Today was “first bell.” What is that you ask? First bell is the first day of school in Ukraine and in most (if not all) former Soviet Union countries. It is a big tradition in the public schools.
All grades assemble at the school and a first grader along with an 11th grader [...]
First Bell
September 1st, 2006 · Comments Off
Tags: Trying to understand Culture where I live
Do you know what an MK is?
September 1st, 2006 · Comments Off
MK is short for “Missionary kid” kind of like we use the PK for preacher’s kid. I may sound biased, but I think that we have some of the BEST MK’s right here in our field.
Yesterday, I went to meet some colleagues at the airport. The mother and father were flying [...]
Tags: Life where I live