See that picture? That's our friends in Krasny Mak. We love those guys alot. But I'm currently feeling kinda maxed toward this lovely Ukraine culture after a long four days in Kiev. The conference was awesome, it's just all the in-between stuff. Crowded metros, silly things like turning the water off in the hotel for the whole evening, no maids for our hotel but lots of guards with guns (huh?), cigarette smoke everywhere getting blown in your face, blah, bla...

8:00 am Had my first hot shower for the whole trip this morning J. Seemed like a little taste of home! The conference has been amazing. Last night Brian Houston's preach was exactly what I needed to hear - very inspiring! Yesterday definitely felt like a full-dose of the Hillsong anointing and we're looking forward to the final day today. A little breakfast, then we're off. What's been surprising is how very Ukrainian the conference is. We are 6 of ab...

10:13pm My apologies for not keeping up-to-date with blogging our travels! Out here it's hard to get internet and when you do it's often very slow, so I'll put up older blogs as I can. In the meantime, here's a current blog. We are in Kiev with Maxim and Jhenya (our indigenous church planters here in Ukraine) for a Hillsong conference. Today we ventured into the heart of Kiev city and enjoyed the sites, sounds and smells of this bustling historic place. S...