Report #26, Nov 4

Report 26 for Tuesday Nov 4th

Another day of thick fog but not too cold, just damp.

We had planned to go and see a family that was new to me but Howard had
visited several times in the past. The wife Maria, was a nurse with Tania,
Ruslan's wife. We had to travel about an hour and the traffic was terrible
today for some reason. Driving in Ukraine has to be experienced to be
understood. Well we were in the middle of nowhere when Ruslan turned into
this narrow lane with high sandy sides on it, down into this little
community of about 4 houses that looked as if they all touched. They all
seemed to have a little farm yard of their own with ducks and chickens all
over the place. The house where Maria and her husband Uri lived was the last
house. It was Uri's mother's house and did not look at all inviting from the
outside; however, once we got inside it was very neat and clean with plenty
of carpets on the floor and walls.

It was not long before their 10 or 11 year old daughter Bojana (or something
like that) came in, after walking the 2 kilometers home from school. This
home had a very sad experience a few years ago, when their son was killed on
the road near their home. Flo says it took a long time for them to get over
the grieving process. The fact that they are not Christians yet, didn't
help, I suppose.

We visited and then Maria set the table and brought out the chicken soup,
perogies, and a plate of fried ham and sausage. After this there was tea or
coffee and a huge plate of home made cakes. Uri works at a meat processing
plant as a plant engineer. After dinner we got into a good conversation with
the gospel and also explained a 2-roads chart. They all listened very well
and made good comments. We can only hope that the Light of the gospel will
shine into their hearts.

We left for home loaded with poppy-seed cake and a jug of milk and with many
hugs and kisses. (A Ukrainian tradition, you understand???)

We came home and prepared for meeting tonight and then flaked out for an
hour (after preparing of course). We had a nice number come for our last
meeting here and felt the Lord's blessing on the messages.

Lord willing we are heading out again tomorrow,

Love to all.
Malcolm and Howard.