After looking for apartments for weeks, (our total came to 29 apartments), we decided on an apartment right in downtown Kiev, overlooking the street where the Orange Revolution took place in 2004. The sad part is that we had gotten rid of all our furniture, thinking we would rent a furnished apartment, and this one is unfurnished! So we have been furniture shopping, too! Please pray for all the deliveries, paperwork, visas, approvals, and contracts necessary to get us settled there. Our household goods are STILL in storage, so we are still living out of suitcases – since last October!

We are enjoying the hospitality of all our new teammates in Kiev, who have rolled out the red carpet to us, providing meals, transportation, and temporary housing. One sure way to become ‘part of the family’ is to move into their homes! We’re thankful to God for our new team!

Ministry has continued in the meantime, including two weeks of seminary, joining the choir, team meetings and cookouts, grading seminary papers, meeting local Korean missionaries, learning the public transportation systems, and exploring many areas of the city.

…And we haven’t even been back in Ukraine for a month!

Thanks for continued prayers. - Clay