stairs

i love John and Evelin. They are amazing people. But....don't get me wrong, they have too many stairs. We walk 5 flights of them about 3 times a day. plus all the walking in between and all the groceries we buy. One good thing is that we are exercising.
yesterday:
1. saw the bazar for the first time. yes people stared. not that i would have tried to blend in much. something about tight pants and high heels and shirts that dont really cover your belly is not very appealing to me. but hey we have our culture too.at least we didnt see any guys with sagging pants. There was even a woman who took a picture of us and got numbers so that she could come visit us in california.
2. We met some youth. sang worship songs that have english and russian versions. Met the most amazing woman named Anya. She told us a bit about her life, and at first being afraid of telling her Communist father that she came to know Christ. But once she did, she no longer fears anything. She proclaims with joy. She is the youth leader and continually tries to bring youth to he rplace on Fridays. The people with her were so happy to see us. Being American has its positive side =). I love the people.
today:
1. Went to Nikolaya-Polye. Visited with an enthusiastic man named Ivan Stepanovich who also has a passion for the youth. His town is so small and only getting smaller. We have begun talking about the camp we will do in two weeks. and went off to buy crafts and supplies for it already.
2. While on our way to Nikolaya-Pole, we picked up a young man who was walking along the road. We dropped him off at the town and met with Ivan. But Anna somehow misplaced her shoe, and it was nowhere in the van. We had a feeling that it fell out when we picked up the hitchhiker. And sure enough, on our way back, we found it right where we had stopped. It had been run over a few times, but it is still wearable.
3. I love vanilla icecream. I have heard soo much about the icecream in Ukraine, so I had high expectations, and this icecream has surpassed all my expectations. It is beyond all. Come to Ukraine, solely for the vanilla ice cream, and you will not have come all this way for nothing!!
4. Shopping in OKEY. let me just say LOL
The fact that they name a store after one of America's most common words astounds me. But then again I am surprise Ukrainians don;t know more english when it is everywhere. A none Ukrainian can get along just fine without saying a word.
5. ate dinner tonight with a couple that translate for English and Russian and a woman who works in a hotel. All speak and understand much english, so all talking is understood very well by John and Evelin, who are still in the process of slowly learning Russian.
There were some heated conversations =) i will leave it at that.
Thats all i can say for tonight. once i get pics on this comp i will do my best to upload them.
Good night