Have you ever listened to a song you know in English (or whatever your native tongue may be) and then heard it in another language? Right now I'm listening to How Great is Our God in Russian. I love this song. And to know I can sing along with it during a worship service in Ukraine, and actually KNOW what I'm singing is awesome. There are songs I sing along with at the Gypsy church we go to in Ukraine. I haven't the slightest clue as to what I may be singing, but you can feel God there just as much as if you knew what you were singing. I just downloaded a few songs in Ukrainian to my phone, worship songs. I'll be happy when I can sing these songs in two different languages.
In a few weeks I'll be traveling to Ukraine. I can't wait. I love it there so much. I have great friends there, I love worshiping with the Gypsies at their churches, I love spending time with the teenagers, having youth meetings with both the gypsy youth and Ukrainian. I love having girls night with some friends (in which all the men are kicked out :P girl time! especially since I'm the only girl going this year!)
One of my dreams is to travel the world speaking to teenagers/young adults. and I do! I have gone to Ukraine every October since 2010. Every trip we have had meetings with the youth. Every trip we have seen amazing things take place. Every trip we meet new people, make new friends, see healing, restoration and revelation happen in peoples lives. There are the kids to love, the youth to hang out with, the friends to spend time with, the people to pray for and be prayed for by. New words we discover in Ukrainian. Its amazing. I can hardly contain my excitement as I sit here and type this.
The cities where we spend our time are beautiful. The food is delicious. Our hosts know how to treat a guest! (seriously, we would each pack on about 50 pounds of weight if they'd let us! the feed us soooooo much!) its the standing joke that our friends try to kill us with food. You have to eat slowly, otherwise they will fill your plate back up when you aren't looking, and its impolite to leave food on your plate.
I love it. I love them. I love that country. I love the fact that God can use them to minister to me as much as do them, if not more.
I'm excited. Can you tell?
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