Today pastor Rich visited Julie and I. I was not looking forward to it at first, because I was feeling old feelings about union. When I stepped off the metro and saw them I was a little twisted inside, but it was ok. As the morning went on it proved to be really nice. I haven’t had much time to spend with guys, so it was really cool just to chat it up with a guy for once. I kinda feel like I am around a lot of women here, and any chance I get to chat or joke with a guy it just fires me up! I’m in a wired place, I feel like one of those dads who has like 3 daughters and always wished for a son. Or maybe a little like one guy I know who was raised with 9 sisters, yeah his life is bad! So yeah I feel him or one of those dads, to many women! Some of this may seem vulgar, but I need to laugh and tell inappropriate jokes! Being a missionary doesn’t change you all at once you know! Anyway, I didn’t tell dirty jokes too pastor Rich, although one came to mind… Julie and I showed him around Kiev. We took him to some of the cooler things in the city. We showed him St. Andrews Decent, some of the cool buildings in the center, and then some of the cool places in the Podil region. It was cool to talk with someone from the US, to hear about what is happening out there. And then Rich left at around 1:00 pm and I went to the airport and talked with the cab driver for a while because it turned out that I knew him. Alex was the cab driver who took me to Kiev on my first day there. And so we talked for a while about music and life in Kiev and stuff like that. Then I went and hooked up with my friend Kiril, and he helped me pay for my buss ticket to Praha for this upcoming holiday. And so yeah I my ticket so that means I’ll be coming to see you Andrea! After I bought the ticket Kiril and I hung out and talked for a while, and that was really cool! Once again time with a fellow man, it was quite refreshing! Kiril is a great fellow and is has one of the best senses of humor of anyone I have met out here. I told one or two inappropriate jokes; I liked how that made me feel. All these thoughts about man time are reminding me of my freshmen year when Jeff, Jared, BJ, Brandon, Ehren, Wes, and I would cook steaks and drink O’douls in my dorm room at like 2 in the morning on Friday night. Good times! Then after Kiril and I split I went to Levoborghna for the Friday night meeting. And there I found my Union College Christmas box! And there were amazing things from everyone! I loved it so! Zach sent me season 3 and 4 of the office and a hug from him and Israel! Sharon and Malcolm sent me a really nice letter! New creation sent me a freaking huge load of food, along with more roman noodles than I could eat in a year! Also a ton of people from New Creation sent me a ton of Christmas letters! The Ortner Center, sent me soap, and bath supplies from the guestrooms! Tanya sent me guitar picks! And staff from union sent me other cools stuff, like peanut butter, fry chick, a cup, post-it notes, a wad of pens, paperclips! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!! Also thanks everyone for all of the letters, they all meant so much to me! So this was a blog about today: a really good day. This was also the first installment of my weekly blogs! Did you hear that?!?!?! I said weekly!!! Seriously! Thanks to Tyler’s prodding I will start writing more blogs because they are cool and fun to read! And I want to hear from you, so I need to put out too! SO ENJOY!!!