Ukraine

Today is one of those days where I've been sitting and remembering my time in Ukraine and the people I met. I look back at my time there as a growing experience and one that I will never forget. I hope the relationships I made there will continue throughout my lifetime, with the help of facebook and vkontakte.ru.

There are many days that I wish I could visit again and see all the girls from Hope House again, but I'm really not sure if I will get another chance to or not. My life is changing. And it's been changing ever since I stepped off the plane from Ukraine and back into America. Craig and I became a lot more serious once I got back. Yes, absence did make our hearts grow fonder. We were engaged 5 months after I returned home and married a little over a year after I returned home. And now we are expecting this blessing to come around 3 years after I returned home. It's hard to believe all the changes in my life since stepping off that plane. But I really wouldn't change a thing.

Even after almost 3 years, I still love hearing about Ukraine. I love watching movies where they speak Russian. I still love learning pieces about Ukrainian culture. And I still pray often for the people that I met and the ministries that are continuing there.

All this to say, although my heart is here with my job, my husband, my family and my daughter, there will always be a little piece of my heart in Ukraine.