Category: Trip Reports

The Zaporozhye Orphanage and School for Special Needs Children I am sending this post from Odessa, Ukraine where I arrived late last night! Before I […]

Here is a link to a village’s newspaper. I visited this village on Tuesday. The village name is “Pologye.” If you click the link and […]

Slavyansk, Eastern Ukraine 4 June 2014 It was on June 4 2014 that Russian military forces invaded and began aggressive battles to take Ukraine. Bridges […]

Today I worshiped with the Kramatorsk church of Christ. There were 50 present and as usual worshiping with this congregation is very encouraging. As you […]

In the above photo Vlad Paizy and I meet in Kramatorsk, Ukraine (Vlad had faithfully stood in the rain waiting for the train to arrive […]

The photo above shows Mayor Lubov of Gorniky Village, John and Andrew Today started early and has ended later than I expected. I had a […]

Monday was a day that was miserable weather wise. It was drizzling rain, a cold north wind was blowing and the clouds were so thick […]

(The above photo shows the congregation outside of our rented facility.) The Lord’s Day on 06 May 2017 in Ivano-Frankivsk started as a sunny day […]

Report #4—May 6, 2017 When Russia invaded and occupied portions of eastern Ukraine a number of services and institutions had to be removed and set […]

Still crawling and clawing my way though jet lag…I have arrived in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine! Greeting me late in the night were Ivan, Sveta and Ruslan. […]

I have arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine! All flights were on time (or early) and all bags arrived with me! And now I’m working to reconnect […]

This year’s spring mission trip has begun! I am writing from Detroit’s International airport where I will board the plane in a few minutes. This […]