Farewell Ukraine in 2008

Praise the Lord oh my Soul! Praise the Lord and forget not his benefits! Bless His Holy name. He has and will do great things.

As I close this chapter of Ukraine 2008 I want to take the time to Praise God and thank Him for his amazing blessings during my unexpected two month gift of my trip to Ukraine.

• Praise the Lord for Safety in travel!
• Praise Him for amazing weather for 2 months
• Praise Him for Kristina, my wonderful friend, translator and personal Ukrainka guardian angel.
• Praise Him for Pam and her 7 yrs of fruitful ministry in Ukraine.
• Praise Jesus for His death on the cross for our sins.
• Praise Jesus for the hundreds of clients that have been touched by Bear Child Ministries.
• Praise Jesus for my friends that I have made that will not be forgotten.
  
• Praise Jesus for the Lena's, Ulla, Natasha, Ira, the Tonya's, Anya, Masha, and many others.
• Praise Jesus for Pastor Vitaly, Galla, Luda, Babushka Lida, Oksana, Ira Palashova, Dema, Alec and many others in the leadership of Calvary Chapel of Dnepro.
• Praise Jesus for giving me the ability to learn some Russian.
  
• Praise the Lord for humbling my heart.
  
• Praise Him for "Fresh from the Market" fruits and veggies.
  
• Praise Him for a place/park to run.
  
• Praise Him for cheap and wonderful organic products including lotion and shampoo.
• Praise Him for the ladies I shared breastfeeding knowledge with and their willingness to learn.
• Praise Him for the new babies born to clients.
• Praise Him for the people who helped Pam and I move.
• Praise Him for the conference in Hungary and what He taught me about my pride.
• Praise the Lord for keeping me and Pam healthy.
• Praise Him for the nurses who take care of the babies at the baby hospital.
  
• Praise the Lord for those babies.
• Praise Him for Artyom and Demitri
• Praise Him for providing for all our needs physically, emotionally and spiritually.
• Praise the Lord for everyone who reads this far down and has been praying for me! That would be You! I am so thankful for all of you and excited to tell you more of how your prayers have changed me and hopefully a few other lives as well.. for the better! I love you all! Dasvadania!