From Boston to Amsterdam and finally, Kiev

Yes, I'm still alive! School, school, and more school...I know some of you ask how my mission trip to Ukraine went. Well, I'll just start with AMAZING. (minus the jet lag). I took a four hour flight from Boston to Amsterdam, then a three hour flight from Amsterdam to Kiev. The rest of the team and I stayed at a church-hotel right in Kiev. The beds were good, showers decent, and I was indoors and warm, therefore I was happy.
We spent two nights there. Walking about Kiev, around ten at night, on New Years was quite an experience for me. Ukrainians dress up a lot more. Every women wore heels and a fur coat. I don't know how they do it, because they certainly don't believe in shoveling their sidewalks. It was either an ice skating rink or a swimming pool. The streets were lit up with neon lights and large blinking Christmas trees were seen...

(written above:God is Love. Also, due to frigid hands, a friend took these photos above)

This was a trolley that brought you up to the top of the hill. As you walked back down, the sidewalks were lined with souvenir vendors. I bought little blue Russian nesting dolls with painted strawberries. Also, from every point in the city, you could see gold domes rising above the buildings.
St. Michael's MonestarySt. Andrew's ChurchSt. Sophia Cathedral
Watch for part 2!

{Lauryn}