Malcolm’s Report #5 Oct 29 -31. Nov.1
Wednesday.
Thankfully, the snow that fell last weekend has gone and
except for mud is some holes, things are quite nice. We still need a jacket as it
is still cool.
Today we spent time in town, going to the ½ way House as we call
it, where children are brought, waiting to be rehabilitated from their poor or
unfit homes to, either an orphanage or other family members. This time, there
was a real difference, as usually there are school age children, this time
there were over 20 pre-school children. The administrator was not there but the
children were all gathered and very attentive. One of the senior girls was very
good at keeping the little one attentive while I spoke to them for 15 minutes.
We left them 3 boxes of clothes and gave them all candies.
We then went to visit our landlady to pay up until the end
of the year. She wanted to increase our rent by 20% but after I said we would
have to look for somewhere else, she relented with 10% increase. We do have a
very good location with good security, on the ground floor and for the vehicle,
which makes it a premium location.
Thursday,
We planned to go and visit a Christian Pentecostal family in
a village about an hour away. Dan and Eric had met Uri and Oxana some time ago
and we have tried to keep in touch. They have 4 children, the youngest on 3
months old. They have managed to secure a pristine little farm home for only
$7,000. Uri was saved in prison and has gone on very well for the Lord. He had
just gone back to Poland to work so that he can pay of his loan on the house.
We picked Oxana up in a nearby town where she had gone to
buy medicine for the baby and then made our way to the “farm”, for that is
really what it is, with a pig a goat and 20 or so chickens. There were 2 VERY
shy neighbour girls, who had looked after the baby. Oxana asked if we would
like coffee, we agreed. First came borsht soup followed by pork and buckwheat
(which I can’t stand), a plateful of garlic and last but not least, coffee!
I mentioned it would be nice to have a children’s lesson
with the 2 girls. Well WHIZZ they were out the door. 10 minutes later they came
back and I barred the door and we gave them the lesson. 11 and 13 years old and
probably never been to Sunday school.
Friday.
On the way home yesterday we heard something rubbing on a
tire. We found the splash guard in the fender had dropped down so booked it into
the garage for 9am this morning. It was an easy fix but then they decided to
fix the read shock that has given us problems. Well there was only one man who
could weld and he was busy for over an hour. We left and went to get a table we
had bought for our apartment and brought it home and set it up. We came home
had supper and read a little and for the first time since her, went to bed
early.
Saturday
As we have written earlier, the Christian woman Dana
recently lost her son, so we wanted to visit her and give our condolences.
While there, we asked what happened with her unfinished kitchen. She informed
us that she had run out of money to put in the kitchen counter and sink and had
no running water in the kitchen. We will not weary you with the details, but
the person given responsibility to complete the job, absconded with the
remaining money leaving Dana and her husband to have to loan money to close in
the outside doorway that was left without a door. As we had been given funds
for such eventualities, we felt we should get her an inexpensive set of
cupboards. We were able get a 6 ft set of upper and lower cupboards and
stainless sink and taps on sale for under $200.00 plus $40 for a carpenter to
put them in today! I will try to remember to take pictures when they are all
finished.
After we left there we went to our dear lady Natalia, who is
in the last stages of MS we fear. She is a dear lady who is ready to meet her
Lord. Her mother gave us lunch. We prayed and left them with money for the
adult pampers Natalia needs daily. They cost over $10 per bag here.
We spent some time with Ola, Sasha’s mother and had tea and
homemade cheese cake and then came home to get ready for meeting in Lviv
tomorrow. 5 of us will be going tomorrow.
Thank you for praying for us, our trip is over half over and
there’s much still to do.
Malcolm and Howard.
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