Here I am in my last month in Ukraine about 25 miles from the Russian boarder. I am so excited to go home and see all of my family and friends, but I can not loose sight of what God is doing here in Ukraine.
My team is blessed being in a home of American missionaries for our last month on this race. It has been a blessing being able to talk to the entire family without an interpreter or playing sherades to comunicate. It is also been the start of our transition as we get ready to enter back into America which is now a foreign land to us now that we have been gone for almost a year.
The first two weeks that we were here, we did a couple of softball camps. We brought bats, balls, and gloves and taught people of all ages how to play softball.
As the first week of softball was rained out a couple of days, we still managed to play with the people of the area. Everyone seemed to enjoy learning how to play. We started to teach them how to catch with the glove and while we played catch, we were able to get to talk with the kids that came to play.
We then taught how to hit the ball and run to first base.
By the end of the week, we were able to do American’s verses a Ukraine Team and we had lots of fun.
Everyday, we would take breaks and share who we are and why we were here playing with them. Also, every night we would set up a projector and screen and show a movie that has strong Christian values. At the end of the second week we did a chilly feed and invited them out to the church the next day to try to get the young people hooked up with the church. On Saturday, we had invited people to come out to the church, the turn out was great and I give all the glory to God. I pray that these young people that came out to the church will experience God’s love.
