Ukraine trip: Day 1 — In Savannah
Our flight to Dulles (from Savannah) was having some kind of mechanical problem so it was canceled prior to us being able to check in. We waited a long time trying to get re-routed to Ukraine and the best case scenario had us losing two ministry days while spending a night in Savannah and Frankfurt, thus not arriving until Thursday (their Christmas Day). Turns out, Lufthansa opened up another flight from Frankfurt to Munich so that we are now able to gain that day back and we’ll be arriving on Wednesday instead.
So, the airline gave us a night in a hotel in Savannah as we have an early flight tomorrow morning (5:50am departure). From here we head to Dulles and leave there around 5pm tomorrow en route to Frankfurt. From Frankfurt to Munich and Munich to Kiev. We should arrive to the orphanage a little after 10pm their time (I think that’s 4pm on Wednesday Beaufort time).
Please pray for our travels and the ministry in the Vinnitsa Christian Orphanage as well as the teaching, encouraging, equipping, and evangelism opportunities that God will provide.
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Mike
My name is Maddie and I am 14 years old. I came to America 2 1/2 years ago. I used to live in Ethiopia in Africa. My father died of HIV and my mother has HIV and is dying. I have two sisters and one brother. My mom wanted us to have a better life and sent us to orphanage. I had prayed to God when I lived in our village in Ethiopia to know who He was and He answered my prayers. When my new family was ready to adopt us we were sent to the capital city of Addis Ababa. The nannies at the care center shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with me and I became a Christian. It was the greatest gift I ever had. I then prayed for a strong Christian family. God has blessed me with parents who love Him and brothers and sisters who love God as well. I want Jesus to be the center of my life always. I am grateful to be with all my family and I pray that other kids like me - parents with HIV - will also find a Christian home. I desire to be a nurse so one day I can help my people by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ before they die.