John White's mission trip picture page #9

Team at April Kiev Meetings - Front: Morgan Marshall, Mary McDonnel, Donna McDonnel, Katie Marshall, Kristen Marshall, Benjamin McDonnel, Anna McDonnel, Erin Marshall, Joy Watson, Hannah Watson, T.J. Watson, Back: Eric Yodis, Dougg Custer, David Hoehner, Kelly Marshall, Todd Marshall, Mark McDonnel, John White, Tim Watson

Yura at work on one of his wood carvings

May Day

Trolleybus ascending Illicha Street (which I also ascend nearly every day)

Around the fountain in Lenin Square - note the slide for children behind the fountain

May Day Parade - the beginning of the Lenin region

May Day Parade - more from the Lenin region

May Day Parade - the girls wave their flowers

May Day Parade - the archers and fencers walk by

May Day Parade - the police band play

* The roller coaster swings by Lenin

World War II Victory in Europe

A tank waits for the parade to start

People line up on Artyoma street for the parade

John at the War Memorial park

Communist flags in the parade

The crowds listen to the mayor and dignitaries speaking by the War Memorial

Hope Church Baptism (a church where a number of my friends go)

Fifteen people prepare to be baptized

Ira gets baptized (note the clear weather)

Oleg gets baptized (note how dark the sky has become - it rained off and on)

Group shot of Hope Church

Soccer Game - Donetsk Shakhtyor vs. Stal

* The game underway - note the huge mounds from coal mining in the background

Sergei, John, and Gleb at the game

Back in Kiev

Vydubetsky Monastery - St. Yuri Cathedral

Vydubetsky Monastery - John in front of St. Michael's

Statue of famous Russian artist I. Repin outside Russian Art Museum

Statue of Taras Shevchenko, famous Ukrainian Poet, across the street from Shevchenko National University

* Included in hardcopy of the June, 2001 newsletter.


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