Goodsearch and goodshop
It’s that time of year. For those of you who use the internet to shop, I’d like to ask you to consider supporting our ministry through your shopping. You don’t make an additional gift at check-out, or pay more than the regular price. You simply shop where you normally do, and we get a small percentage of your price. How does it work? It just takes one extra step from you. First, you need to go to goodsearch.com. When the box comes up asking “who do you goodsearch for?”…please enter Ukraine Medical Outreach. At the goodsearch site, you can then search for whatever using the yahoo search engine…and we get about a penny per

Community center work continued
Back to the community center this morning. I am so thankful that the quarantine is finally over in Kyiv and that life can return to a somewhat normal routine. Wednesday mornings will typically find me visiting preschool-aged children who either are infected or affected by the HIV virus. My official task is to teach them English, but I do so with games, flash cards, exercise and lessons from the Bible. Our crafts project usually is derived from the Bible and while they create, I can review with them. I’ve missed the sweet smiles and their Ukrainian accents as they attempt to pronounce new vocabulary. What smart children! So looking forward to my t

Happy birthday, Mom!
Mom and her younger sister This little cutie turned 80 years old today! Happy birthday, Mom.

Euro-English
My friend Toma sent this to me earlier today: Read with an accent The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as “Euro-English”. In the first year, “s” will replace the soft ̶

Only the strong need apply
As I walk through the adoption process with friends on both sides of an adoption, I am convinced that this process is not for the weak. I have often compared the process to a roller coaster with its up and downs. Sudden twists and turns. Sometimes fighting an uphill battle that looks impossible to climb. So slowly the process can move. And then, suddenly: News! Everything is back in fast-forward. You’ve survived the climb and the plunge, but there are surprises around every bend. Don’t let down your guard. Hang on! Now put the roller coaster in the dark. No clue which way you’ll be jerked or dropped or lifted. No way to prepare your