Christmas in Mississippi...

We've celebrated Christmas at Pinelake church at Starkville, MS

This year we got to celebrate Christmas in America for the first time together as a family (me and Katya) . And it is now NOT a cold and snowy Maine (which would be usuall for us), but rather warm and sunny Mississippi!:-) We were invited to the States by a good friend of ours Chuck, whom we've met at Passion conference in Atlanta back in 2010... eversince, we've become really good friends and we've visited Chuck in US before and he came to visit us in L'viv Ukraine. One other reason we've came to the States is to participate in Passion 2012 conference in Atlanta, Georgia. We are looking forward to that VERY MUCH, cause this year we will be volunteering. Here are some pictures from our trip for now:

Celebrating Christmas with Lovorn's family

Christmas service at Pinelake church (Starkville):

All photos of our Christmas in Mississippi you can see HERE.

We've really enjoyed going to Pinelake church for Christmas eve service and meeting all the old and new friends. The atmosphere in the church was really warm, calm and peaceful. The message at the service was given in a way that was very simple to understand, but at the same time with deep meaning to it. Truly Christmas atmosphere that we felt and lots of love... "Christ came into the world on a night like this!"

Overall, the trip has been really great up to this point. We're getting lots of rest and great time with friends here. I am sure it will get even better as we go to Atlanta to volunteer at Passion 2012.