July 2, 2016
We are all safe in Ukraine. We made it here without any trouble.
Lydia has made so many friends. Everyone loves her hilarious Russian and her English. Some guy even tried to get to become a fashion model. Another guy has a son her age to marry.
We met a nice guy to help us get train tickets.
Everyone is learning so much Russian and it makes Mary overjoyed. We went on a walk all over the region where Mary lived before and stopped by at another missionary's house.
Grant got pulled over "how much money do you have" and he told them honestly how much, they scanned his bags and let him go. He also got in trouble at security because Lydia put a full water bottle in his bag.
We took the 4:30 train and got here last night at 1:00 am, took showers at Makseem's and slept. The water is turned off in the whole city to protect from the water sickness in Ismail, a city over.
Haley already found some people who are deaf, but she couldn't talk to them because it's Russian sign language. The security took her guacamole, she is still upset.
Our hostess is a lovely lady and makes delicious potatoes. Her named is Larissa. The strangest we've eaten so far is meat + fat...so life is good. :):)
Mr. Schuck was trying to compare learning Russian names and how hard it is, so he told us "my name is Pakamakawaka"
We made a "camp" in the airport and they had beds and one airport had free tea, coffee and snacks. They even had a lounge, they moved our flight to the 9:15, so we could go to Montreal sooner. Then we slept at the Montreal airport on the beds.
Ukrainian passport control guy said "missionaries"? And let us through with no problems! He was the nicest border guard Mary had ever met.
Audrey is "keeping everyone in check" according to Haley and "is adorable and smart" according to Mary and is "slapping people to keep them awake" according to Lydia, and Grant says; "I've known Audrey for..." "Apparently Audrey knocked him out" says Haley.
We are having so much fun.
Love,
Everyone
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