Update

Garry left last week and his laptop went with him, so I had not posted because I can't seem to log in on my phone. Saturday night and I am borrowing a basement computer to catch you up an all the news. Garry did make it to Ukraine in time for New Years like he wanted. However, his flights did not go as planned because Air Canada had canceled his flight from Toronto to Frankfurt, so he was re-booked on LOT (Polish ) and he spent way more time in airports and his Kiev flight landed two hrs after the train he was supposed to take to Dnepro departed the station.

His was able to book a ticket on the overnight train that leaves at 11 pm but he slept the first
 two hours after boarding, woke up until 4:30 and was sleeping very soundly at 7 am when the attendant woke him up to say everyone was off the train,get off!

When he got back to the village he went to sleep, slept all day and didn't do much better for a couple days, The first night back a couple of the boys surprised him with a belated birthday cake at 11 pm. The next day was New Years eve and he gave out the gifts and they had a party. Even Monday- made feed and went back to sleep until 3:30 pm. He was taking the students into the city at four to see the Christmas lights in the park.

He tells me it has been warm and rainy most of the time. Friday he was at the missionary Christmas party in Kirvoy Rog all day. Sounds like he had a good time. However, while he was gone, Nikolai who had been sick for a few days went into the hospital and it sounds like he could be there for weeks.

I have been enjoying a week of babysitting and spending time with different grand kids and catching up on projects around the house. I will be flying out on the 14th at noon and land in Ukraine the afternoon of the 15th, hoping to catch my train without any problems! One more week to play.Monday everyone is back to school, including our Max Boradin, who will be back at Prov and hopefully over his cold he caught. He says he is weak from too much time in Canada.

Tonight we celebrated Noah's 30th birthday at his new house and the kids re-enacted the family photo from 20 years ago.