Howard Pratt and I arrive safely in Lviv, on Wednesday October 10th. The flights were good and on time, but tiring because of quite long wait times. This much better than having short wait times between flights, if the plane happens to be late arriving.
This was our first time we had not been met by Flo Kancir and was rather sad, however, faithful Ruslan and Edmund and Agnes Johnson were all there to meet us. The arrivals process was amazing in the massive new airport. It was my first time in it. It was completed in time for the World soccer games, one sector of which was played in the new Stadium in Lviv. We were in and out of the terminal in less than 10 minutes. 10 or 12 customs officers and no questions!
We took our bags to the “empty” apartment that was Flo’s. It had been cleaned up beautifully by Ruslan and his wife Tania. we then went to Edmund and Agnes for supper. Then headed to prayer and ministry meeting, where we were asked to give a wee word. Well I almost missed the ministry as I dozed off in the prayer meeting but woke up with a jolt! I guess we usually have a sleep when we arrive, but not this time. However I think it was the best thing for us to have done, as we both slept for 8 hours and have not suffered from jet lag as yet.
Edmund had arranged for us to go to the Carpathian mountains and visit the needy people there on Thursday. We headed out at 10am, loaded up with 3 boxes of clothing and food for about 20 families. We were met by Natalia, the first guide we had, who says she was saved when interpreting for me from the 2-roads Chart, many years ago. She was able to take us to the families who need the food the most. We went to her sister’s house (who has 14 children) and a group of women and children had arrived by the time we had had some tea and a snack. I was selected to speak to the people before we gave out the clothing and food. As I spoke of the appointment we will all have with death and spoke of Flo’s dying, several ladies were tearful as they remembered her kindness for so many years. I impressed them with the possibility of being with her when they die, if they only trust Christ.
We were quite tired as we travelled home but had enough strength to eat a good supper with Edmund and Agnes. Then home to bed and another good sleep.
We planned to go to the Bible Society and get some bibles we had paid for when last here, but had not picked up yet. We found there were 40 boxes of them. They were really heavy and filled the back of the van.
Tonight there was a bibles study at the meeting. It went well, but 4 of the men were missing. Some working away from home, some, sadly not making an effort to get out to the weeknight meetings. This is a typical problem here that, when God blesses and finds them work, they allow it to keep them from coming to meetings. This is a very hard decision for the men to make, seeing that they make such poor wages. We would like to encourage them that God is no man’s debtor. Edmund would like us to address this problem probably on Sunday DV.
All for now. Please pray for us as we seek to know God’s direction for each day that we are here.
Malcolm & Howard
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