nine whole months have gone by since I left the states.

are you serious?

how can that be real?

ukraine was the sweetest.

what started as a month that I was sure I wasn’t going to enjoy, turned out to be one of the best gifts.

my new team (!!!) and I served at an organization called Jeremiah’s Hope, in Kolentsy, a village of about 300 people, an hour and a half outside of the capital city of Kiev.

the organization runs a rescue shelter, two foster homes, and two farms, which provides so much for community.

we helped out a lot with the kids at the rescue shelter, plus our team became a faux construction crew for one of the organizations workers who was in the midst of building a new house

ukraine was the start of the list of lasts on the Race, but also a month of newness.

here’s to ukraine and to finishing strong.

so much love,

car