{"id":4208,"date":"2019-10-14T22:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T03:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2019-10-14T22:30:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T03:30:02","slug":"dalraida-mission-team-report-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/2019\/10\/14\/dalraida-mission-team-report-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalraida Mission Team Report #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo: The Ivano-Frankivsk train station showing the arrival of the team’s train on Sunday 13 October 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gif & Simba<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Scottsboro AL, there is\na small store called \u201cUnclaimed Baggage\u201d where they sell items from suitcases\nthat have been lost on flights. At this point, I believe that I am keeping that\nstore in business. I may call and see if they\u2019ll give me a cut of their profits\nfor the year. We lost 4 bags on the way in and we\u2019re still in the process of\ntrying to get them back. The airport in Kyiv thinks they have them now but they\ntold us to call the lost and found who told us to call the airline who told us\nto DM their Twitter account who told us to call the airport who told us to call\nthe lost and found\u2026 will the circle be unbroken? Other than that, we\u2019re having\na great time. I had to wear this thing called a \u201cjacket\u201d today. It\u2019s an article\nof clothing that is thick with long sleeves for when the weather gets \u201ccold\u201d\n(for those of you who are from Alabama, don\u2019t worry if you don\u2019t know what that\nmeans; you\u2019ll never experience it). But the most important thing so far: the\nchocolate store was waiting for me last night right where I left it last year.\nIt was like coming home after a long day. We\u2019re looking forward to getting\nstarted with the real work beginning today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Berryman:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After about three days of\ntravel we arrived in Ivano-Frankivsk bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to\nshower and wash off the travel. We were introduced to our wonderful translators\nand the church here. One of the ways to see if the congregation is flourishing\nis their singing. There were moments where I had to listen and soak in the\nbeautiful singing. From church we got lunch and then went to observe the\nconstruction of the building. This building will be there for decades if not\ncenturies, the Romans would be proud. It is encouraging to see fellow\nchristians thriving in a place that may not always respect their beliefs. I am\nexited to see what the rest of the week has to hold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Berryman:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 46 hours of\ntraveling, we hopped off the train to an immediate greeting filled with hugs\nand smiles from several people of the congregation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They helped us load our\nbags and walk to the hotel; while we got dressed, they graciously got us some\ncoffee and then we joined them on the venture to Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church in Ukraine is much\nlike our Church service in America (you know, the one when Doug talked about\nThe Lords Supper and he did the sermon before Communion) – they do that order\nhere every Sunday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of the Church\nthat we met here are so kind and encouraging. After lunch, they toted us to the\nconstruction sight to see the church that they are building! It was emotional\nseeing all the hard work that has been put into it thus far and the excitement\nthey have when they talk about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amount of love we have\nbeen shown and received since we\u2019ve arrive is the best feeling. Ukraine has\nbeen amazing since we\u2019ve arrived and I seriously doubt that will ever change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chip McEwen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well as I told my kids when they were small as\nwe started a trip, “were going on an adventure” and this mission trip\nstarted out with a plane issue in Montgomery.  We were able to catch a\nlater plane out of Atlanta to Amsterdam and then had another delay leaving\nthere to Kiev and I was wondering how my checked bag would stay with me and I\nfound out it wanted its own travel adventure.  Its Monday 8am and it still\nis adventuring itself to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worship service yesterday with the local Ivano-Frankivsk\ncongregation was wonderful.  I sang Blessed Assurance in English as they\nsang in Ukraine and the voices blended together and I know the Lord was pleased\nto hear his children from around the world together in worship song praise to\nhim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon we visited the building site\nof the local I\/F church to see the progress and it will be a wonderful facility\nto help build the local church family and spread the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please pray for us that the seeds we are\nsowing will bring forth a bountiful harvest as the Church here can grow and the\nGood News will be spread everywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please keep my wife Kristie in your prayers\nand thank you to the Sylacauga congregation for your supporting me to make this\ntrip possible.  May the Lord’s blessings fill your day as he is me halfway\naround this old world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Revels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday was out first full day in Ivano-Frankivsk. We got to worship with our church family here, it is always good to meet with fellow Christians. One of my favorite things about the services here is the singing in both Ukrainian and English, it reminds me that even though we are separated by language here we are all joined by our love of God. We had some issues with our luggage getting lost, and I am running out of shirts so for everyone else’s sake I hope they get here soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Revels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After getting off the train we were able to get cleaned up and off to worship. The service was wonderful and the singing was my favorite. It was so nice to meet everyone at the Church here. After lunch we went to the new church building and had a great tour of the church building. Last night was pretty slow and we were able to relax after all the travels. I’m excited to see what the week holds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doug Schofield:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you read the reports\nfrom John Kachelman, Jr., you\u2019ll see that there is much work to be done, both\nspiritual and manual; (Pay no attention to his blackmail photos). We enjoyed\nworshiping yesterday with our brothers and sisters in Ivano-Frankivsk, it was\ngood to see them again, and we were touched by their joy at having us come to\nbe with them. After lunch we visited the construction site and saw the progress\non the new building. The brethren here are doing much of the work themselves,\nand the progress they are making is exciting. Today the entire group will\ntravel to Zelnea, a village in the mountains that has been receiving some of the\nhumanitarian aid sent by the Lord\u2019s church. As a result of that aid, some in\nthe community have asked to learn more about the church. Caleb and I plan to\nspend at least a couple of days there following up on that interest. Everyone\nin our group is excited about the opportunities that await us this week. Please\nremember our efforts in your prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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