Back in Simferopol

We had good flights over with no delays, but had to wait about an hour to get through passport control once we got into Kiev just before 11am. We expected to have a long day waiting for our train ride to Simferopol. In the past, I've only taken the train that leaves later in the evening. When our facilitator Sasha picked us up, he told us that our train would be leaving at 4pm. Then he checked the tickets again and the train was leaving at 12:52, which gave us only about 30 minutes to get to the train station and get our luggage onto the train. Luckily it was a holiday, so there was little traffic. Sasha got us to the train station with about 10 minutes to spare. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to buy any food for the 15 hour train ride. I did manage to pick up a few bottles of water, though. The train was very nice, the best I've been on here, and it even had air conditioning. It was actually really good to get on the train so quickly because we were able to lay down and get some sleep. We got into Simferopol just after 4am. Matt Grinn picked us up and drove us to the church, where we'll be staying with Vadim and Lena for awhile while Tammy's sister and nephew are visiting her and Matt. Tammy was planning on taking her family out to the camp where Vacya is staying on Wednesday to meet the kids, so we'll be going out there with them. We can't wait to let him know we're back and will hopefully be bringing him home very soon.