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Monday, April 24, 2006

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:31:37 GMT

2 weeks from today and I will be on a plane headed back to the United States!!! As much as I have loved Bosnia and have enjoyed my time here, I am ready to go home. I am looking forward to seeing my family and getting to just chill with my mom and my siblings. One week after I get home I am headed back to BCOM. I think this summer is going to be tons of fun. I was a little bummed out that I wouldn't get to have a full senior year of college cuz my lovely college is forcing us to graduate early...hahaha...what torture. But a senior summer should be SUPER...that word is a shout out to my buddy Carolyn MARSH! And yes Marsh I will still call you Marsh after you get married because calling you Doubroff or Doobs, just doesnt have quite that lovely ring to it. So yeah, anyway, senior summer should be a SUPER summer. We get to live in these sweet apartments and I will be surrounded once again by all my favorite peeps...well I am pretty much surrounded by them here in Bosnia, but there are a few otheres that I can't wait to see again! And that's all that I really care to write about today...woohoo...Oh BUT, we stacked wood for about 7 hours today! Holy cow, ouch, pains all over the body...ack!

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:53:51 GMT

Here are some photos from my trip to Ukraine. This first one is me with my Ukrainian sister Oksana.

This is me with my buddies Vitalik, Angela, and Sasha. They are all siblings who worked with me at the camp back in 2002.

And this is my little "niece" Sofia witrh her daddy Vova.

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:35:15 GMT

More News about my trip to Ukraine!!!

Ok so here is the xanga post that I know you have all been waiting for! I finally had my coffee with Sara, my super long chat with Marsh, and my phone conversation with my mama so I can now tell the rest of the world about my Ukraine trip.

The easiest thing to say is that it was AMAZING!!! I was really hoping and praying that God would speak to me about my future in missions. I have all of these places that I love and all of these things that I love to do, but trying to narrow them down and do God's will and all that is not so easy. And I can really honestly say that God spoke to me. It was so incredible, His timing in everything that happened just blew me away.

A long story short, I spent about 5 days in Kiev with a missionary named Lois. She is super cool and nice and she fed me waffles and gave me lots of coffee to drink! I followed her around everyday and met a lot of other missionaries that work with SEND which was the organization that I was checking out. After 5 days in Ukraine I knew that Ukraine is a place where God could put a lot of my giftings and talents to use. A lot of the things I am passionate about, are things that I could do in Ukraine and that was very exciting to discover.

Then after 5 days in Kiev I went to visit my friend Oksana in Dnievtsy which is the area of Ukraine that I was in almost 4 years ago. Oksana is now married to an amazing man of God and she has the cutest kid ever! Spending time with Oksana was sooooo much fun and it was really great to get to spend a few days living with a Ukrainian family. I think one of the best things that happened was when I got to visit their church. Oksana's husband is the pastor and he had me come up in front and speak for a few minutes. It was a very small congregation and most of the people were the cutest old women! One fo them came up to the front row and took a picture of me. After the service several of them came up to me to shake my hand or hug me and tell me what a blessing it was to have me there and some of them even thanked me for the work I am doing in Bosnia. It was so special!

Well I could go on and on about my trip but then no one would want to read this so I am going to quit now. Everything was amazing and God truly blessed me and showed me a lot of things. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for me about this!

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:25:15 GMT

I am in Budapest right now, chillin with my buddies Amy and Marilyn!!!

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT UKRAINE???

Well, let me just say that my trip to Ukraine totally blew all my expectations out of the water (in a very, very good way)! There is a lot to tell, but there are a few people I want to talk to, pray with, or have coffee with before I tell all on xanga. Not much fun to share with my peeps in person if they have already read about it on this site! But for Katie's sake, I will write more soon, or maybe I will send her a personal e-mail.
Now that would totally shock her!

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:14:29 GMT

This may be my last post for the next 2 weeks. I am going to Ukraine! Wow, I am so excited that this is finally happening. I have been waiting for this for over 3 years now. It is so amazing how God has put this all together for me! I don't really have time to write anything more because I should be packing! I have a full day tomorrow. I am having coffee with one of my Bosnian friends, Ankica. She is sad that I will be gone for 2 weeks so we have to have one last coffee together before I leave. Then I have my regular lunch with the Skender family. After that is church, so tonight is my only time to pack!

