We are now in month nine of our trip and it is strange to think that in a short period of time we will be home. Although I have become mentally and physically exhausted from this trip, I feel as though I have become spiritually alive. Before the start of the race, I could not have imagined living such a lifestyle (i.e. living in close community with fifty strangers, living out of a backpack, moving every month, etc.); but, honestly, I have come to appreciate this lifestyle and this community very much.
mmunity. The MacDonald family is an amazing family. If you can imagine the movie cheaper by the dozen, you can imagine life at the MacDonald house. Although they have a handful of children that are serving in the army right now, they still have five amazing children living at home, ranging in age from 15 to 3. We are working in the region of Lungask, more specifically Lutugino, which is near the Russian border.
In order to honor our contacts and serve the community, we have been asked to help facilitate eyeglass clinics, give presentations to the schools about our trip and then play sports with the kids after school, visit the patients in the hospital and show movies to the kids every Friday, help pick corn and then cut down all corn stalks to feed the animals for the winter, and visit a rehabilitation center for alcoholics. It was a stark change of pace from the ministry in Africa and much needed.
