village of Yablunuv, which I understand means "Apple village" . We planned to
make a good day of it and visit the village school first. We spoke to about 30
teens and had a good time with them.
Then we went to the orphanage and took some clothing and 2 boxes of thread for
their sewing room.
Howard took 3 balls he had bought in Lviv with money his 3 grand-daughters had
given him for that purpose. There was one soccer ball and 2 volley balls. That is
so sweet when children in Canada think of children in Ukraine.
Dan then spoke to the children about the lost sheep, using some of the kids.
It went very well.
We then visited the maternity hospital to take some baby blankets for new-borns.
We went in a different door this time and went right up to the ward. We had never
been allowed up before so could not get a picture; this time we did. There was
only one young woman in at that time and so we gave her the blanket and a warm
scarf. She was from a mountain village and so came in a month before she was due.
She was very sweet and very appreciative. I will try to post her picture.
We went back to Ivano and were invited to Svetlana, our interpreter's home for
supper. Her mother prepared a scrumptious supper. As we were finishing, Howard
got up and went to the washroom. When he came back he was shaking uncontrollably.
He had no pain but could not stop shaking and was finding it hard to breath. The
family called the ambulance and it came very quickly with two paramedics. They
checked his B/P and found it very high. They gave him a couple on injections and
said they wanted to take him to the hospital.
He walked down the ambulance and Dan and I followed at break-neck speed. A doctor
checked him out and took a blood sample. He had stopped shaking but felt very
weak. She said there was nothing wrong with his blood and she suggested he go
home, as the hospital was full of people with the flu; so off home we went with
no charges for ambulance or doctor.
Howard laid low yesterday and is almost back to normal today, Wednesday PTL.
Yesterday, Ruslan (our driver in Lviv) came from Lviv with a man who can do most
of the work on the washrooms in Verhovina. He was supposed be here at 9:30 but
didn't arrive until 11:30 because of thick fog all the way here. We headed off to
Verhovia, hoping the fog had lifted, and it had and we had lovely sunshine
through the mountains. We did an assessment of the job and availability of
materials. Ruslan will head up the job for us, once Flo Kancir returns to Canada.
He hopes to start on November 19th. When we have a job like this, it is very
important to have a trustworthy man who will control the expenses. Ruslan will do
that and will come up for a week or two with the man and can stay at the school
dormitory and also get their meals.
It was a very long day and I got back at 6pm, just as the meeting started.
Dan took the meeting as Howard was not up to preaching.
Today we had to speak to two classes of students in the largest school in this
Oblast. Over 1200 from 1 to 12 grades. This was a new school and we have a large
group to speak to again tomorrow. It is also the school where we will be having
the Saturday afternoon Children's Meetings in the Gym.
Our good friends Oleg and Ola wanted to take us out for supper tonight at a new
hotel in the country. We headed in the right direction but turned on what Oleg
thought was the right road but found out 20 or so Kms on, that we were on the
wrong road. We eventually found it, perched on a hill and visible for miles. What
a gorgeous place. Only 3 months old and I would say 6 star rating. We went on a
tour of the rooms. Unbelievable! And only R300 per night or $40.00, including
breakfast. It had a banquet room for 300 guests and they have been doing 2
wedding a week. The Honeymoon suite is included free with a banquet. A great meal
for the 5 of us.
And so to bed, tired but well fed today.
God bless and please don't forget to pray for us.
Malcolm, Dan and Howard.
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