"I see you have a router! I have one too!
They're very manly and tough!"
"Ask not what YOU can do for your router, but what can your router do for YOU!"
March 28, 2011
March 27, 2011
I tried!
I have tried multiple times to upload pictures and all it gives me is security errors! Its either a problem with the thumb drive, or I am just computer illiterate! Maybe both, I don't know! :P Soooo, I'll just fill you in on the happenings here instead! Honestly, there has been so much going on I don't even know where to start!
BUILDING PROGRESS:
The building is coming along rather quickly now. There is still a lot to do and we won't be even close to finished, but progress is indeed being made! Last week we finished putting the church pews together and put a coat of lock on. They still need to be sanded again and another coat of lock put on, but that probably won't happen until we leave. We have laid particle board down on the floors to get it ready for vinyl (if thats spelled wrong, I blame Jordan ;). Dan made a pulpit last week and needs to put a few finishing touches on it. We have also started to make trim for the windows. They need to have a coat of lock put on. So I think the focus this coming week will be getting the flooring laid and putting trim up. The basement is still in need of a lot of work (walls finished, drywall, joints taped, power run, etc).
NEW FRIENDS AND OTHER ISSUES:
Dan has been getting massages for back issues (did I tell you that already?) and the woman he's been going to happens to be one of the people who were driven out of the church for their belief in eternal security. Her name is Irrenna. She and her husband, Igor, have been talking to Dan for a few weeks and she has gotten involved in helping with the game nights on Friday nights and wants to be involved with the youth summer camps. She is a wonderful woman :)
Another set of new friends are also some who were kicked out of membership in the church (although they can still attend, they cannot participate in services). Their names are Jennyia and Veeca. They have two very sweet little girls, Margarita and I cannot for the life of me remember the others name! They have been incredibly hospitable with us since we met them. They have us over for meals, they come and help us at the church with work, and they come to the game nights to be involved.
Veeca is also a massage therypist (sp?). She discovered that I am having back issues (such as having much difficulty straightening up after working all day and having a bit of trouble moving around in general) and offered to work on it for me. Now, you would assume that a massage would be relaxing, yes? Well, she got my spine and ribs somewhat straightened out alright! I think their idea of massage is more like a chiropractor. After one of my massages, I asked Jordan to see if there was a little bit of a bruise on my shoulder blades because they were kind of sore. I was shocked to discover the whole top part of my back was very bruised indeed! I found it pretty humerous because that was the last thing I expected from a massage! :) But she assured me it was normal since my spine and ribs were so very out of place :)
My mama finally got here on Saturday afternoon! I'm SOOOOOOOOO glad to have her here! :) Every girl needs her mama :) We hit up the Sunday bizzare this morning, and thats exactly what it was! Almost everything you could imagine was being sold there: clothing, tools, car parts, cleaning supplies, furniture, toys, trees, seeds, produce, milk, eggs, chicken and pigs and rabbits (both dead AND alive), breads, candy, pasteries, etc, etc, etc. QUITE the experience! SADLY, the rest of our Sunday was ALSO quite an experience, but not a good one!
THE BIG ISSUE:
This morning, the church blew up. Not the building, the people! Its really a lot to explain and I don't know if I'm the best person TO explain because, #1 I don't speak their language, and #2 I have not been around the church and the people long enough to know every side of the story. But I will try to give you a general idea. The Ukrainian Baptist Union took it upon themselves to ordain a pastor for the church. They chose the current "leader" of the church, Yulie, who is a fairly new believer and very little experience teaching the Bible. There was a lot of yelling, arguing, and accusations flying every which way. I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SUCH A SCENE IN MY LIFE! Jordan, Mom, and I were praying. After a while, Jordan and Mom went to look after the kids. I stayed to give support to some of them women I have gotten to know, hugging them while they cried, weeping with them at this scene of a church seemingly disintegrating before my very eyes, and praying like crazy. I didn't even know what to pray exactly. The only words I could find in my prayers were for God to do battle for the hearts of the people and for Satan to be defeated today. The Union leaders finally left and the issues are unresolved. All I can say is it that it broke my heart for these people!
Please be praying for the church here. Only God knows what will happen and He is ultimately in control!
For Christ and His glory,
Lindsey Kae
BUILDING PROGRESS:
The building is coming along rather quickly now. There is still a lot to do and we won't be even close to finished, but progress is indeed being made! Last week we finished putting the church pews together and put a coat of lock on. They still need to be sanded again and another coat of lock put on, but that probably won't happen until we leave. We have laid particle board down on the floors to get it ready for vinyl (if thats spelled wrong, I blame Jordan ;). Dan made a pulpit last week and needs to put a few finishing touches on it. We have also started to make trim for the windows. They need to have a coat of lock put on. So I think the focus this coming week will be getting the flooring laid and putting trim up. The basement is still in need of a lot of work (walls finished, drywall, joints taped, power run, etc).
