Monday We had an early start to go to a children’s rehab that is called a sanatorium over here. It is located in the foothills of the mountains and is the place I have mentioned before as having the worst roads I have ever had to drive on. However, we found a route that is a little longer but is a good road except for the last 20 or so Kms.
We arrived almost an hour early , due to the better roads, so went for coffee in a little “hole in the wall” cafe. A man who had a few too many vodka’s, noticed we were foreigners and wanted to talk and know all about us. He was still talking as we started to move away. Well at least we left him with a N/T and John 3:16.
We went to the sanatorium and were treated to hot chocolate and cookies before speaking to about 70 children and 10 staff. We really had a great time with good participation. I forgot to mention that Howard stayed back in the apartment to try and fight his sinus cold. He was feeling much better when we got home.
After the meeting we were treated to lunch before heading home.
Tuesday. We went to one of our favorite schools at Petriliv or Peter village and went straight to the school as the Mayor, who we usually visit, was away at a meeting. We were very happy to know we had arrived on the lady Administrator Hannah’s birthday, hence the 4 or 5 beautiful vases of flowers on her table. Before we went to speak to the children, we had to have lunch with her. Avery nice meal topped off with ice cream. We sang “Happy Birthday” to her and then explained that we who were visiting all had 2 birthdays. She listened very well.
We then went upstairs and spoke to all the children. As they do not have an auditorium, they all stand in a wide hallway which does not serve too well to keep their attention as they are rather crowded.
We came on home and prepared for our evening meeting. Good to see about 15 out once again.
Wednesday.
We went to the town of Pasishna, in the hills that we had visited last
week, when all the children were off. We were welcomed by the Vice
Principal who ran ahead of us, getting two classes into one at each
meeting. We eventually spoke 5 times so that would be to 10 classes.
These children were VERY well behaved and participated well when we
spoke. We hurried home to take the van in to get the gear shift mechanism replaced. We had no reverse for two days so had to be pushed out of parking spots at times. Glad to say they got it replaced and no more problems.
We walked over to the Solidarity building at 7pm and had a meeting with 6 people there. The subject being “How do you behave towards difficult or angry people?” One lady is newly saved and has an abusive drunk husband. We hope our remarks were helpful.
We are spending tomorrow getting ready for the Conference in Lviv on Friday - Sunday.
Thank you for caring and praying for us.
Malcolm Howard and Dan.
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