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| Meet Blue |
I have an introduction to make! Everyone, I've posted a picture here, and I'd like you all to meet my little buddy. Her name is Blue. (Creative name, right? :)) She found me before we left the States and she decided to tag along for our trip to Ukraine. Anyway, I've posted some pictures of this adorable, blue friend of mine as she's been hanging around with us, and I hope to continue to do so throughout our stay in Ukraine. She'll hopefully give you a little peek into what we've been up to lately.
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| Prepared for Landing! |
We've been in Ukraine for nearly a month now and things are going pretty well. So far we've seen several of the kids from the orphanage here just from walking around town. Just the other day while we were waiting outside of a grocery store, we saw a boy we know from the orphanage! He and his friend came over and said hi. We were very excited to see him. We've known him for a while now, and it was great that we got the chance to reconnect. It was something totally worked out by God.
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| A Very Old, Beautiful Cathedral in Kyiv |
A friend asked me what big cultural differences there are as far as Ukraine vs. America. One of the differences I've noticed is dress. Women like to dress up much more than they do in America. In Kyiv, very many of the women were wearing dresses or skirts. Dressing stylishly is what these women do well! I even found an ELLE magazine with another fashion magazine (I can't remember it's name) in the apartment we stayed in. And we can't forget shoes now, can we? Despite the fact that most Kyiv residents walk everywhere (including some steep hills!), most of the women were wearing heels- and the new, extremely high style nonetheless! But I did count a few handfuls of 'flats' and an occasional pair of sneakers. Here in the small town we are in now I've noticed that there have been what I would consider more sensible shoe choices: sneakers (Adidas, of course), sandals, 'flats', and heels (usually at more reasonable heights).
I had plenty of time to observe all this one of our first mornings in Kyiv. Dad had plans to meet at 8am with our missionary friends at the nearby McDonald's to talk things over. Even though I still felt like 8am was 1am, I decided to tag along. Besides noticing the shoe preferences of the Ukrainians walking by, I also saw people purchasing ice-cream at McDonald's! And it was just 10 in the morning! I must say, Ukrainians do like their ice-cream. And I can't look past the fact that our family is quite okay with that!
