Sunday, August 17, 2008

A Saturday field trip!

We've decided to make the best use of our time here in the Ukraine and so we try to fill our Saturdays full of exploring and seeing as many of the awesome local sights we can. This is one of the most prestigious Orthodox churches in the Crimea. It's located in Sevastopol in the southern most part of the Crimea.
Is was built right on the Black Sea and is on the same site as the oldest know civilizations in this area. These are Greek columns from a building that is said to be 2500 years old! I think they even say that this was some sort of a church in that day. Maybe even a church that Paul may have visited during one of the three M journeys?
It was one of the hottest days we've had here thus far, but the kids enjoyed it very much.
We're not sure what the significance of the huge bell is, but we just thought it looked cool and everyone else was taking their picture under it so we followed along.
Don't forget about my Birthday Daddy. My b-day was July 15th and I also had a great day.

We went to a huge water park about an hour away from our city here in the Ukraine. We stayed all day and had so much fun!














You can't see it yet but we all got a little sunburn from this day but it was worth it. Love you guys. Faith
Hello everyone July 6th was my 10th Birthday. I had a good birthday but missed you all not being here to celebrate it with me.
We even have a McDonald's here in the Crimea and I asked to eat there for my birthday lunch. It taste just like the McDonald's back there in the US.
Love you guys and miss you lots!! Come see us and pay no attention to my weird brother with his eyes crossed.
Love you,
Whitney