Two of my friends from Ukraine shown here modeling their new “Life’s Highway” T-shirts!  Roma Vashchuk and his wife Roza came to the US with Lena Gorianska last summer to visit with us.  They also recorded two songs with me on my CD “Fresh Awakening”.  They really enjoyed working in the studio with Kevin Ward.  You can hear Roma singing “I Thought of God”, and Lena singing “When He Comes” with me on YOUTUBE.

“Life’s Highway” is the name of the new TV show we started in 2009.  I will have new information soon as to the stations around the country where you can see it!  Email me to let me know what you think of the show, and where you are watching it.  I would love to hear about your adventures, and see some pictures too!

We have just completed 4 new episodes for the “Life’s Highway” TV show.  Elk hunting in Colorado, Whitetail hunting in Ohio, Rainbow trout fishing in Colorado, and Horseback riding in southern Ohio.  Each show also features 4 of my music videos.

We have a lot of stations around the country looking at our show.  I will be able to give you more information as to where you can watch it in the coming weeks.

Theresa and I just returned from our trip to Ukraine.  It was a great trip.  Pictured here with some great kids in an orphanage that we visited.  We took them toys, books, hats, scarfs that were sent and donated by friends here in the United States.  It was a real blessing to us and the kids.

We also filmed two music videos for our new TV show, “Life’s Highway”.  Ukrainian recording artists Roma Vashchuk and Lena Gorianska did a great job on the videos on the songs they recorded with me on my new album “Fresh Awakening”.

I also did an interview on the Emmanuel radio station their in Kiev, and was on 3 TV stations while there.  I did a “Presentation” concert for Ukrainian singers, musicians, producers, and promoters on Saturday evening.  That was really fun and I enjoyed meeting all these people who have the same passion as I do.

This was my third trip to Ukraine and Theresa’s first trip.  She says she wants to return in the future.  We love the people of Ukraine and appreciate their kindness to us while we were there.  

We met a special lady last year in Greenville South Carolina.  Theresa and I were at Harmony Fellowship Church when Diane Personett heard me talk about singing in the prisons, schools and orphanages in Africa and Ukraine.  She came to me after the service and said “I like to sew and is there anything that I can do to help with the orphans you were talking about?”  I thought a minute and said Yes, Why don’t you make us some hats for the kids in the orphanages in Ukraine since they live in such a cold climate.  Three weeks ago she came to see us again and brought us 200 hats, 50 scarfs, and 100 small blankets for babies.  She bought the blankets, but hand made everything else.  Here is a picture of Diane and I taken at the Enoree Baptist Church in Travelers Rest, SC.  Theresa and I will take these items to Ukraine in June of 2009.  We will visit some orphanages and hand deliver these to the children there.  God will surely bless Diane for the hard work she has put into this project.  Thank you Diane!

While in Ukraine, I will also be making two music videos in downtown Kiev.  As you know, Ukrainian recording artists Roma Vashchuck and Lena Gorianska recorded two songs with me on my new CD “Fresh Awakening”.  You can look forward to seeing these videos in late 2009.

October had been a busy month for Theresa and I.  A lot of traveling, working on our schedule for 2009, ect.  We also taped another video for the song Life’s Highway last weekend in Greer, S.C. with our friends Phil and Wanda Ellenburg.  This video features me singing with their ‘57 blue Chevy.  What a beautiful car. Today I put new wires on my Dearstone mandolin in preparation for tonight’s concert that I did in Theresa’s home town, Lucas, Ohio.  We had a good time.