Hello from Kiev!
After weeks of stubborn winter chill, spring has finally come, hopefully to stay. The month of March is always a busy one and has seemed to flown by again this year. Here is a glimpse of what the month looked like for me:
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| "Our friendship is indestructible" |
Woman's Day (March 8), which originally started as a political holiday for woman's rights, is now celebrated all over the world for women in general. In Ukraine every woman can be seen carrying flowers of an odd number (an even number of flowers means bad luck). We also get the day off! My friend, Lisa, and I spent the day with our friend, Pam and her three boys. We met them at their house, then drove to Zhytomyr, a smaller town, 130 km west of Kiev. We walked around a bit, took a look inside St. Johns, a Catholic church, then ordered pizza at a “New York style” pizza place. On our way home we stopped for ice cream and coffee at McDonald's.
The third week of March was Spiritual Emphasis Week. All the middle and high school students gathered together each morning in our small cafeteria for a special chapel. The topic was A New Birth Into a New Family. The following week was Spirit Week (not to be confused with the previous week) to celebrate the end of the basketball season. Each day had a different theme that allowed the kids to dress up as crazy as they wanted. My favorite was the Senior class who dressed up as the cast from Despicable Me.
I am still taking Russian lessons twice a week and they are going pretty well, even my tutor says I am a good student—sometimes, I am not so sure. The Russian language can be very frustrating. There are at least six different verbs meaning 'to go'! Even listening to the language can be exhausting. But I still enjoy learning it and I am beginning to understand more.
I will be leaving Kiev and heading home on June 13, ten days after school gets out. I do not, however, have enough funds to pay for my ticket. Can you help? The cost of the ticket is $1129. If you are able to help financially, please click on the RCE link to the right (account # 7910). Thank you so much!
Prayer requests:
- For God to provide my funds needed for next year
- Possible summer job
- KCA staffing needs
I appreciate your prayers! Thank you!!
If you have any questions, or just want to send me a note, please email me at: smwagner82@gmail.com
In Christ,
Sarah
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| L to R: me, Lisa, Jessica, Amy at KCA's annual Teacher's Appreciation Banquet |
