Ukraine Mission Trip

Matt, along with a team from church went on a week long mission trip to Ukraine. They were there to work along side several of the pastors supported by SGA. The pastors ministered tirelessly to people in the villages. Matt was encouraged and convicted by their passion for the gospel. The weather was very cold, some days it was -10 degrees. They ministered to several villages in the Chernobyl zone as well. Most of those villages were abandoned, but not all of them. They also spent a great deal of time in orphanages doing skits, playing basketball and sharing the love of Christ. The team was able to hand out Christmas gifts sponsored by our church. It was special to hand deliver gifts to the children that members of CBC have been praying for throughout the Christmas season.

This was the seminary where the team stayed. The accomodations were wonderful. They had warm beds, hot showers, good food and indoor plumbing. Yay!

These are some of the children recieving their stars and gifts from Calvary.

Here is the team with the children from one of the orphanages. They had a lot of fun with our wild and playful guys!

Here is Damon and Jeff showing one of their breakfasts that was a little harder to stomach. The white logs that look like fingers were sausage and the noodles I guess were pasta.

The team heading to the Chernobyl Zone. It was a cold cold day!

New Years Eve

We celebrated Christmas with the Schefflers on New Years Eve. We had a wonderful time opening presents, building projects and playing Guitar Hero. The kids had a blast and Grandmommy and Granddaddy gave special gifts as always.

Here is Annie immediately playing with her precious new kitchen from G-Mommy and G-Daddy

She played with it all night. It was so sweet. She new just what to do.

Here are all the cousins (except Annie) with their gifts from their grandparents. They got "cousin crew" t-shirts to all wear to the outings that G-Mommy and G-Daddy will be taking them on throughout the year. It is such a thoughtful gift! I love that it didn't have a million peices. haha... The daddys worked on the basketball goal down in the shop and it came together quickly and w/o any problems..lol! Way to go guys!

They are numbered in order from oldest to youngest....too cute!

To ring in the new year, we headed down to Ben and Laurie's to see what this Guitar Hero thing is all about. They have the whole band set and it was a blast! Madelyne is awesome at it! She plays the guitar on the hardest level! You rock Mady! Matt and I, not so much, but it was fun none the less.