'Faith Without Character is Nothing'

The mornings here in Ukraine are absolutely wonderful. it might be the fact that we're in the middle of a forest , but it is just so fresh and the coolness has a way of awakening the senses dulled by a restful night. (i should be a poet, eh?) Oh, i've also been told that it's unusually cold for this time of year.. but it hits about 75, so no complaints from me.

The breakfast this morning was probably the best meal i've had so far, noodles and shredded cheese with a banana and some juice. Since the camp is run by Seven Day Adventists, they won't serve us anything but soy meat, fish, and occasionally mystery chicken- always an adventure. But don't get me wrong, the juice here is to die for.


Anywho, today was kind of random.. We did orientation stuff: toured camp, took Russian lessons, had Drama/Rec/English class prep time, had an intense team bonding game, heard Oleg's vision, shared some stories of what God has done in our lives, and just took some time to focus in on why we are here. We were all just reading the Bible outloud in the quad and it started raining, it was really beautiful. It seemed like God threw in the thunder just for effect. really awesome. :) It's also been cool to see how our team is connecting, even though we're coming from completely different places.




Genesis Rap.. Deb:
"if you touch the snake, you're gonna bake"

Marcus "whoever emotes the emotion best wins"