NEW FRIENDS AND OTHER ISSUES:
Dan has been getting massages for back issues (did I tell you that already?) and the woman he's been going to happens to be one of the people who were driven out of the church for their belief in eternal security. Her name is Irrenna. She and her husband, Igor, have been talking to Dan for a few weeks and she has gotten involved in helping with the game nights on Friday nights and wants to be involved with the youth summer camps. She is a wonderful woman :)
Another set of new friends are also some who were kicked out of membership in the church (although they can still attend, they cannot participate in services). Their names are Jennyia and Veeca. They have two very sweet little girls, Margarita and I cannot for the life of me remember the others name! They have been incredibly hospitable with us since we met them. They have us over for meals, they come and help us at the church with work, and they come to the game nights to be involved.
Veeca is also a massage therypist (sp?). She discovered that I am having back issues (such as having much difficulty straightening up after working all day and having a bit of trouble moving around in general) and offered to work on it for me. Now, you would assume that a massage would be relaxing, yes? Well, she got my spine and ribs somewhat straightened out alright! I think their idea of massage is more like a chiropractor. After one of my massages, I asked Jordan to see if there was a little bit of a bruise on my shoulder blades because they were kind of sore. I was shocked to discover the whole top part of my back was very bruised indeed! I found it pretty humerous because that was the last thing I expected from a massage! :) But she assured me it was normal since my spine and ribs were so very out of place :)
My mama finally got here on Saturday afternoon! I'm SOOOOOOOOO glad to have her here! :) Every girl needs her mama :) We hit up the Sunday bizzare this morning, and thats exactly what it was! Almost everything you could imagine was being sold there: clothing, tools, car parts, cleaning supplies, furniture, toys, trees, seeds, produce, milk, eggs, chicken and pigs and rabbits (both dead AND alive), breads, candy, pasteries, etc, etc, etc. QUITE the experience! SADLY, the rest of our Sunday was ALSO quite an experience, but not a good one!
THE BIG ISSUE:
This morning, the church blew up. Not the building, the people! Its really a lot to explain and I don't know if I'm the best person TO explain because, #1 I don't speak their language, and #2 I have not been around the church and the people long enough to know every side of the story. But I will try to give you a general idea. The Ukrainian Baptist Union took it upon themselves to ordain a pastor for the church. They chose the current "leader" of the church, Yulie, who is a fairly new believer and very little experience teaching the Bible. There was a lot of yelling, arguing, and accusations flying every which way. I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SUCH A SCENE IN MY LIFE! Jordan, Mom, and I were praying. After a while, Jordan and Mom went to look after the kids. I stayed to give support to some of them women I have gotten to know, hugging them while they cried, weeping with them at this scene of a church seemingly disintegrating before my very eyes, and praying like crazy. I didn't even know what to pray exactly. The only words I could find in my prayers were for God to do battle for the hearts of the people and for Satan to be defeated today. The Union leaders finally left and the issues are unresolved. All I can say is it that it broke my heart for these people!
Please be praying for the church here. Only God knows what will happen and He is ultimately in control!
For Christ and His glory,
Lindsey Kae
March 26, 2011
A Typical Lunch Time Meal
Here is a typical lunch time for us :)
Borsht-Beets, cabbage, tomato, chicken, and various other
vegitables.
Meetballs and Mashed Potatoes
Food Art, courtesy of Jordan :)
All in all, we haven't come across anything terribly odd or inedible :)
March 15, 2011
Our Treasures from Afar: When a Birthday Isn't So Happy
Our Treasures from Afar: When a Birthday Isn't So Happy: "For most children, birthdays are looked forward to with great anticipation. My kids start bugging me daily--sometimes hourly--weeks in adva..."
Know anyone who might be willing? Our family can't until we've had Levi a full year and that leaves only a month to get her home. Though nothing is impossible with God, I have never heard of an adoption process going that quick!
ANYWAYS, pray for her if she comes to your mind! There must be SOMEONE who has a place in their hearts and home!
Know anyone who might be willing? Our family can't until we've had Levi a full year and that leaves only a month to get her home. Though nothing is impossible with God, I have never heard of an adoption process going that quick!
ANYWAYS, pray for her if she comes to your mind! There must be SOMEONE who has a place in their hearts and home!
