Kiev 2006

Kiev 2006 On Saturday Sarah and I ventured down Kreshatick Street. It was a pretty fall day. We had errands to run, and when you are trying to figure out which store carries what, the errands take a little longer than usual!

A couple of cultural observations: right away we saw a young man in Levi's with an ipod carrying a man purse! That's globalization...

Everywhere you go here, in the subway stations, anywhere there's a line or a wait pretty much, they are playing music or fashion videos. It struck me that there is not BBC news or CNN or Ukrainian news. In talking with friends here, my suspicion is that the general populous is fed up with hearing news and then finding out that it is skewed or untrue or biased because of influences. Interesting contrast to the states where we have news everywhere, with very few people concerned with the influence or bias. Perhaps we (the states) should be more concerned... and Ukraine, well, I pray for the day to come soon when they can trust what they hear.

It was a good day. Time to relax and be outside and get some things done. One of the revelations that is sinking in, is that to be a 'missionary' is to simply live life wherever. "As you are going,..."