Greetings from Odessa, Ukraine where I arrival after 14 long hours of train travel. Odessa is a port city on the Black Sea where our […]
Category: Trip Reports
Report #4—May 10, 2015
A personal note on the passing of a dear friend…Novella Henderson. Late last night I received an email informing me that a dear friend had […]
Report #3—May 8, 2015
Today was spent going to different locations in the Zaporozhye Oblast. Several distribution locations were visited and we met a number of those who were […]
Report #2—May 7, 2015
Greetings from Zaporozhye, Ukraine! I left Kyiv in the early evening Wednesday and arrived here at 7:10 Thursday morning. I travelled in a “retro” carriage. […]
Report 1 – May 5, 2015
Report #1—Ukraine Missions Trip Spring 2015 After a wonderful weekend in Montgomery, AL with the Dalraida church of Christ I have arrived in Kyiv Ukraine […]
Ukraine Update #9: A summary of what has been sent in 2014
As the old year is about to end and a new year begins I want to give you a quick summary of what has been […]
Clarification on report #5—Shevchevenko congregation
During my last trip I visited the Shevchenkivska church of Christ and sent a report on the visit. It has been brought to my attention […]
UKRAINE UPDATE #8: THE SHIPMENTS CONTINUE— A CONTAINER FROM NORWAY!
42,500 lbs. OF RICE SHIPPED FROM EAGLE LAKE, TX IS UNLOADED! THANK YOU to those who have responded! And the urgency continues…I am working on […]
Report #15—Back in the USA!
URGENT NOTE: More updates on our efforts to ship relief items into Ukraine are coming! We have authorized a container from Norway to ship 20-23 […]
Report #14—21-23 October 2014…Six Shotguns and two hunting rifles!
BAGS OF WINTER CLOTHING & FOOD ARE LOADED FOR THOSE DISPLACED BY RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE The past few days have been 48 hour days […]
UKRAINE UPDATE #7:THE SHIPMENTS CONTINUE—THE CONTAINER FROM GERMANY ARRIVES!
During the first days of my arrival I met with a contact who said I could get a container of food and relief supplies from […]
Report #13—20 October 2014…the cold of winter begins!
THE CHURCH MEETING IN ZAPOROZHYE, UKRAINE 19 OCTOBER 2014 The displaced populations of eastern Ukraine continue to grow. Some are going back because of their […]
Report #12—17 October 2014…Great gratitude being expressed!
TANYA & EUGENE FROM THE CHILDRENS HOME “HOPE” SAY “GREAT! THANK YOU!” While the leaders of the western nations, who could stop Russian aggression and […]
Report #11—15-16 October 2014…Arrived and running in Zaporozhye!
A PICTURE OF MIKE AND JOHN WITH SOME RESIDENTS OF HOSPITAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Several days ago in Donetsk’s Petrovsky’s market there was a frightening illustration […]
Report #10—14 October 2014…Leaving Ivano-Frankivsk very pleased!
IVAN SKOLEBA GIVES MIKE LAWSON A GIFT OF APPRECIATION FOR MIKE’S WORK WITH THE CHURCH IN IVANO-FRANKIVSK This is the last report from Ivano-Frankivsk on […]
Report #9—12-13 October 2014…Fruits of the gospel!
THE IVANO-FRANKIVSK CHURCH OF CHRIST 12 October 2014 News from Donetsk…this morning Olga received a phone call saying her mother-in-law had returned to Donetsk. Shocked […]
Report #8—11 October 2014…A children’s shelter in Kolomya, Ukraine
Today we visited a children’s shelter in Kolomya, Ukraine. The claim to fame that Kolomya has is that it has the Easter Egg museum! For […]
Report #7—10 October 2014…Thoughts before I go to a children’s shelter
Today as we were driving back to Ivano-Frankivsk from visiting locations we passed through the town of Nadvernia. This is a location where we have […]
Report 6—07-09 October 2014…Busy in Ivano-Frankivsk!
Mike and I looked at each other Wednesday and both asked “What day is this?” The schedule has been its usual crunch and actions are […]
Report 5—06 October 2014…50,000+ receive clothing shipped to Uman, Ukraine
Bits and pieces from the last few days… Mike’s comment to me somewhere along the six hour bus ride to/from Uman…”I had read your past […]