It's Official!!!
The votes are in and it is officially official! I am indeed the worlds WORST blogger! :P There's just so much to do and with limited internet time, blogging is not always high on my list! Sorry :/
Pictures will have to wait untill we get home (although I might be able to post 1 or 2). The connection here is so slow it takes forever to upload and we only have one computer to get online with and 3 users, so my time here is very limited!
Anyways....catch up....
LAST week we did indeed get all the joints taped, the texture sprayed, and the walls and ceiling painted in all of the appartment except for the bedrooms and master bath. Those will be done (Lord willing!) by tomorrow or Thursday. Since we have 5 people here working, only two are on that particular project now. Dan is bouncing between tasks, and Jordan and I have our own project this week. Finishing the church pews!
They had the benches all put together and have been using them for some time now, but we are working on putting the finishing touches on them....which is QUITE a task! We have taken all of the benches apart and are currently working on rounding off the sharp edges with my new favorite power tool, the router (I think thats how you spell it :P Its in Ukrainian on the package, so I'm just guessing!), after which we use the belt sander and the orbital sander (My "man language" vocabulary is expanding! :D)! I'm having fun with this process, but it is very hard on my back, leaning over a table all day!
Anyways, we are still working on getting power to the building, but we did get running water hooked up today :) Thats pretty exciting for us :)
In other news, we bought a couple bikes last week to get us around while we're here. After we leave we will give them to Volodia and Luda, the couple living in the Annex. I think it will be a nice gift for them :)
ALSO, the cold snap seems to be over! Its been in the 40's and 50's for the last week! Very nice compared to -10! :)
Prayer wise, Tanya is back in the hospital. This time she is in Kiev. The hospital here in Barishivka set her arm wrong, so they have to rebreak it and then set it properly. She is pretty discouraged!
Also, the previous pastor, Vascilli (he resigned to take care of his family), has broken his leg pretty seriously. He is also in the hospital in Kiev.
Which brings me to my NEXT prayer request, the church here could greatly use some prayer! They are really struggling with legalism here (and I think thats a common theme in Russia and Ukraine). A lot of people are stuck on things like women wearing scarves to cover there hair in church, not wearing makeup, and silly things like that. They are also dealing with doctorine issues, fighting about eternal security vs. losing your salvation in specific. The Russian Orthodox church believes in losing your salvation (I happen to be on the OTHER side of the fence) and it flows over into the other churches. Part of the reason Vascilli left was because one of his children died and some church members said it was because he preaches eternal security and are saying that is the reason he has broken his leg as well. I don't care which side of the issue you're on, that is just wrong! And it has driven his wife away from church. Things like this are really tearing apart the church here. There's so much gossip being passed around and arguments over this and that. So ALL THAT TO SAY....please pray for the church here! They're working on appointing a pastor, so hopefully that will unite them and get them going in positive direction!
Thanks so much for your support!
For Christ and His glory,
Lindsey Kae
Pictures will have to wait untill we get home (although I might be able to post 1 or 2). The connection here is so slow it takes forever to upload and we only have one computer to get online with and 3 users, so my time here is very limited!
Anyways....catch up....
LAST week we did indeed get all the joints taped, the texture sprayed, and the walls and ceiling painted in all of the appartment except for the bedrooms and master bath. Those will be done (Lord willing!) by tomorrow or Thursday. Since we have 5 people here working, only two are on that particular project now. Dan is bouncing between tasks, and Jordan and I have our own project this week. Finishing the church pews!
They had the benches all put together and have been using them for some time now, but we are working on putting the finishing touches on them....which is QUITE a task! We have taken all of the benches apart and are currently working on rounding off the sharp edges with my new favorite power tool, the router (I think thats how you spell it :P Its in Ukrainian on the package, so I'm just guessing!), after which we use the belt sander and the orbital sander (My "man language" vocabulary is expanding! :D)! I'm having fun with this process, but it is very hard on my back, leaning over a table all day!
Anyways, we are still working on getting power to the building, but we did get running water hooked up today :) Thats pretty exciting for us :)
In other news, we bought a couple bikes last week to get us around while we're here. After we leave we will give them to Volodia and Luda, the couple living in the Annex. I think it will be a nice gift for them :)
ALSO, the cold snap seems to be over! Its been in the 40's and 50's for the last week! Very nice compared to -10! :)
Prayer wise, Tanya is back in the hospital. This time she is in Kiev. The hospital here in Barishivka set her arm wrong, so they have to rebreak it and then set it properly. She is pretty discouraged!
