Evendays

Yes, as you have heard, 20 years ago today the guards opened the passage ways and allowed free access to West Berlin to those who were under communist rule.
My cousin was in Berlin that day with a group of Pepperdine Heidelberg students. The timing was right. They danced on the wall and got their picture [...]

Ukraine has lost 5 million of its population in the last few years. Average life expectancy of the Ukrainian male is about 62. Times are tough and fewer children are being born. Those that can leave the country do. There is a true brain drain going on.
The church in T. is made up of godly [...]

I have been Kiev a bazillion times, but have never really been on my own in the city. (Which is not necessarily a bad thing.) The Metro dives hundreds of feet under  ground and speeds around, letting people off only if they can read the mysterious Cyrillic writing that is hidden in each station, or [...]

I came back to the house late on Wednesday. I miss Wife. She is off in Germany at a series of advanced Bible studies and it has been ten day since I last saw her. She should be back today. Son 1 was home, ready to greet me. He makes me feel welcome. I do [...]

I was asked to speak about the C/church of Christ while in T., Ukraine. It seems that some brothers, at least I think they are brothers—though they never called me brother, come to think of it—had visited the T. church around Christmastime and had tried to point out a more excellent way to the church [...]

Yes, I am in Ukraine. Don’t know how much I’ll be able to get online (not that time online has affected my blogging). My bags were limited out (20 kilos for the checked bag and 12 for the carry-on). Here it is mornings free… Late lunches with fellow Christians… Meetings in the afternoon… Teaching Bible [...]

I am saddened by Rick P’s illness. I am a bit angry too. At 61 years old, his pancreatic cancer has spread to other organs. It’s all happened lightening fast. The Canadian doctors say there is no hope.
Rick has a heart for Ukrainians, having Ukrainian blood himself. While raised in Australia, he grew up listening [...]

As the days went on, the crowds got smaller. Had I kept on teaching another week, I could have wiped them all out!

The last 3 nights we were 15 people. I used a lot of visuals (picture “white board”) and there were many questions after the 90 minutes of teaching, people staying till late talking [...]

Welcome from cold and friendly, yet not-cold-enough-to-freeze-the-mud, Ukraine. It’s foggy, already dark, and I’ve just finished a day in fellowship with 40 Christians from Ternopil.
I got to preach twice this morning. After about 45 minutes, we stopped for tea and open-faced sandwiches, then they asked me to preach some more. Okay, it’s true that not [...]

Mom is doing well, at home where Dad and Sister One were taking care of her after surgery. Here’s a morbid thought: Before appendectamies, people died of appendicitis. Makes you thankful…
Today went pretty well, about a 8.2. I started searching for Ukrainian documents that will be useful for the church in Ternopil. The problem is [...]