Dobry Dien, (Good Day!) from all of us in Odessa, Ukraine! We have had a great first few days!
After getting settled into our lodging, on Thursday evening we ate a delicious meal together at a Ukrainian buffet called Compote where we were able to choose our own Ukrainian dishes. We also enjoyed getting ice cream together afterwards. Some people had gelato from a street vendor and others ate McDonalds Sundaes. The weather has been slightly cool here which has been nice!
Friday we had orientation and training at the St. Paul’s Center, where we also were staying for a few nights. We had breakfast together and started our orientation off with introductions of one another, which also included meeting some new team members who joined the team this week. That evening we split up to go eat dinner. Some team members went to eat pizza and others went and ate at a café.
Saturday morning we boarded a bus and travelled to Petrodolina, our final destination. We are lodging in a Youth Center that was recently opened in a renovated church building. We had a wonderful lunch provided by Alex’s wife, Alyona. That afternoon our group took a trip to the Black Sea and when they returned many of our teachers worked on preparing teaching material for the week and some people helped with getting craft supplies ready.
Today we worshipped at the Petrodolina Lutheran Church, here in our village. Some of our team, Pastor David, Angela, & Rachel Breidenbach, accompanied by Dwayne Knirk on the piano and Brian Whippo with Matthew Phillips playing guitar also shared a song during worship, while EEMN Director Bill Moberly preached. We were warmly received by all. After lunch we went over to the school to take our supplies and set up our classrooms. This year we are will be having camp in a new village. This is the village of Yosipivka.
We also spent some time this afternoon going over last minute “housekeeping” items and having some time of prayer for the upcoming week.
Our first day of camp starts tomorrow, Monday July 4th! We hope you all have a fun 4th of July!
In Christ,
The Ukraine English Bible Camp team members
John & Nichole Moberly
Ukraine Team Leaders
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