IGreetings Friends,

December is a crazy busy month for me – with traveling to get a visa from Budapest, meeting a contact in Poland, buying and arranging children’s Christmas Project, and helping a missionary named Meredith (she’s helping the Project as well) – researching a mission’s future here, etc.

And in the middle of it – BAMM – I have to get my new apartment set up – Basically, it is COMPLETELY BARE – I had to add the even the Toilet seat myself – and the Shower Facet – the kitchen as only a sink and stove with only 3 burners workingL - I had to give the Thumbs Down to the NO Furniture - but, yeah – it’s awesome.

The deal is – I got it for only $280 a month which is an amazing deal for Kiev – and it is big – 3 room apartment – but way out from the center of town – it takes an hour to get to the center from this place (by bus and metro). Plus, I paid a price to have no furniture. However, with 3 rooms – I will have one bedroom, a living room, and an office – which means I can host visitors in my office or living room – so that is great! If I wanted a 2 room apartment with furniture it would have cost $400 a month. Not in the budgetJ

Alright – pray that I know what to buy, how to buy, when to buy this furniture stuff.

Thanks tons for your love and support,
Rick Schwendinger