News from Ivano

Well at last the rain stopped and we had a nice dry day. We wanted to get
things ready for the meeting tonight and the room was a mess so we went
round after picking another 12 chairs the same as the other ones. We were
expecting more people tonight.
One of the ladies was waiting for us when we got there with her squeegee
ready to wash all the filthy windows. She worked on them for over 3 hours
inside and out good glass and broken panes but did a great job. We had
bought oilcloth for the shelves so I cut that and lined all the shelves,
then another two sisters came and started to put clothes on the shelves in
size and age order. Did a great job but didn’t even get to Flo’s load we
brought up and the shelves were loaded.
Once the boxes were out of the way we vacuumed with Vadyms vacuum and the
room looked really nice.. Vadym and Howard went to get haircuts while I
finished off and then we went home to clean up and change for meeting at
5pm.
Well the meeting is now over and we filled all the chairs, what a good job
we got the new ones. There were quite a few new ones who seemed very
interested and in fact stayed long after the meeting to talk etc. We have
arranged to have a picnic on Saturday if the weather stays nice. We are
going to a picnic ground near the river in the city so
will not need a bus.
We are starting to visit some poor people today with Maria who is doing all
the organizing of the visits and distribution of clothes. It looks as if the
best plan is for one needy family at a time come to the room and she will
fit their kids then. It is too difficult to guess what size their kids are.
I think that is all for now.
Malcolm