After our concert in Uzhgorod we drove 60 kilometers into the city of Mukachevo that same night.
It was important that we had a Ukrainian and not a Russian translator as this part of Ukraine is especially anti-Russian.
After Khmelnitskiy we returned to Lutsk for the first time in 4 years, the first time being NLM’s initial tour in Ukraine.
On Tuesday afternoon we rolled into the city of Khmelnitsky, about 4 hrs southwest of Kiev. It was a smaller city, which was the place of our final concert in 2015.
We came to Kiev and met back up with our stage trailer, which was great after having to do two shows with a rented one.
We started the day with bad news; Ge Vang was in the hospital again with cellulitis symptoms, and our trailer was badly broken and needed to be hauled to Kiev for repair. So after a quick meeting the truck crew departed for the capital, while we headed east to the next city.
The last 24 hours have been intense, to say the least! Yesterday as we were driving to Dnepropetrovsk (the location of our next show) I received a message from our sound guy that the axle of stage trailer had snapped in half!
After hours of travailing treacherous Ukrainian roads, we arrived in the southern city of Kherson. The venue was a large parking lot next to a giant shopping center, where we met to pray while waiting for the truck and trailer to arrive.
The second night in Kryvyi Rih was located in front of a big shopping center, which drew both new people, as well as many who attended the night before.
During the sound check in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine hundreds of people started to gather and by the time we were ready to play there were around 3000 people according to our Ukrainian promoter.
Yesterday we played at UpFest, a city-wide Steiger festival in Sumy, run by the Steiger Ukraine team.
Just getting to Poltava was a big challenge. The rough Ukrainian roads took a toll on our stage and for the second consecutive night, the axel had to be welded just so that we could get to where we were going.
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