Another Day in the Life
Today Lena went to Zhitomir to visit with her family before her sister Ira gives birth. I spent most of the day with the UEC staff and working on my church planting course. We are now conducting a survey of UEC patrons concerning their use of email and the internet. We have about 70 responses so far and are hoping for 200 or so. It's interesting how some people are avid internet people and others don't even have an email address. We also today were dealing with the ugly issue of sexual immorality. The Soviet Union wasn't much for sexual morality even though official Soviet policy barely recognized sex existed. In post-Soviet Ukraine, since the Christian witness is so small, most people think sex before marriage is just as natural as hot tea. Some people who used to come to Nivki church, and occasionally show up there, have apparently started to believe that it's OK for Christians--as long as you love the person. Most don't want to listen to reason and their hearts are pretty hard. Pray for these young people. Some of them try to make people think they are very serious believers but they are caught in a very ugly lie. Pray for us that we can protect the rest of the church from this ugliness.
It's not so hot in Kyiv these days and we are thankful for that! We are enjoying fresh strawberries and cherries--vishnya and vchereshnya! Our Ukrainian blog readers know the difference. I have no idea how to translate it into English, maybe sweet and sour cherries.
It's not so hot in Kyiv these days and we are thankful for that! We are enjoying fresh strawberries and cherries--vishnya and vchereshnya! Our Ukrainian blog readers know the difference. I have no idea how to translate it into English, maybe sweet and sour cherries.
posted by Kyivmission at 11:32 PM
4 Comments:
As a connoisseur of both vishnya and chereshnya I must comment that sour and sweet cherries are the correct English translation. Strawberries are entirely different berries – klubnika –, which of course you know. It must have been a typo. And I am jealous that you are enjoying sour cherries – they are impossible to find in Washington area. I used to go to the orchard in the Maryland farmland about an hour away and pick sour cherries. I’d eat some, and bake with some, and freeze some for pies in the winter. Yammm – cherry pies are my favorite. Oh, and I’d make jam too. But now I can’t figure out a way to make that trip with Grace. I can’t quite imagine the balancing act involving a ladder, a bucket, juicy cherries and a baby! Anyway, sometimes they appear at the bigger farmer’s markets but at an exuberant price. There are plenty of sweet cherries however. Alright, it’s time to get lunch – I’ve made it quite clear that I am hungry!
well Vika, maybe you can figure out a way to get to Ukraine with a baby! that would be really cool to see you all again. :)
lena
I was trying to indicate that there are two kinds of cherries, not that those words are for strawberries and cherries. Guess I should have used a semicolon. :)
All these cherries have been giving me gas, though, so there is a disadvantage to too much of a good, cheap thing. A guy ripped me off today because I wasn't thinking about how much cherries cost now. With the price changing about everyday, it's hard to keep up. --Chris
Lena, the prices at the market aren't so exuberant as to justify a trip to Ukraine for some cherries! For the pleasure of your company though it would be totally worth it. Maybe you can come visit us during your summer lull. :)
Chris, I am not sure how to comment on the disadvantages of too much cherry eating. I have a question for you though that you can just reply to my e-mail address (it would bore everyone else). I've been reading Pride and Prejudice, and I am confused about the practice of entailing one's estate. Do you know anything about it? I don't want to go into much more detail here with this question.
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