Group from John Day, Oregon departing fromJohn Day Church of the Nazarene
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Entire group from John Day and Burns, Oregon at the airport in Seattle |
Typical tourists waiting to attend church at Kyiv First Church of the Nazarene |
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Boarding train for 18 hour overnight ride south from Kyiv to Mariupol
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Destination Ukraine Coordinators Bob and Greg Armstrong shoulder to shoulder on the train to Mariupol |
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Arriving in Mariupol and loading luggage in Clarence's truck for trip to Obnovlenia Children's Home |
Touring the work site upon arriving in Mariupol. Site Coordinator, Clarence Rose, gives the team an overview of the project
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Ken Phillips standing on the sanctuary balcony prior to any working being performed |
First breakfast at Obnovlenia. Our team was served both breakfast and dinner at the orphanage. |
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Trip to the hospital to visit Tanya, the pastor's wife in Mariupol, who had just had a baby boy, Alexander
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Orthodox church located on bluff over looking the Sea of Azov in eastern Mariupol |
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Pastor Lee Tiller and Interpreter Dima bringing the message during the Wednesday night service |
Some of the residents at Obnovlenia entertaining the team with singing
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Metal studs and sheetrock going up on sanctuary ceiling |
Evening outing to the Sea of Azov . Hey who takes pictures of the picture taker? |
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Missionary Bob Skinner enjoying himself at the Shashleek (traditional barbeque picnic)
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Some of the team members taking a side excursion to home of sisters, Dasha and Nastya |
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Evening excursion to the “ Extreme Park ”. This was a recently opened amusement park in Mariupol. |
Sunday monring worship service with Pastor Sergei and Dima
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Team member Rich sharing photos from home during visit to Yulya's apartment |
Dima, Marla, Larry, Yulya, ?Man ?, Rich, and Bob at Yulya'a apartment |
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Mariupol market (pork meat market)
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Siblings Bob and Pat at a Mariupol fish market
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Work on sanctuary upper walls and ceiling is progressing well |
Good picture of ceiling insulation and sheetrock
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Out of time…sanctuary as it was when team left Mariupol
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Prior to leaving Obnovlenia we gathered with our new friends for a group photo |
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Sightseeing excursion to Lavra Monastery in Kyiv
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Sightseeing excursion to Lavra Monastery in Kyiv
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Bob Skinner providing the team with an outstanding historical lesson prior to touring the war museum |
Group picture with freedom tanks outside of war museum
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Final remarks from Bob Skinner before departing Kyiv for London |
Group picture while riding largest Ferris wheel in the world, The London Eye |
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Parliament Building and Big Ben from high above on The London Eye |
Preparing to leave London airport for Seattle |
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Enough is enough…in Seattle waiting for flight to Boise |
After the last team in Mariupol the local church continued to work on completing the sanctuary
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They also continued to work on the rest of the building, such as the kitchen pictured here |
Pictured here is the nearly compete dining room with pass-through to kitchen
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