FIRST BELL - SCHOOL BEGINS

September 1st always marks the beginning of the new school year - in Ukraine known as "First Bell" - a wonderful and special celebration of the first day of school. With the beginning of the new school year, was the beginning of a new Sunday School year at Kherson Church of the Holy Trinity.

Cindie Pike together with her interpreter, Maxime, are shown introducing the children to their Bible lesson. Thankfully the weather was great for that first Sunday, since, as sometimes happens, there was no access to the key for the room in which they were to meet. The woman dressed in black standing next to Maxime is one of the supervisors, Olya, who brought the group of children who come each Sunday from a nearby orphanage.