Jakes big news!

Hi folks, just wanted to let you all know that I am getting married. Anya has been one of my best friends for over 5 years now and it just so happened that we fell in love. I met her on my first trip to Ukraine back in 99 back when I spent a summer here. She of course didn’t want anything to do with me back then, I was a loud American teenager. After I returned to Ukraine in 2000 Anya became a good friend as she would come out on the weekends to Priluki to help out in the church (she is a great translator, speaks better English than I do). Then she moved to Priluki after finishing school and not too long after we moved to Chernigov together with a few others. So, I guess you can say that we have spent a lot of time together and know each other well.She is a great girl, I am a happy guy! We are planning on getting married sometime in January and then coming to the States for a month or two as soon as we can get a visa. I know there are a handful of ladies back home that have been praying faithfully for me to get a wife for a long time now. Well, your prayers have been answered.
Thanks.Take care,Jake (and now Anya)

A trip to Chernigov

This Sunday we drove up to Chernigov with a group from our Church. Jake had asked me to come and teach the Sunday morning bible study as he was going to be out of town so I thought it would be fun to bring some people from Kagarlyk to fellowship with the church in Chernigov. I think it was encouraging for the crew from Kagy and I hope that we were an encouragment to the Chernigov church.

After the service we went over to the house of one of the missionaries and had a big lunch with everyone who wanted to come. It was really good to see the church there and see how much people have grown in the last couple years. We all enjoyed the fellowship.

Before heading home we went on a little tour of the city and took some pictures. Here we are in Chernigov's main park.