Sunday Oct 12 Report #3

We were not planning to go to the assembly in Lutsk today and so did nothave to be up before daylight. We had a light breakfast and prepared for the meeting in the apartment atnoon. It was another lovely fall day, not cold but the leaves falling heavily offthe trees. There has still been no frost yet and so there are still flowersin bloom. After we had read a little, Howard and I decided to go for a walk.There is a lovely ravine right at our apartment and so we walked down it andthen up to the road again. I was really feeling my lack of exercise by thetime we got back but it was a great walk. While we were away Flo had made a large bowl of mixed fruit for those whowould be coming to the meeting. People began to arrive at 11:30 and we started the meeting at about 12:15 assome people have a long way to come on buses and so we wait for those weknow are coming. Several people were sick today and so the total number wasonly 11 people. We sang and then Howard spoke on Ephesians 2 and then Ispoke on the vine in John 15. We may be having a baptism before we come home. A lady named Maria andpossibly a man named Volodia. We will have to use the Baptist church if itis possible to use it on a Sunday. We didn't bother with lunch because we were going to the home of Lesia withMS, to have a meeting at 3pm. Volodia was out and agreed to interpret atLesia's and so there were 5 of us who went. When we got there we found outthat the living room was being renovated, so the meeting was in thekitchen!! It was very crowded before any one arrived. But a lady came with 3children, she is their grandma and is looking after them because theirmother walked out and left them with her. She listened very well along withtwo other girls from a family of five children whose parents are bothalcoholic. Flo has left Lesia some help to feed the five children beforethey go to school, as their mother is rarely sober enough to feed them. We came home and Flo made us a pilameni supper with salad and a chocolatecake one of the ladies had brought for us. I missed my Sunday afternoon nap but made up for it after supper but thematron woke me up so that I would be able to sleep tonight. I think she usedto work in a prison!! Not really, we are doing fine. All for now.God bless.