Be Flexible...

So I haven't even been here a week yet, and I have already learned one of the most important things about being a missionary... BE FLEXIBLE...

No I don't mean the yoga, touch your toes, kind of flexible.  I mean don't be stuck to one specific schedule because thats the schedule you heard the night before or even the very morning.  It is important to know that plans change and that all-in-all God's plan is the one we must strive to follow. 

So long story short, I know in the previous post I explained how we would be passing out candy at a local market, unfortunatly that plan fell thru.  This past Sunday just happened to be the day that Ukrainians celebrate Pentecost, so it was not a good day to go through with our previous plans.  We assumed that we were out of mission opportunities for the day so we decided to go to the lake with some other missionary friends.  It was also an amazingly sunny day (a rarity in Ukraine) so the lake trip was a great idea.  When we got there we passed the frisbee around a little and played in the sand.  What we didn't know was that although we had written the day off as a day lacking missions opportunities God had a bigger and better plan.  A group of three Ukrainians came down to the lake as well and we ended up going over and inviting them to play Ultimate Frisbee with us.  They had never played before and didn't know the rules until we explained them, but somehow they still ended up beating us.  We also invited them to "slack line" (you walk across a line strung between two trees).  They seemed to have a lot of fun and we were able to invite them to a lot of church activities and they seemed very interested!! It felt so great to meet new people and then have an opportunity to plant a seed by inviting them to church!  So I have officially learned to be flexible, and just let God lead me!  What an amazing weekend...

                                                       Gorgeous view of the lake

Chelsey and I NOT getting in the freezing cold water...

How the slack line is supposed to look.

Our new friends trying the slack line out...

I wasn't very good...haha

Now that I have spent all this time talking about being flexible and not always sticking to the plan... Yesterday we "PLANNED" some of our playground ministry opportunities.. This is where we will get to play with some kids in a local neighborhood and plan crafts for them to make once a week... I am so excited to meet these kids and show them how much God loves them.  Please pray for some more nice weather and some more opportunities to share the love of God.  We are also waiting on one more box of craft supplies to come from the states so please pray that it makes its way thru customs and to us.