Chatham light

This ornament always makes me smile. And especially this year. Kolya and Dasha will be experiencing their first Christmas in America — and they’ll be in Chatham! Does it get any better? Jamie and Dasha will be there for several days, I think. And Jeanne and Kolya will be driving [...]

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Family tree

I love personalized ornaments. And this one is no exception. 1999. A big year in the life of the Peipon family. Visited Ukraine for the first time as we began to recognize God’s call to minister here. Anna and Jeanne spent nearly a month teaching English in Ukraine and visiting [...]

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Jamie and Dasha

Jamie and Dasha arrived at the beginning of the month and spent a few days in Kyiv before heading south to Crimea for 10 days or so. They returned to the city yesterday evening (12-hour drive) and are now trying to fit so many things into a couple of days. They fly out [...]

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New friends

On Wednesday, Jim and I had the pleasure of having lunch with a family who is in Kyiv specifically to adopt a child who is HIV+. They are a wealth of information for anyone interested in adopting an HIV+ child from Ukraine. (Though they cannot yet post a picture of this child — [...]

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They’re back!

Yesterday, Jamie and Dasha arrived back in Ukraine for the first time since they moved to Boston in January. Though we had seen them on our trip to the States in March/April, Dasha’s family and their friends were so looking forward to this moment. You can imagine how disappointed we all were when [...]

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Click on the green phone

I don’t have any idea how my computer works.
Nor a cell phone…good grief! No cords and yet I can talk with someone across the ocean. (I remember thinking it was quite a big deal when I could take the cordless phone in the yard when watching the kiddos! But no [...]

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Family time

Son-in-law Kolya’s brother Alosha is getting married tomorrow, and so today his mother and sister were passing through Kyiv on their way to the wedding. We were surprised and pleased to be invited to the wedding ceremonies, but we’re unable to make the trip tomorrow.
BUT we really wanted to be able to say hello [...]

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Monday in airports!

Our last morning in Glendale. Drizzly rain. Jim and Kolya finished painting Mom’s patio furniture in the garage. It looked a whole lot better than we arrived.
And Jeanne and I made the trip to Skyline Chili. A Cincinnati favorite. And definitely a tradition for our family. We had eaten [...]

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Sunday in Glendale

Sunday was another glorious day in Glendale. I just love a blue, blue sky with green, green trees. Jeanne, Kolya, Jim and I attended Christ Church Glendale that morning. This is the same church where Jim and I were married (as well as my parents!) and where Jeanne and Anna were baptized. [...]

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Saturday in Glendale

An absolutely glorious day in Glendale. We missed Jamie, the birthday boy, but knew we would see him soon.
Jim, Jeanne, Kolya and I walked down to the Village Square of Glendale. We wanted to go today because the historical museum is open for a few hours today and we wanted Kolya to learn [...]

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