Saturday

We had our orientation meetings yesterday afternoon. Rob met with the faculty of the Center for Foreign Languages (e.g. the English Dept); he will be teaching two general English courses (1st and 3rd year students), an advanced course for university faculty and staff, and perhaps one more elective class in the theology department. After that, we both met with the vice-rector and got a brief tour of the university. Finally, Nika met with the head of her psychology department, while Rob met with the head of the ecumenical department. Nika will be teaching a course on the history of psychology this term. Rob may give a brief presentation during Ecumenical Week in October, and teach a class on ecumenical theology in the future.

We're getting settled into life here in Lviv. Our apartment is much more than we hoped for -- walking distance to the university, shopping, nearby parks, as well as downtown.

Today we are going to do some work here at the university in the morning, and then go downtown to see the sites this afternoon.

We're hoping to have internet at home sometime next week, so we'll be better able to update the blog and respond to email then.


In the meantime, we appreciate everyone who's written us offering their prayers. It means so much!