Report from Louis Smith

UKRAINE REPORT FALL 2011
Louis Smith
On September 16 a flight was taken to Lviv Ukraine. The plane was met by
Flo Kancer, Heather Anderson, Gill Plourde and Rusland Teman. On
September 18 the assembly In Lviv met for the Breaking of Bread and
afterward Edmond Johnson gave ministry. On Monday a visit was made to
Roman's family with a food package. His wife left him to raise five nice
children.
We bought school supplies for the Samber Youth Prison where we had a
meeting with about 60 young men. Gill and Louis spoke and afterwards a
teacher gave approval to what we had said. The son of Mycilo, a young boy
was hit by a bus. We visited the father at the hospital and helped with
medical expenses. This boy has since recovered. At the Wednesday assembly
prayer and ministry meeting Louis gave ministry and gospel.
On Thursday five people made a trip to Ivano-Frankvisk for the meeting
there. Gill and Louis spoke to about 20 people. Sevetlana is our
interpreter. Afterward we spoke to Jana's daughter Roxana about baptism
as she wants to be baptized. We visited Oleg who has an electrical
business in the market. His son was getting married the next week end, so
Oleg was busy until that was over.
The gear shift lever did not work so Vadym took the car for repair. On
Saturday we had a children's meeting in the park for about 20 children.
On September 25 we had a meeting in the apartment that we rent for
meetings and where we live. Dan Perez and Louis spoke. Dan has been there
for 3 months and plans to be here for at least another 4 months. We
visited Yaraslav's neighbor who was pressing grapes to make wine. We also
visited Lesa who lives in a tiny apartment with her husband and small son
who is not well. .
We got the car on Tuesday. We took Vadym's mother to the hospital as she
is diabetic. School supplies were purchased and taken to the orphan
halfway house. We had a meeting with the children and staff. It is a
place where children are kept until they go back to their parents, to
adoption or to a permanent orphan home. There was a meeting on Tuesday at
6;00.
Fourteen boxes of clothing came from Cedar Falls, Iowa and they were
checked and stored for distribution. On Thursday there was a meeting and
afterwards we went to Orisas' for a dinner of rabbit. Friday we were to
go to Peters village for a meeting and to distribute clothing but the car
would only go in 3rd and 4th gear so we had to cancel. On Saturday we had
the children's meeting in the park and in the evening we were invited to
Maria's for a very nice dinner. She and her son live in a small room and
have to share cooking and bathroom with other apartments. Her husband had
recently passed away.
On Sunday October 2 we could not go to Lviv for the Breaking of Break as
the car was not working. We had a meeting at 4:30. There were 22
attending with interest. The great doctrines of Romans were being taken
up. On Monday we had the car repaired so the gear shift would work. Cards
with John 3:16, the address and times of the meetings were ordered from
the printer. We were invited to Yaraslav's for a very nice supper. On
Tuesday we visited Oleg in the market. Both are coming to the meetings.
There was a meeting in the evening. After the meeting we visited Mycilo
who has an eye problem and other difficulties.