Lviv

We had a nice turnout on Sunday for meeting and it was nice for Gilles to get re-acquainted wtih everyone and also for Avrell to meet new people. It was a pretty quiet day.
Monday Gilles and I headed out to our Ukrainian lessons. We decided that we would be staying in Lviv because Gilles is having a terrible time getting his sleep pattern turned around.
Flora and Avrell, along with Misha's helper (Misha the carpenter) and Sasha the plumber and of course Ruslan all headed out to Yosopovitchy. Sasha went along to measure for the plumbing that would be needed to finish off the rest of the plumbing repairs that were needed on the school side of the building. Misha's helper (Sorry I don't know his name) went to put together the shelves that were fabricated to replace the old lockers the children had to put their clothes in. The windows were also measured in view of replacing the old ones. There are five that need replacing at the cost of approximately $400. each. Also the necessary bathroom needs were assessed, ie. new toilets, sinks, plumbing, drains etc... The ceiling in the children's bedroom was being painted. So a lot of work is going into the little Yosopovitchy orphanage again to finish off everything that is needed to make the place liveable. The director has often commented on the fact that if it wasn't for the Christians who donated so much for all the repairs there, they would be in a very bad state. When all the work will be done it will certainly be good for fifteen or twenty years at the least. Another thing that was repaired was the collapsing ceiling in the dining area in the school side of the orphanage. Because of wetness in the "attic" the ceiling was collapsing in an area of about six by six feet. That was all repaired and the attic problems taken care. There is a new roof on the building so that shouldn't be an issue again.
Tuesday we had an afternoon time set to go give out shoe boxes at the little children's orphanage on Pacitchna Street. There are about 100 children all under the age of 7 here. They all gathered together and each "class" put on a little presentation for us, dancing and singing their songs. It was really sweet to see them. When Flo asked the director if there was anything that was needed for the kids, she answered "Yes, I need parents for these children". It is hard to imagine there are so many kids with no families and this is only one of many many such orphanages in Lviv and in Ukraine. Gilles spoke to the kids about Jesus and afterwards we gave out the shoe boxes to the kids. They were all very very happy to get these.
In the morning, I took the bus to Flo's to go get Avrell. It was another cool rainy day. We then returned to the center to our apartment where Avrell was able to access the internet and get in touch with her friends and family.
Later in the day, we saw the Meest bus pulling up to the building. Twenty one boxes were delivered from Canada. We have our work cut out for the next couple of days sorting out all the clothing that came in.