Day 1- We made it safely and with all luggage! What a blessing! We ended up staying here in Kiev for the night and we are excited about not being on a bus for 8 hours yet! We got to go shopping in the city and loved it. It was very different but so much fun! We also got to go to our first Ukranian restaurant. Many of us tried new things and some played it safe!! I'm sure you will hear all about it! We walked a ton and we are getting plenty of exercise, so don't worry!! We are ready for a good night sleep in a bed and we will be ready for what tomorrow brings! Thanks for your prayers and please continue to send them. We are so excited about this trip and we can't wait to impact the lives of people here!!

Day two here in Ukraine has been quite an interesting one. We loved shopping in the city yesterday and the buses were an experience for us all! We were scheduled to leave Kiev this morning and head to Kherson, but as always in life, schedules don't always hold up. Today's lesson for us has been one in patience! We got thirty minutes down the road and had to stop and we have been in a McDonalds for the last two hours waiting for a new bus...life is great!! But other than that, we are just so thankful to be here. We have so many fun things planned and we can't wait to meet all of these kids and create new friends! Each day brings something new and we are really enjoying it so far. It only gets better from here on out and we can't wait to share our experience with all of you! Until then, we ask that you would continue to pray for us as we prepare for the kids and pray for our traveling as well! We know great things are going to take place this week! We miss you all and we love you!