All is well

All remains well here in Fastiv Ukraine.  Last Sunday was Easter, easily a day I will never forget.  Worth giving you the time stamps on this one

12am-1am followed the cubs and bulls online

1am-2 am Sleep

2 am- 4am Walked to Church where our bread was blessed with water, along with thousands of others, (around 25,000 people go to the church to have food blessed between midnight and 7am)

4 am- 6 am- Eat recently blessed food and take traditonal 3 shots of Vodka, which apparently turns into 5 if american is present

6am-12pm sleep

12 pm- 5 pm Picnic in the Forest along River with traditional easter food and Ukrainian Vodka

5 pm- 10 pm More food and drink with my family, Katie, and 6 of their friends

10 pm- midnight- classic rock music and sleep

Was a new way for me to do Easter, but I have every intention of returning here next year for it.  Taught my first classes this week- 6th and 7th graders on the dangers of smoking.  Continue to learn Russian and job training.  Sunday there is another holiday where we go and visit the graves of deased family members. Teach again next week and will hopefully visit Kiev.  Thats all I got for now, all is well.  Love hearing from all of you.  Tiffany got engaged yesterday which is super exciting!  Hopefully Tom and her do not mind getting married in Ukraine.