This was taken just before lunch on Friday. Following the photos, we had lunch and the groups began departing for the 12 congregations. Please keep them all in your prayers as they travel to their locations and begin preparations to recieve the children on Monday.
I am in the city of Kamyanets-Podilskiy. This congregation holds its worship service on Saturday in the summer time. After the service, many of the members go out to their dachas for the rest of the weekend. There they tend their gardens and relax for a few days before returning to work on Monday.
After church, we walked to a local school and were entertained by a youth folk dance group. Many in the group are members of the congregation. Later, the president of the congregation hosted a 4th of July celebration with a picnic in their back yard. In the evening, I spoke with my wife Beth who is with the Oleksandria congregation. As I was talking with her, I could hear fireworks boom in the background from a festival in their town. Our Ukrainian friends helped us celebrate our Independence Day today. I assured them that we would be thinking of and celebrating their Independence Day with them on August 24th.
Kermit Traska
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