I AM GOING TO UKRAINE!!!

Sunday, February 26, 2006

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:34:56 GMT

Crazy to think that it is almost March and I only have 2 months left of this amazing internship. In many ways I am incredibly sad that a day is soon coming when I will have to leave this place. I have really grown to love Bosnia and I am not looking forward to that lovely feeling of heartbreak that takes place when you have to leave someone you love. In this case it is an entire country. A land full of people that are starving for Jesus but just can't seem to realize it.

So if you are reading this pray for me because I think God is doing a lot in my life right now and I dont want to miss His voice. In a couple of weeks I am going to Ukraine. I will be there for 10 days. The purpose of this trip is to vist friends but also to check out future ministry possibilities in Ukraine which is another place that I love. I think my time there will wither really help me to see my calling or it will further confuse me. I know God is not out there to confuse me, and He is not out there to hurt me, so I am looking forward to this trip and looking forward to what God has for me. But pray for me that I will really be able to hear His voice and see which direction I am supposed to head in.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:13:01 GMT

So I followed the crowd and took the plunge into the what famous person are you like personality test. After 45 grueling questions the answer is Mother Teresa! Haha....if only...but I can't really complain about that.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:27:12 GMT

So one of the greatest things about mz new apartment is that it is close to everything. There is a bakery and a meat market and a real market and 3 corner stores right around the corner from my house. And there is also a pretty sweet internet cafe just about 3 steps outside my door....ok, mazbe more then that, but still it is really close. So I am at the internet cafe right now and I am kind of about to scream. I love this place but onlz one of the 6 computers has MSN Messenger on it. And guess what? I am not the lucky winner of the MSN computer tonight and all I want to do is talk to my peeps! So a shout out to anyone that I usually talk to online because I tried but I failed! There are 2 guys using my computer!!!!! Arga!!!! To be disconnected from my world of friends in the states is really hard tonight. I miss you all!

But it is time for me not to chat so I can update this xanga thing anyway! Soooooooooo..............news....um the Olympics start tomorrow and I have satelite TV in my house! Could God have picked better timing to send me on internship? I think not! Cant wait to turn it on and watch all the ice skating, oh and those BOBSLEDDERS! Gotta love them...althouth I was watching bobsledding the other night and I was a little disturbed because those guys now wear ads on their bums! So they are running super fast and pushing their sleds and all you see is the word COCACOLA swaying back and forth! Haha!

GUESS WHAT EVERYONE??????
I AM GOING TO UKRAINE! Yes, you heard it right....UKRAINE! I am so excited. For those of you who do not know, I went to Urkaine for 4 weeks back in July 2002 and I have been praying and praying for the opportunity to go back to see my friends and just to be in the country that I totally fell in love with. And now my time has come. A shout out to my Grandma Meg who gave me the money to go on this trip! I cant wait. I am soooooo incredibly excited! I finally get to see mz Ukrainian sister, Oksana who is now married and has a kid! And I am going to spend a few days in Kiev with SEND, an organization that has a church planting team there. I am going to check them out and see about maybe working with them in the future. Living in Ukraine forever, how sweet would that be!!!!

KATIE I MISS YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:01:52 GMT

How can it be?

What joy I take in all of the things

That caused Him pain and suffering

What pleasures I find in this life

That bore Him scars and caused Him Strife

Why is it that I find my bliss

In the midst of the sin of a first kiss

Why is it that I seek my delight

In the darkness of an angry fight

How can it be that I can’t stop

This sin that caused His blood to drop

How can it be that I can’t see

This grace and mercy He offers me

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:13:38 GMT

A shout out to all my supporters. THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT! Things are going well in Bosnia. Everyday I fall more and more in love with the place and the people. Right now I am spending time working on the langauge and studying the culture. In November I will begin teaching and English class with my friend, Evelyn. I am really excited about the class although I have no idea what I am doing. Right now it looks like a couple of the professors from the University of Bihac will be taking our class. A college undergrad teaching some profs...fun times...I have met a couple of them and they are really awesome. They know some English and they just want to learn more and figure out all the fun grammar stuff. Well, more to come later!