Also, the previous pastor, Vascilli (he resigned to take care of his family), has broken his leg pretty seriously. He is also in the hospital in Kiev.
Which brings me to my NEXT prayer request, the church here could greatly use some prayer! They are really struggling with legalism here (and I think thats a common theme in Russia and Ukraine). A lot of people are stuck on things like women wearing scarves to cover there hair in church, not wearing makeup, and silly things like that. They are also dealing with doctorine issues, fighting about eternal security vs. losing your salvation in specific. The Russian Orthodox church believes in losing your salvation (I happen to be on the OTHER side of the fence) and it flows over into the other churches. Part of the reason Vascilli left was because one of his children died and some church members said it was because he preaches eternal security and are saying that is the reason he has broken his leg as well. I don't care which side of the issue you're on, that is just wrong! And it has driven his wife away from church. Things like this are really tearing apart the church here. There's so much gossip being passed around and arguments over this and that. So ALL THAT TO SAY....please pray for the church here! They're working on appointing a pastor, so hopefully that will unite them and get them going in positive direction!
Thanks so much for your support!
For Christ and His glory,
Lindsey Kae
March 05, 2011
All in a Weeks Work!
Ok, well for some reason, we are having difficulty uploading pictures, but we shall post them as soon as possible! :) In the mean time, I'll give a quick update on what we've accomplished so far!
We have the entire building insulated (some parts that were done before we got here had TOO much insulation stuffed in them, so we had to take some of it out. The people here assume that more is always better!), the upstairs is all sheetrocked, some of the basement has sheetrock, but we have run out and will have to order more.
Upstairs, we textured and painted the auditorium and are in process of hanging new lights. After the lights, it will need flooring and trim and thats it! The two upstairs bathrooms are almost complete. We learned to skip trowel (sp?) the walls, which was very time consuming and rather difficult, but lots of fun! They are painted and have drains run for the toilets and sinks. Still have to run water TO the bathrooms and they both need trim and flooring.
In the apartment, we are working on finishing taping and mudding the joints! Thats been a lot of fun to learn :) We will be texturing the entryway, the hall, livingroom, diningroom and kitchen this coming week and HOPEFULLY have it all painted by the end of the week, but we shall see! :) Its very encouraging to SEE the progress being made!
The building will be getting its own power meter soon. If you could be praying for speed on getting power to the building, we are currently running off of power from the annex, and constantly are overloading the breaker! It would be very helpful to get the building on its own power!
Other than that, you can be praying for health! We all seem to be passing around the flu bug, and Dan is having a lot of chest pain because his spine is out of place (or something to that effect!). He's been getting massages daily which seems to be helping a lot, but your prayers would be greatly appreciated!
An update on Tanya, the woman in the car accident....she is doing well. She is healing quite nicely and is actually getting a much needed break from working!
-For Christ and His glory,
Lindsey Kae
We have the entire building insulated (some parts that were done before we got here had TOO much insulation stuffed in them, so we had to take some of it out. The people here assume that more is always better!), the upstairs is all sheetrocked, some of the basement has sheetrock, but we have run out and will have to order more.
Upstairs, we textured and painted the auditorium and are in process of hanging new lights. After the lights, it will need flooring and trim and thats it! The two upstairs bathrooms are almost complete. We learned to skip trowel (sp?) the walls, which was very time consuming and rather difficult, but lots of fun! They are painted and have drains run for the toilets and sinks. Still have to run water TO the bathrooms and they both need trim and flooring.
In the apartment, we are working on finishing taping and mudding the joints! Thats been a lot of fun to learn :) We will be texturing the entryway, the hall, livingroom, diningroom and kitchen this coming week and HOPEFULLY have it all painted by the end of the week, but we shall see! :) Its very encouraging to SEE the progress being made!
The building will be getting its own power meter soon. If you could be praying for speed on getting power to the building, we are currently running off of power from the annex, and constantly are overloading the breaker! It would be very helpful to get the building on its own power!
Other than that, you can be praying for health! We all seem to be passing around the flu bug, and Dan is having a lot of chest pain because his spine is out of place (or something to that effect!). He's been getting massages daily which seems to be helping a lot, but your prayers would be greatly appreciated!
An update on Tanya, the woman in the car accident....she is doing well. She is healing quite nicely and is actually getting a much needed break from working!
-For Christ and His glory,
Lindsey Kae
A Small Taste of Home!
It's the little things that brighten my days :) One of the girls in the church heard that I like to play guitar and brought me hers to play while I am here :)
I feel verry blessed :)
There's nothing quite like playing a little guitar after a hard days work! :)
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