We are starting to get back in the full swing of things. I had one ministry meeting with someone yesterday and then our small group meeting. It's grown quite a bit; I think there are now about 15 people if everyone comes. Of course, that pretty rarely happens. But the room is quite full. Our singing was struggling since it seemed almost everyone in the room was getting over a cold. I also worked some at the UEC, thinking about our next newsletter and other such exciting activity. While I was at the UEC, an ICU student asked if he could meet with me to discuss some spiritual questions he has. I was delighted that such an opportunity just sort of fell out of the sky. And he wants to meet on a weekly basis and will try to invite some others. Those are usually the best opportunities for ministry.

And it snowed for a couple of hours yesterday. So now we have a nice new sheet of ice to walk on.

Lena's sleeping is getting a little more adjusted. She has two more weeks of her project management class. When I opened the mail program this morning there were 27 new messages for her.

I have failed to mention Ukrainian politics on the blog simply because there is still nothing to say. The president and the parliament and the prime minister are in constant disagreement about everything, about who really has the power to do what, and so it seems nothing ever changes. To me, it seems the Constitutional Court is going to have to settle some of this and I would just love for parliament to be dissolved and have new elections. But what do I know?