Lunch with Chris!

I had lunch with my friend, Chris, today. Chris and I both went to Ukraine last year, although we were doing different jobs. He loved it so much that he went back this summer for three weeks. He got back this past weekend, so we had lunch today!

Me, Chris, and Amiee in Kiev in 2007

It was so good to hear about what he was able to do and stories about some of our Ukrainian friends that we met last year. One story he told me was about a guy he befriended last summer who spoke no English. After this friend spent time with those from our church, he felt that he needed to pursue training in ministry AND learn to speak English so he can work with us this year. So, friend started seminary in Kiev and began English lessons. When Chris was reunited with him this summer, he found that friend had one year of training in youth ministry under his belt and could converse with Chris IN ENGLISH! Neat, huh?

It was so good to talk to Chris...it was so encouraging and got me even more excited about going.