Seattle

Hello all! We just got to Seattle yesterday around 4pm pacific time. It was a long long drive. We spent about 34 hours on the road. We had to drive straight through for a last minute service that was scheduled. It was a crazy but fun drive.

Our first service was a youth service for one of the Russian community churches. Last night's service was great but it was very different from what most of us are used to. We weren't allowed to do any hyped up songs, dance or clap. So we definitely had to tone down a lot of our songs. The reason why we can't clap is because during the communist rule in Ukraine, when Christians were persecuted and killed, their persecutors clapped. So it is still symbolic for them. It was hard to hold back from expressing as much and I assumed they wouldn't worship. But I was completely wrong. They may not have all lifted their hands as much and they may not have swayed or danced, but I can honestly tell you that that was the most worshipful youth group I've ever seen. They may not have had loud outward expressions of worship but they definitely worshipped!

Well I'll give more of an update when I can! Love and miss you all!

Sarah