Michele Lind:  

Hummm, how the years continue to fly! My husband Hilary and I work with YWAM (Youth with a Mission) and have lived in Ukraine now for almost 15 years. Our kids are both taller than I am... Nika, our son is 13 and Rachel is 17. We've loved living in Ukraine, it feels like home, but soon we'll leave. My mom is 90 years young and has asked us to return to the U.S. so she can spend some time with us. Sarah, our oldest (35 in June), lives in the Seattle area and is attending Pima Tech. She will finish studies to be an X-ray Tech next January. She's beautiful, still single, and is so excited to work in the field of medicine and with kids!!! As for living in Ukraine... things have changed drastically since the Orange Revolution and the election of Yanikovich. These 6 years later, Ukraine is at war, Yanikovich is hiding in Russia, and President Putin is aggressively pursuing more land with his eye on all the Baltic states. ( I have no kind words for this man.) Part of me feels that I am abandoning "my adopted country", but it is not of my doing. For now, most of our ministry has slowed down, and I wake in the morning to a rooster crowing (we live in a village just minutes outside of Lutsk), trade baked goods and early garden veggies with our neighbors and pack for our flight out. I've so enjoyed living here! Somehow the old world and new seem to co-exist well. I never get tired of seeing the horse drawn carts with families or old couples going to town... an...Expand for more