Written by Tyler Jett
Last Nights Jam Session began at 6:00 with African, Ukrainian, Asian, and American college students making nametags and socializing with each other. After this, Joel led worship for a while before our team, along with some Africans, performed skits organized by Lucas. Those skits included the movie skit, the sin skit, and the heart skit. Everybody did well and Jenn stood out in a good way despite being placed in the starring role of the heart skit just thirty minutes before it was performed. The crowd reacted the most to the movie skit when Caleb was forced to kiss me (I was obviously surprised). After the skits, Melissa gave her testimony and James shared the gospel. This concluded the Jam Session and, after socializing for about thirty minutes, we left and walked to a Ukrainian “Target” for dinner.
On the way to Target, my stomach began to hurt but I figured it would just go away. We ordered dinner in a second floor cafeteria but I decided not to eat too much food. During the dinner, the guys (me, Joey, Lucas, Caleb, and Matt) persuaded Lyosha, who had helped us get around Ukraine all week, to sleep over at our hostel. After riding the Metro, we began walking to our dorm. As we were walking, my stomach continued to hurt and I was walking very slowly. Being that nobody had been able to keep me quiet the whole trip, the rest of the team had figured out that I was sick and I concluded that I had food poisoning. The food poisoning continued to slow me down before I could not walk any further and the next thing I knew my face was in some flowers and I was “removing” my food poisoning. I immediately felt better and Matt told me that, for what it was worth, it was quite impressive.
After this I felt much better and we all went to the hostel for debriefing. We wrote thank you notes to Pastor Vitali, team members, and students from the church. After debriefing, Lucas, being the Pyro-maniac that he is, showed Lyosha how to create a flame-thrower with hairspray and a lighter. Remember to pray for the country of Ukraine now that Lyosha has been influenced by Lucas. Later, while some guys were on the balcony, Melissa began a water war by drenching them with one of her bottles. Eventually, this led to a team of Lyosha and me versus Melissa and unsuspecting Tori (We won after about thirty minutes).
This morning we all woke up around 7:30 and packed (Except Joey, who had the luxury of having a father to do his packing and slept in until 8:15). We went to a traditional Ukrainian service but we were all tired and everything was in Ukrainian so, well…that’s that. Pastor Vitali told us to leave early so we could get some rest before the 12:00 service. James preached with Pastor Vitali translating for the locals during the service. Once the service ended, the entire team spent about an hour saying our good-byes to the international students with whom we have all become very close. It was sad to say bye but we exchanged email addresses and phone numbers. Then the team, along with a few people from the church, went to a pizza place for lunch.
Now, we are back at New Hope Church and have changed into more comfortable clothes and are playing some card games and napping. It is 5:00 here and we will leave the church at 9:00 to officially begin our journey back to the United States. This trip has been absolutely amazing so please pray that we do not forget what we have learned this past week and that we have a safe trip back. Hopefully, we will see you tomorrow night.
Much Love,
The entire Ukraine Missions Trip Team
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