A SHORT VERSION OF EVERY DAY FROM MAY 20th TO 26th.
GREETINGS ....
May 20 .......
We loaded van the with boxes of clothing again, early in morning and then picked up Yaroslav and his son and son's wife. We then went for the 2 hour ride to the villiage where his wife lives with her mom who is 79 and fell twice and now isn't very well. They were happy to have us and it was great to see the Dear old lady again. It is the last time I will see her here, she got saved in 2007 and was baptized that year as well. I was a joy to see her and to see the joy we brought to her just to visit one of the REDEEMED.
May 20 .......
We loaded van the with boxes of clothing again, early in morning and then picked up Yaroslav and his son and son's wife. We then went for the 2 hour ride to the villiage where his wife lives with her mom who is 79 and fell twice and now isn't very well. They were happy to have us and it was great to see the Dear old lady again. It is the last time I will see her here, she got saved in 2007 and was baptized that year as well. I was a joy to see her and to see the joy we brought to her just to visit one of the REDEEMED.
We returned to Ivano and then left for Lviv. We have to
be there all nIght to go to a Village near Lviv and speak to about 35
children. Edmond goes there every second Saturday so we have been there
many times and children looking forward to the visit. Had
nice ride to Lviv ...Dan took us part way and Edmond came to meet us. A
nice sleep on the rough bed there.
May 21
Edmond was late 1/2 hour and that meant Ruslan had to drive faster to get there. Had nice visit with the 33 children there. We then had a nice visit with the family who organizes it, they have 7 children. I wanted a gift for some one in Ivano and Vladimir got it for me and he came for visit and gave it to me. Another sleep in Lviv.
May 22
Edmond was late 1/2 hour and that meant Ruslan had to drive faster to get there. Had nice visit with the 33 children there. We then had a nice visit with the family who organizes it, they have 7 children. I wanted a gift for some one in Ivano and Vladimir got it for me and he came for visit and gave it to me. Another sleep in Lviv.
May 22
Worship meeting at 11am. 5 came from Ivano
but some missing. I spoke later on 1 Cor. 3 .....
being careful how we build and what we build our Lives with ...and if it will
stand the test of the fire of God approval. Then back to Ivano for the 6 o'clock meeting. 35 were out, a nice crowd. I
spoke on the Lord's return and the importance of BEING READY.
Day over tired from the week traveling.
May 23
We bought potatoes and
Onions for 3 families and an Orphanage. Delivered some and then let a very
poor and shy lady come for clothing for her and her brother. Two
years ago we got to know her some. Another brother was dying and did die while
we were here and I made a lot of visits to him as he wanted to know how to die,
he was afraid we do believe he got saved before he did die. He
loved the verse he found the truth through and had it on his wall where he
could see it . In fact my last visit was just 2 hours before he
died. God is a good and gracious God.
Went to Luba's village and saw her mother in Law, she is a
very sweet old lady who got assurance a year ago that her sins are forgiven and
loves you to read and tell her things from the Bible. She now can't see to read
and misses it very much. We went to Pony Tail Luka's for supper when we
came back and then to a Drug store for medicine for Orphanage.
We came home and
opened boxes of clothing and repacked to take to Peters village and to the
orphanage in the Mountain. Louisa came to play a few games and talk
.
May 24
Early in morning went to the Hospital to meet with the Head Doctor. Took him a box of
men's clothing for workers at the Hospital. We also left him some medical supplies I sent from Newfoundland . We then went to the baby's hospital and gave out 21 bag's to ladies who had new babies. We also had tea with head nurse and met the lady who sells the mops we buy for the Hospital. We then went to dinner . Then we went to get Natalia's medicine, the lady with MS. We had the wrong medicine and had to change it . We came back with little time to rest and get ready for meeting. We had 35 out which was great for summer and planting time and nice weather. Then after meeting Dana and Leanna and Dema's mom came for clothing. We had tea with everyone. A long day for sure .....
May 24
Early in morning went to the Hospital to meet with the Head Doctor. Took him a box of
men's clothing for workers at the Hospital. We also left him some medical supplies I sent from Newfoundland . We then went to the baby's hospital and gave out 21 bag's to ladies who had new babies. We also had tea with head nurse and met the lady who sells the mops we buy for the Hospital. We then went to dinner . Then we went to get Natalia's medicine, the lady with MS. We had the wrong medicine and had to change it . We came back with little time to rest and get ready for meeting. We had 35 out which was great for summer and planting time and nice weather. Then after meeting Dana and Leanna and Dema's mom came for clothing. We had tea with everyone. A long day for sure .....
May 25
We were up early and packed boxes in van for the mountain trip. We will stay over night. We took food to an old lady before going out of town. We have boxes for an orphanage and for the Baptist Group there. We have some Bibles, texts and printed literature for the Baptist Group. It's a long drive 2 hours but Dan went out of the City the wrong way and went long way to the mountains and the ROUGH way. My patience which has been tried in so many different ways was stretched to it's new limits. We arrived there finally and meet the Principal Oxana and had a nice visit. We saw some of the Students but It's year end and we knew we would not be able to speak to them but still chose to come.
We saw the place they fixed up for Girls to learn to cook and serve coffee to make little money for the orphanage. We did sleep well and my wife was extra tired for sure ........
May 26
We went to the orphanage for breakfast and it was just great to eat as the children eat. Oxsana will go away for all day and have meetings about the school summer camp. We called Peter from the Baptist group last night and he was very happy for our coming as he is in town for a day and we met him at 10. He had a time for people from 5 villages to come for clothing and literature and was happy for all that I had for him, clothing included. We had the book “Sergie” ..who jumped boat off BC in Canada. Our Brother Roy Foster from Newfoundland had it done in Ukraine Language and we had some to give with the other literature but we got a suprise, as about 150 was there and he allowed us 45 min. to preach the Gospel to them We had an exercise about this area for so long and God opened the door in a day unexpectedly ......an AMAZING HEAVENLY FATHER .
We were up early and packed boxes in van for the mountain trip. We will stay over night. We took food to an old lady before going out of town. We have boxes for an orphanage and for the Baptist Group there. We have some Bibles, texts and printed literature for the Baptist Group. It's a long drive 2 hours but Dan went out of the City the wrong way and went long way to the mountains and the ROUGH way. My patience which has been tried in so many different ways was stretched to it's new limits. We arrived there finally and meet the Principal Oxana and had a nice visit. We saw some of the Students but It's year end and we knew we would not be able to speak to them but still chose to come.
We saw the place they fixed up for Girls to learn to cook and serve coffee to make little money for the orphanage. We did sleep well and my wife was extra tired for sure ........
May 26
We went to the orphanage for breakfast and it was just great to eat as the children eat. Oxsana will go away for all day and have meetings about the school summer camp. We called Peter from the Baptist group last night and he was very happy for our coming as he is in town for a day and we met him at 10. He had a time for people from 5 villages to come for clothing and literature and was happy for all that I had for him, clothing included. We had the book “Sergie” ..who jumped boat off BC in Canada. Our Brother Roy Foster from Newfoundland had it done in Ukraine Language and we had some to give with the other literature but we got a suprise, as about 150 was there and he allowed us 45 min. to preach the Gospel to them We had an exercise about this area for so long and God opened the door in a day unexpectedly ......an AMAZING HEAVENLY FATHER .
Then the long journey home but the right way 2 hours on rough
road but better then the long way.
When back in town we met Leanna and Mariena and took them to supper.
Then we did boxes to take to Peters village to the Mayor tomorrow.
TIRED EVER SO TIRED ..BUT OK ...doing the will of the Lord .....
Eric and Margie
Eric and Margie
