flight to L'viv. We are flying on American Airlines to Chicago, but then Lot Polish Airlines takes us the rest of the way. I've never heard of Lot Polish Airlines and I'm a little...nervous (that's man-speak for being scared!).
We will arrive in L'viv early Saturday afternoon (we lose eight hours in transit due to the time change), and will be staying at the Kosmonaut Hostel. I've been there before, and it's pretty nice. The hostel is in the same building as the Student Center, which is run by our missionaries, so it is very convenient. Saturday will be a day of rest, as Sunday we hit the ground running. We will be attending worship on Sunday at the Methodist church (which meets in the Student Center), then after lunch we will visit both of the sites for our Upward Basketball Camps that begin on Monday. We will hand out fliers to any kids in the area and run through the layout of the camps. We kick off the first camp Monday morning at 9am!
We will add pictures from the two camps daily. Stay tuned!
Bill
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