ukraine!

I have safely arrived in Ukraine, as of 2pm yesterday afternoon.
all my flights went very well, with very short layovers.
Jonathan picked me up from the airport and we drove the 4 hours to Berdyansk.
I started crashing after 3 hours, and I could hardly keep my eyes open for the last hour.
but he took me straight to my host family's apartment, Yura & Valentina, such a sweet couple.
they made me dinner and I got to shower the travel grit off.
only, they don't speak English & I don't speak Russian.
so there are a lot of hand gestures & pictures drawn on napkins & me trying to catch onto words that sound similar to English words.
so far it hasn't been too terribly awful.
even though there have been a few times when Valentina will say something to me & I stare blankly at her because I don't understand.
oh well, I start learning Russian on Monday, so hopefully we'll start to understand each other better.
we're headed to church/prayer service here soon.
it's been wonderful thus far & I'm really excited for the things God will do.