Connections

One of the benefits of having gone to a school like G42 is the lasting connections - not only with the people we went to school with, but with all of the people who have ever been to school there. We know that people who have been there think the same as we do as far as missions and living for Christ and we're always excited to connect with new people through the school.

That being said, just after the election here at the end of May, we got a message from a guy named Brian who went to G42 the year after us. He had been in Ukraine for a month on the World Race before attending G42 and really liked it and through G42 connections he knew who we were and wanted to see how we were doing with all of the political upheaval. He was also interested in what our ministry here looks like so we as usual, casually threw it out there that if he had nothing up for the summer, he should come out and help. He was really interested and even said that he had felt like he should be learning Russian - so he had been for a few months - and after a few Skype conversations and messaging back and forth with Steve - he booked a plane ticket and will be arriving on the 25th! He has gone to school to be a gym teacher so who better to help with our sports camps and ongoing ministries.

We're excited for his visit - for the help he'll bring and for just having someone with the same mindset (read: not Ukrainian) to hang out with for a bit! It gets a bit lonely sometimes being the "crazy ones" (read: Canadians) who think differently and act differently than the culture around us.