Today was our first trip to visit needy people here. We travelled about 45 minutes out of Lviv into the country and found much less snow on the fields than we had in the city. It looks as though they did not have the snowfall of 2 nights ago.
We were travelling alongside a railway track for some of the way and then stopped at a "station" on the side of the road. I use the word "station" loosely as there was a concrete platform and a derilect building a few meters away.
Ruslan our driver got out and walked over the tracks and into a wood where we could see a number of tents made of plastic sheeting. He then returned with a group of men and children who had come to greet us and carry the boxes of clothes and the food we had brought for them.
Everone was very excited and most greeted us with the words "Slava Boga" or "praise God". We then made our way to the camp through mud and wet grass and came into the middle of the camp. By this time, the women had come and most of them were carrying babies. The condition of the clothing that the children were wearing was aweful, worn out, too big and dirty. Some only had a man's sweater that was so long it dragged in the mud.
They all gathered around and we told them of the love of Jesus, they listened very well and have probably had some preaching at other times. When Ruslan prayed at the end there were so many others "praying" it was hard to hear him. We think there may have been some Pentacostal contacts at some time in the past.
We are having some Christians in for supper tonight and off to Lusk tomorrow with two van loads.
Malcolm
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