Today was our first day of orientation. We rode the transit to the IMB office, thankfully not at rush hour. We spent the morning getting to know each other and telling our stories of how we chose the Ukraine. We went to a Ukrainian restaurant, I had chicken and rice wrapped in cabbage, yes mom I had cabbage! After lunch we had Metro Orientation. This was to get us familiar with the metro (like a subway) and teaching us how to switch lines. We went to the down town area to do a bit of touring. We saw St. Sophia's Cathedral and St. Michael's Cathedral. They are both so beautiful and decorated with gold on the inside. But the people that are there are lighting candles for prayers and kissing pictures of Jesus. It makes me wonder if they have a personal relationship with Christ. They all seem like they have no hope. It gets dark here around 4:30PM so we headed back to make supper. We are also celebrating Caleb's (journeyman) 21st birthday. Please pray for his family, his mother is very ill. But other than that it was pretty warm today, about 38F. Wrapped in all of these layers I can't really tell how cold it is on the outside of them!