T.E.A.M. Ukraine is a ministry of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada Mission

Sorry that it has been a while since we lasted updated our blog. Since we landed we have put on a lot of miles visiting family, friends and churches. One of the reasons that we returned to Canada for holidays is because we had a new granddaughter on the way and she was born on August 10 in Nanaimo, BC. Her name is Artemis (Artie) Luna Crawford. We will fly out on August 29 and spend one week with them, getting to know Artie. It is so different being back in Canada where we will travel hours to get somewhere. In Ukraine, other than our trip to Krivoy Rog in May, most of our trips are no longer than 55 kms one way. We have visited three churches to date: Imperial, Meadow Lake and Cut Knife. It has been a  privilege to share what God is doing in our lives and ministry in Ukraine and the anticipation of what all is coming. As we share, we continually recognize the faithfulness of our amazing God! We are excited to return to Ukraine and begin our follow-up English classes ...

After SEI, we spent a few days getting things organized before leaving for Canada. We finished off some of our garden and mowed the grass and gave instructions to Kolya on how to feed and water the chickens. We had a long list of things to do, but come Tuesday night, we were ready to go. Victor picked us up at the house at 4 am on Wednesday and we were on our way to Zaporosia International Airport and our journey back to Canada was underway with Ukrainian Air. We had a one hour flight from Zaporosia to Kiev and then 10 hours to Toronto. From Toronto, we switched over to Air Canada for the 4 hour flight to Edmonton. Our flight was about 35 minutes late in leaving and we arrived in Edmonton at 9:44 pm Wednesday night.  Seeing our shadow Pretty neat view We were met at the airport by our daughter Lindsay and her son Spencer. Spencer DID NOT know that we were coming and the look on his face was wonderful! He looked at his Mom and then launched into our arms for a huge h...