I am a disciple of Jesus, husband, and father. I currently live in Kharkov, Ukraine.
1 - 2 May - Labor (May) Day The 1st of May historicaly has been the traditional holiday of Spring. During the Industrialization of the Nineteenth Century, it became an International Day of Solidarity for workers of all countries.
The 1st of May began to be widely celebrated with various groups of workers joining together and paying tribute to the memory of victims of oppression and for the rights of all oppressed workers irrespective of their nationality, sex, age and/or profession. In it's convention of 1888 the "American Federation of Labour" declared, that May the1st should become a day for the active struggle of workers for the eight-hour work day.
Strikes and Demonstrations were held worldwide. Later, in the former Soviet Union, this holiday was widely and actively celebrated with huge parades and political
speaches on Red Square in Moscow and in all other cities.
All workers of the Soviet Union including university and school students, were obligated to attend the parades, bringing flowers, balloons and posters. Non compliance was met with severe persecution.
Now in many of the CIS countries, including Ukraine, you can still find some political gathering to celebrate May Day. At this time however, this holiday has become a celebration as the day of triumph for "Nature", from which is a full bloom with birds' singing, trees budding, and multicolored flowers painting the countryside. In this celebration people look forward to warm weather and the joys of summer.
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Here are two pictures I took last week from David and Olivia's balcony. Lucy and I live right next to this street. Just wanted to give you a small glimpse at what we see on a daily basis.
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This morning the guys on our team met with a group of Christians in the area of town called XTZ. They are a small congregation, but they are very loving and welcoming of our team.
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Here are some pictures that I would like to share with you. The first ones are from our singing during our church time today. Don't worry, the ones where they are raising their hands are during a children's song. :) Others are at the train station and in Rob and Denyce's courtyard playground. The one with the sign says "Shoe Repair."
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This picture was taken in Ukraine. After seeing this we are grateful that our 'pothole of death' wasn't this bad. The people in the car had to escape through the back window.
Here is the link to more of the pictures: http://englishrussia.com/?p=2375
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While out today I finally took a picture of this statue. I took it on my phone, so the quality isn't the best. I see this statue quite often, but don't know anything about it. It is quite strange! It even made it on THIS website as a strange statue around the world. If you know anything about this statue, please tell me.
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The main purpose for us traveling to Donetsk this week was to see the Lubbock Christian University Choir. Last night they performed at the Drama Theater and had a large crowd. The highlight of the show for me was when they sang the song, "Prayer for Ukraine." It is sung all in Ukrainian and sounded beautiful. I recorded this just on my digital camera, so the quality (both picture and sound) are not very good.
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