Saturday after soccer club (we had 12 boys come and one of them actually prayed in front of his friends in our closing prayer!) we decided it was time to accept Oleg's cousin's invitation to come and visit. We have been planning to go to Dubna, where Oleg accepted Christ, for years. Oleg said, if we don't go now, we won't go. So we packed up our van, our girl and headed for Dubna about 350 miles to the north east of Mukachevo. It was a rather eventful trip as we got stopped 2x in speed traps along the way (our van with American plates is a eye catcher). Praise the Lord the fines weren't too terrible! We had a really good time with Oleg's family. We haven't seen them for 5 years. 12 years ago, Oleg visited them and the Lord used a friend he met there to lead him to a Baptist church there in that city. The Holy Spirit got a hold of him and Oleg repented of his sins and became a believer. We were able to go to that church on Sunday morning and evening. It was a really neat time as that church was able to rejoice in fruit that it didn't even know it had. Oleg preached in both services - it was almost like he had a glow about him. It was a really neat experience. This church belongs to an Independent Baptist Fellowship and Oleg was able to make some valuable contacts, as well as new friends.
Oleg's cousin Ira has 2 little girls - Vlada and Dasha. Abigail enjoyed herself to no end as she had "children to play with" all day long. She went to bed saying, "I want to play with the children" and woke up with the same phrase. It was a good trip but we are glad to be home. Traveling with a 2 year is always an adventure!
