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today is my birthday4 comments

birthinukraine wrote 1 week ago: I’ve just had a wonderful birthday! I’m starting with Vitlaliy’s email to me: Happ … more →

Tags: Life in Ukraine

transformation: can i wreck it?

birthinukraine wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m nervous that somehow my pride will destroy it all. Strange how sins can be unearthing insi … more →

transformation: even when I sin, I am still in Him

birthinukraine wrote 2 weeks ago: From my journal today: Such amazing peace and grace. Such calm in our house and in my heart. Such sm … more →

transformation, am I working or resting? 4 comments

birthinukraine wrote 2 weeks ago: Vitaliy’s been experencing a quiet, but incredible spiritual revolution. It’s not a new … more →

Tags: Mommyness, My Beloved

Lord of the Rings

birthinukraine wrote 1 month ago: [Preface/warning: i have a hankering for watching movies over and over and analyzing them literarily … more →

i am still alive1 comment

birthinukraine wrote 1 month ago: maybe . . . it’s a stressful time of life, trying to work hard and fast at adopting Paul. It r … more →

Tags: Family, Mommyness, adopting Paul

fathering the fatherless4 comments

birthinukraine wrote 2 months ago: I sat outside the head doctor’s office praying, and here’s where my thoughts went: … more →

Tags: Parenting, adopting Paul, My Beloved

be still, my heart1 comment

birthinukraine wrote 3 months ago: I married a romantic. sigh. i love it. sometimes, it happens that our ideas of romance differ, like … more →

Tags: My Beloved

i love paper

birthinukraine wrote 3 months ago: i love paper. i love notebooks (not all notebooks, i’m choosy, mostly by how flat it lays out) … more →

Charis studies

birthinukraine wrote 3 months ago: I started this blog to chronicle my Charis studies; however, it’s become so much more, and the … more →

Tags: Learning about Birth

motherhood: working out my salvation

birthinukraine wrote 4 months ago: I love salvation. I am saved from the condemnation of my own expectations. As a Christian mom, I hav … more →

Tags: Mommyness

my 1stborn's 4th b-day!5 comments

birthinukraine wrote 5 months ago: me, Vika, Skyla, Danya For Skyla’s birthday, we took Danya (orange shirt), their bosom (and on … more →

Tags: Life in Ukraine, Family

The Divine Conspiracy

birthinukraine wrote 5 months ago: Wow. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard. My mom gave me a … more →

fasting, day 10

birthinukraine wrote 6 months ago: Vitaliy called me from Russia today. Well, he called me, then I called him back thru Skype. Don … more →

It's Sunday evening

birthinukraine wrote 6 months ago: Sasha, a guy in our youth group called me at 6:30pm asking if the youth group could come over in les … more →

Tags: Family, Church Life

Day four fasting, come and gone

birthinukraine wrote 6 months ago: It’s already Day 5 for me b/c it’s after 12am here, but I just got back from the train s … more →

Tags: Life in Ukraine

Third day (fasting)

birthinukraine wrote 6 months ago: this has been the hardest day. so many times i’ve wanted to eat! i made a healthy, all raw lun … more →

Fasting: Day 2

birthinukraine wrote 6 months ago: Today i had more temptations to eat, as we went to our village where Vitaliy’s mom lives, and … more →

fasting2 comments

birthinukraine wrote 6 months ago: Today I’m starting a long, cleansing fast. Probably for 3-4 weeks. The last time I did this wa … more →

Tags: Life in Ukraine


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