July 2008 - Posts

• Touched by Music

  A couple of days ago at church I was so blessed.  Our Kiev church has had, for a few years now, a gifted ensemble of singers.  In fine Ukrainian custom, they periodically travel to other churches and this Sunday before they were to leave on a longer such trip, they sang several songs from their [...] Posted Jul 29 2008, 06:41 AM by McDonnels in Ukraine Filed under: Words & Thoughts

• Learning

  Well learning never stops, but we knew that, right? As we get back into life here, it’s easy to want to focus on doing what I want to have happen first.  But I realized (again) that I need to just seek the Lord in my agenda and I’ll have a much more peaceful heart. So although other [...] Posted Jul 16 2008, 11:48 PM by McDonnels in Ukraine Filed under: Words & Thoughts

• First Things

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• We Are in Kiev!

  Just wanted to write a little something here. Thank you for your prayers. We got on the big plane (two actually) and we are now safe and sound in our apartment in Kiev. We made it! Thank the Lord. Thank you too for your prayers. The flights went smoothly. My folks and Donna’s dad and [...] Posted Jul 03 2008, 11:07 AM by McDonnels in Ukraine Filed under: Words & Thoughts