October 30, 2012

  • Stowaways in Ukraine!

    I met with 7 pastors over the weekend, participated in a training conference at Vinnitsa Nazarene with about 70 people, visited two rehabilitation centers in Seleshe, visited the Seleshe Nazarene Church where my church from Houston participated in constructing in 2006, visited an orphanage, spent an evening in the home of one of our pastors there, and preached on Sunday. Every meeting had the presence of God in a powerful way!!!

    We were taken to the train station on Sunday afternoon at 5:15 PM to catch our train to Kiev. And get ready to hear a short story of a wild ride… we arrived, pressed for time because of meetings. We ran from the car to where we were to load the train. Remember, we had suitcases and both girls (Bekah and Sarah) with us. The pastor’s family was also with us helping us get there.

    We were supposed to be on wagon 5. But we couldn’t find it! We found where we thought it should have been, and the pastor quickly began talking with the conductor of the wagon. The train was literally seconds from leaving. It was decision time. We were confused. Our four train tickets and luggage were changing hands from us to the pastor to the conductor. The pastor said, “Load this train.” So, we did… but our tickets in the commotion stayed with the pastor from Vinnitsa, but we were on the moving train.

    As the conductor tried to get us to where we were supposed to be (still with our luggage… and train moving), the conductor said in Russian, “Where are your tickets?” Instantly, I realized that they were NOT with us. Oh my word! It was chaotic to say the least. With our bad Russian, no tickets, we further discovered that we were on the WRONG train. LOL

    Bekah was asking questions a mile a minute. Sarah was crying because of the panic in everyone’s body language. While the train was not our train, it was going to Kiev. Praise the Lord! The conductor found a room for us and said, “I will take you to Kiev!” Wow!!! We entered the cabin and collapsed! We began to laugh that we were stowaways… Bekah teared up at one point in the cabin because she thought that we might have to go to jail for being on a train without a ticket.

    We are building memories to say the least!

Post a Comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *