When I first arrived in Kremenchuk, I noticed something very interesting—many people walked around town carrying black, plastic Hugo Boss shopping bags. Now I’m not entirely sure what I was thinking, but my first thought was what were all these people doing buying things from Hugo Boss? It was so random, and yet the bags were everywhere...everyone had one! What was the deal with the handled, medium-sized, plastic shopping bags? Well, it didn’t take long to learn what the deal was—this is just so good.
When you go to the market to buy food or shoes or any of the little odds and ends that they sell there, you can either bring your own bag for your purchase, or you can buy a bag at the market. (This would be the outdoor market, not a store.) They sell all kinds of plastic shopping bags there, and the most popular, by far, are the black Hugo Boss bags. In fact, you can buy the bags in bulk at office supply stores…go figure.
So the funniest part of the story is that I have now crossed over to the other side. I not only travel with a plastic bag in my purse all the time so I don’t have to buy one each time, but the bag I usually keep with me is a black, Hugo Boss. Truse me, I blend right in. I tell ya, these short term trips are amazing. Ten weeks just doesn’t sound like that long, but look at the damage they can do…
Other than that, Jayne and I have been busy preparing for a Vacation Bible School to be held at her church this week. We’ve been making the decorations and helping with the last minute details. The theme of the VBS is finding hidden treasure (in God’s Word) so we have an underlying and not so subtle pirate theme with the idea of searching for treasure in a sea that is not always calm or easy. I’m a fan of the pirate idea!
Here are a few photos of Jayne and me getting our little pirates ready to liven up the church. We created them from scratch, so a lot of hours have gone into them. But we’re really happy with how they’ve turned out, and I know the kids will have a blast! The two little girl pirates we are holding are supposed to be the little Jayne and little Emily pirates...hehehe.
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