We head out in the morning to the first conference!

The team is doing their final preparation tonight and getting ready to head out early in the morning to the sanatorium. The bus picks us up at 8 AM. Everyone is nervous and uncertain and no one feels totally prepared but trusting that God will do more than we can ask or imagine. We just pray that we are vessels fit for His use! After we meet our translators, go through our talks with them, and do the first one I trust that peace will reign or at least start! SO PLEASE PRAY!

Today we started the morning with Ben and Tanya Robinson and it was a blessing for all to hear their hearts about Loza. Then we went to New Life and met with some of the women leaders to go through all of the final details of the conference. We headed down to the Invalid Children's ministry to have our hearts broken over the dear children there. We had a pizza lunch with some of the New Life staff and then headed back to the hotel to prepare for the weekend. Everyone had their first metro ride into downtown during rush hour! It is always fun to walk along Kreschatuk, the main street in downtown Kiev, and look at all the people, lights and stores. Old women are selling daffadils on all the corners. We had an Italian dinner and returned to the hotel for prayer time.