The St. Petersburg boys have left; and so has my toothbrush?

Dennis walked into the kitchen the other day and said “we’re like the Radisson.” I can only assume he means because we have had non-stop people staying with us since I got home at the end of December— it’s like camp year round. “I think we’re better,” I told him, referring to the fact that Momma Olya and Oksana provide unbelievable cooking and cleaning services, not to mention ‘tea time’ and friendship. I love that my Ukrainian family is so hospitable and that their heart is to serve and bless others; it’s a huge blessing to me ;o)

The most recent of our guests to come and go were three teenage boys from St. Petersburg (Russia, not Florida). They’re dad is a pastor and he brought a team to meet with some of the leaders of Hillsong Kiev; and his boys, having not been to Ukraine before came too. They stayed with us and it was fun to spend time with them and listen to them laugh at the differences in the Ukrainian and Russian languages. I’m so used to being surrounded by people who speak both. I forget that just because a person speaks Russian doesn’t necessarily mean they speak Ukrainian. We even got to celebrate one of the boys, Timothy’s, birthday. Fun times!

The morning after they left, had breakfast and then went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and my toothbrush was missing. Hmmmm….I thought to myself. Did someone accidentally grab my toothbrush in their rush to throw their stuff together that morning or had they been using it all along? Are they aware that they are using someone else’s toothbrush? We may never know. (and may not want to…)

I have been using my travel toothbrush, having not yet been to the magazine to purchase a new one.

However, upon recounting this story to the Magdych family last night Oksana jumps up and Magdych announces that her brother is working for a company that makes toothbrushes. Oksana comes back with a green one and Magdych says “do you like green? We have other colors.” Green is good. Yay! For my new toothbrush!



Thanks Magdychi, you are my heroes yet again!