Report #7 Friday April 13th and Saturday 14th
Friday was Good Friday here but it seems they celebrate Sunday to Tuesday more than today. Everywhere was open but we find that many people are fasting and there was not much activity in the evening with many restaurants closed.
Volodia was planning to go back to Lviv on the bus so we asked him to go with us first to see Natalia, the lady I have visited for the 12 years I have been coming; who has MS and is gradually worsening. She is 39 years old and cannot sit herself up or keep herself up without lots of pillows. She is so sweet, even though she has no feeling in her arms or legs. She calls on the telephone by picking up a pencil in her teeth and dialing, when the phone is near enough. Her mother looks after her at home.
We took Volodia to the bus station and then went to pick up Luba and her daughter and went to get some seed for her grandma in the village. As we pulled out onto the main road, the back door of the van opened and two of our spare wheels which we were taking for storage, rolled out and down the road. I stopped at once and Dan got out and retrieved one from the road and one from the ditch. Fortunately, no cars hit them or Dan!
We then went to the big Walmart store and bought food for the poor people who have been coming to the meetings. We got 13 of each item, mainly staples such as flour, sugar, cooking oil and macaroni; plus tea, rice and mayonnaise. We got big plastic bags and bagged them all in the store.
Rained most of the day and into the night, supposed to be wet for several days.
Saturday April 14th.
We set out to give out the bags to the families, as we didn’t want to give them out in meeting. We had a terrible job finding some of the apartments; there is very little order in the numbering the apartments.
We then went to see if we could get our headlights checked, as they seem too high on low beam and people are flashing their lights. Nobody knew where we could get them checked though so will have to ask again.
We looked around to find a cafe for supper, but most were closed. We eventually found one we had been to before in a basement. It is a great little restaurant with amazing food. We were two of six people in there so got excellent service. I gave our waitress a “million Dollar tract” and she stood and read the whole thing out loud in English and seemed very interested.
Headed home in the rain and got ready for meeting in Lviv and here on Sunday.
Keep praying, it works!
Malcolm and Dan.
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