HEARD FROM DREW

Hey All...At first, we weren't sure how much communication we'd have with Drew so we said "at least (now and then) let us know that you're not DEAD!" :) Turns out he can e-mail anytime. Here are some excerpts from an e-mail Drew sent on Sept. 30th.

I am still alive. :)
I can't upload pictures yet but hopefully soon…

There are twelve students here and nine leaders. (Two of the students actually are not here yet, they are a couple from Germany). There are three other guys in my apartment. None of them speak English well. One of them is from Tisjecistan (TAJIKISTAN) or something like that (its right next to Afghanistan) His name is Rustam. He is really cool and the best at English. Yuri is another guy in my room, he is very acrobatic. The third guy's name is Vova (I think that's how you spell it).

It is very difficult to get to know people when you don't speak the same language.

There are only 4 guys here now (other than leaders) the rest are girls. Jenny is from the UK and has the most awesome accent ever. Liza is from Long Island, NY and also has a great accent. Ida is from Sweden and speaks English very well. Kathy is from California, I haven't gotten to know her much yet. Yulia is from here in Ukraine, she doesn't speak English at all. Parvena is also from the place near Afghanistan.

All of our leaders are very cool as well. Everyone here is very kind and they are all on fire for God in different ways. I have already learned a lot in the last 4 days. God is doing what he wants, and it's awesome.

Ukraine is very different. The weather is awesome, it was less than 60 all day today (ha ha ha). The food is really good but also very different. Last night we cooked something that was like tuna salad, but with no tuna. Instead it had another kind of fish (that we gutted and cleaned) and this meat that tasted like spam (but today we had spaghetti so don't worry). Mayonnaise and bread are very popular. We also drink tea, Lots of tea, and then we drink more tea! But there is no ice anywhere.

These people here are extremely courteous and fair. Everybody does something to help out and nobody does everything (ever!). There are so many different people in our group. It's really fun, I like it.

The actual "classes" have been mostly orientation and rules so far. We did have a really cool time of prayer and intercession this morning. YWAM is a pretty cool organization. It's not non-denominational it's multi-denominational – which means that we come from different church backgrounds as well as different countries.


I can't possibly tell you everything in one e-mail, so I won't. I just wanted you to know that I am, in fact, still alive. I love you all and want to hear about what is going on at home, so please e-mail me back. And I will try my best to call you…


God Wins!
DREW NALL
(they call me Andrew here, it translates better.)