Report #11 from Malcolm
Monday Oct. 8th.
Went to the airport 50 minutes before the flight to Munich, only to find it had left one hour earlier due to the daylight time change being changed here in Ukraine and no one had notified us of the change. I was the second in line to be told the same thing.
Oh well, God must need me here for another couple of days as the next flights out are on Thursday. I phoned Jean and she was able to book me again with Aeroplan except that I must overnight in Frankfurt.
I guess I learned a good lesson to check flights a day or so before flying.
At least I will be here for the Wednesday night meeting and we are going to the Carpathian mountains tomorrow.
Tuesday.
After loading up 8 boxes plus the 3 or so of Edmund and Agnes’s, we headed off to stock up on food items from the local department store, before hitting the road for the Carpathian Mountain town of Holovesco. On the way we stopped at the town of Strei to drop off some clothing for the doctor who carves wooden figures, and whose son was recently hit by a bus and received head injuries. We met his mother on the road and she said he was doing well now and was back at school. PTL.
We then headed to the mountains on a nice bright day. Everything looks nice in its fall colours, but we did not see any signs of snow, which was a blessing as they do get very much snow. We met our “guide” Natalia, who has been our guide to the poorest families in the region. She is an English teacher in the 2 small schools in the two villages close by. We went to one of these villages and waited as the people gathered. Some walked down the mountain side as the houses are mostly up the mountains. When we had a crowd, I spoke a word in the gospel. They listened very respectfully. We then gave each family produce and clothing.
We then went back to one of Natalia’s sister’s home, who has 14 children. She gave us lunch and when we had finished about 15 or so women and children had gathered outside. Edmund spoke to them and then we gave out the rest of the produce and clothes. It had turned rather cold as the sun set behind the mountains and we were glad to get in van and head home after a very good day. Natalia was one of the “first fruits of Holovesko”. When we went there many years ago, she got the people together in the community hall and interpreted the 2-roads chart for us. She told us later that she trusted in Christ as she interpreted the chart. She is now married with 2 little girls.
Wednesday was a “get ready for meeting and going home” sort of day, but we had a nice prayer and gospel meeting in the evening.
Thursday we made sure we were at the airport in time and everything went well. I had to stay overnight in Frankfurt so it meant I got home on Friday afternoon, weary but not as tired as other times.
Thank all of you for praying for me and Dan and Howard at Ivano Frankivsk and Flo and Heather in Lviv. All except Dan will be heading home this month, Dan is staying until January. Please pray for him.
I will send an update on the work going to begin in Verkovna school, following this report.
God bless and keep you all in His love.
Malcolm
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