I am in Europe!!! I cannot believe that I only have two more months… It has been such a shock to be here because of just the “westerness” of everything in Europe. Our contact for the month is American, so communication is awesome. I had a Dr. Pepper at the airport, took a hot shower for the first time (and bawled), and slept in a bed with a sheet and a comforter.
After spending a day and a half in Kiev, we made our way by train overnight (so cool) to our home for the month… Odessa. I know Odessa Texas, so it is reassuring to be here in some way. My next blog is about the amazing beach that we are staying by and that I am so thankful for, so I’ll let you read that one later. We are staying in an apartment/ hostel that is run by a Russian babushka named Olga and house world racers along with random Russian men. Our lodging is complete with two small rooms, an outdoor shower and bathroom… there is hot water that I have been using about every other day because the weather is so cool and I don’t feel dirty that much.
Ministry wise, we have been spending our days doing Bible studies, building relationships, planning English club, and my favorite so far – hitting the streets to hand out flyers for “American club.” It is called American club of course because we are here and we are native English speakers and American… it works out.
When we hand them out, our contact has asked us to say “Do you speak English” to everyone that we hand stuff out to. It has been really fun and we have enjoyed getting to know this community. It is fun to see that doing things like going up to people I have never met before would normally be awkward and scary, but at this point it’s more fun than something that makes me want to run and hide.
