I wish Ukrainians spoke English and other adventures

Well we've made it. Amazing isn't? Jenny and I left DesMoines (from my niece's wedding, congratulations Rachel) at 5:00 pm on Sat. and started the road trip down to Columbia SC. As in any good Gainer story, our trip was safe, but not without classic Ganerville moments. At one point I (Jon) went to change lanes and almost had an accident because I didn't see a gray car in my blind spot. God was was watching out for us though, and after leaving a bit of rubber on the asphalt somewhere in KY I regained control of the vehicle,avoiding collision. Not to be out done by my reckless driving, Jenny managed to leave our cell phone in a Hardees in TN. The South hasn't seen anything like us! Luckily the manager of the Hardees was willing to take it and ship it to us. Thank you Hardees! We have several moments where we have felt terrified and wondering what we have gotten ourselves into when it comes to the language. Why didn't someone tell me Russian was hard!? At any rate we are enjoying class despite its difficulty and working thought it. We haven't had a lot of time to write the last couple weeks. But we will be emailing you all a newsletter soon.

In Christ,
Jon (my new name is Dimitri Johanviech Gainer and Jenny is Jyanna Davidavnya Gainer)