Report 19 Tuesday 28th Oct.
We woke to a lovely sunny morning but found there was still a cool wind.
We planned to go to the orphanage we took winter boots to last week and take the boots we had changed for sizes to fit the smaller children. We needed 9 pairs of smaller ones that the wholesaler did not have so headed for the market to find some at the right price.
After almost 2 hours of trekking through the 3-4ft wide isles we found the sizes we needed, what a frustrating search but as last we were on our way, so we thought??
Vadym’s care runs on propane and needs to be filled up every time we leave town as there is no propane in villages if we should need any. There is a city propane facility where the propane is half the price at other service stations. The only problem is the 14 or fifteen vehicle line ups waiting for a spot to fill up. Well I predicted a 45 minute wait and was not far wrong with the 50 minute wait we had. By this time we both felt it was too late to go to the orphanage as it was 1 hour away and we had meeting at 5pm. Any way Vadym was sure he could do it so off we went.
To say the least, it was a fast ride but we made it in about 50 minutes only to find that all the children had walked to the forest for a picnic!!! Well we met with administrator and gave her the boots. We then went to the old folks home where we had left the box of glasses for them to fit some of the old people who were not in the day we went. We headed home at a more reasonable pace in nice time for the meeting at 5pm.
We were met with several ladies who wanted to ask us for help before the meeting started. One lady Maria had a sad story about a teenager who was in school with her son and worked part time at a service station. We don’t know the circumstances but he got severely burned while working. He must have been alone as he tried to get a taxi to take him to hospital but none would take him because he had no money. No ambulance was available so he walked across town to a hospital. They would not take him because he had no money so he walked to another one that has taken him in but now needs money.
His class is collecting money as he has no father. We plan to go to the hospital Wed. afternoon.
Another lady had to go to the doctor with a heart problem and did not have the 30R for her medication. 35R is about $7.00 Canadian???
Well the meeting went well with about 20 out and a new lady who was a reporter for a Christian newspaper. She not only took notes but took pictures during the meeting too.
She is probably a Christian and said she would be back on Thursday.
Marika’s mother gave us two freshly baked loaves of bread she had baked, so we gave Vadym one and came home to have a cup of soup and ham sandwiches.
Thus goes the hardships of the mission field!!
All for now, Malcolm and Howard.
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