About a 21 hour trip. We left Charlotte at 2pm Sunday and got into our flat at 7pm Kyiv time. Pretty uneventful trip which is good. Ate a late lunch at Chili's Too.
Lufthansa definitely is the way to go across the Atlantic. I prefer their business class, but even their coach is pretty good. Only problem was they wouldn't let us in the Star Alliance club in Munich (though they should have), and US Airways let us in their club in Charlotte (which they should not have). 5 hour layover in Munich, then a 2 hour flight to Kyiv.
We got through passport control and customs in about 10 minutes (without using VIP service), but I think we were lucky to get in at a non-busy time. That caught our facilitator by surprise who was not expecting us for another hour. But that aside, we got in with no snags. Very tired but no problems.
Colin passed time by working on his new 5x5 Rubik's Cube.
Nancy waited for Yuri to arrive.
Yuri (our facilitator's husband brought us in, got us set up in our flat, and took Nancy to get some money and a few groceries). Nancy exchanged dollars for hryvnia at 7.70 UAH per dollar. Today the rate is 8.12 UAH per dollar. The hryvnia has really melted down in the last month, and even more in the last week.
Slept about 12 hours last night (which is good after about 2 hours on the plane). Virtually no hot water. It was piped in to the cold faucet. Used nothing but "cold" and was able to get a cold Navy shower (wet down, water off, lather up, rinse off, get out).
Met with our facilitator this morning for a couple of hours and got the run-down on our SDA meeting (at 2pm Wednesday, which is 7am EST), got set up with a cell phone and internet (just dial-up though so it is pretty slow).
Prayer requests:
- Pray for the people of Ukraine and their economy which is having a very rough time (as evidenced by the exchange rate)
- Pray for God to grant us a smooth meeting with the SDA and to lead us to the child He has chosen for us
- Pray for hot water (if you have any time left)
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