Long delayed report.due to poor internet connection.
Howard and I have certainly not had a holiday here having many meetings each week with ministry or a children's meeting in Lviv each Sunday and then returning to Ivano Frankivsk for a gospel meeting on Sunday evening. Numbers varied from 12 to 30 each time in Ivano.
It has been good to see many friends we have known here since our first visit to Ivano in 2003.
The weather has been lovely with temps in the upper teens C and no rain until yesterday.
One thing has been especially exciting has been the Wednesday and Thursday meetings in the apartment with generally, invited people who are showing an interest in spiritual things. It is an "around the table" event with either a subject we may suggest or one that may be a concern to them. They have been about 1 to 2 hours long with some lunch to follow. Some are saved others are seeking so a most interesting time.
One of my most exciting contacts to come, was the wife and daughter of a former interpreter and driver, who we feel may have gotten saved at some time. Dema, our young interpreter and brother in in the assembly, had his sister Tania visiting from Toronto where she is working now. She was visiting her mother Nadia, the lady many of you will remember as having to have new nose built after cancer, who we were able to help at that time. These contacts along with others are very special, we only hope that their professions of faith are genuine.
Dan and Dema have had a meeting for and with children from homes in an area, on Saturday mornings for several years. They meet for games in a workshop for handicapped children that has a multitude of pieces of equipment they can use. After the fun time there is a bible lesson and then a quiz and memory verse. The they take them all for a hot meal in a nice restaurant. Several of these children come to Llviv on Sunday to help swell the Sunday school there.
Each day we try to travel, either in the city or to other villages and towns to Schools and orphanages, to both take humanitarian clothing an many other items and to give them a gospel message, usually with both of us speaking. Many of the places have been visited in past visits and we are really welcomed by staff and children.
This all mounts up to a lot of preaching to a variety of audiences in a variety of venues.
we trust that all is to the Glory of God and not to self.
On a lighter side, even though the ground has been dry for weeks, we have mosquitoes in the apartment. No windows open, no outside door on this third floor, but one or two each night.
thankfully we found a body spray we use each night and it seems to work.
I hope to find how to put some of the many photos I have on the website or blog when I get home, so as to better show life in this country of Ukraine.
Next Friday begins the Conference in Lviv. We are taking about 30 people from Ivano Frankivsk and are hoping to see lives changed at this time.
Please pray for this event and our last days here.
Malcolm and Howard.
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