Report #13 from Ivano

Report #13 for Thursday April 9, 2009

The day started out looking like rain but did not rain until 8pm while we were in meeting with thunder and lightening. (The thunder was not in the meeting!)

We had a mixed day today with shopping for some medicines we could not get the other day. We now have fixed everyone who attends the meetings with the meds they need. We have no idea what they will do once they are used up as none of them can afford to buy them.

We visited one old lady, the mother of Luda who attends all our meetings and used to play the piano at Solidarity. She and her mother live in an almost unbelievably cramped room in an apartment. Luda’s daughter and husband live in the other part of the apartment with a child or two, plus 3 cats. We cannot imagine living like that but many people over here do. We had a good talk with the mother and hope that she has the truth of the matter of salvation.

We visited the warehouse for four more bags of product for four more very needy people, again happy to get the 5% discount.

We went for a quick lunch at the Carpathian Kitchen and then headed to visit Lesia who has been to every meeting since we first came to Ivano. She told us she had been saved at the first meetings we had when meeting at Solidarity. That was good news. Her husband was there but does not come out to meeting; he is out of work at present. He is a driver and used to drink but Lesia told him that if he didn’t quit, she would divorce him and so he quit. Now if only he would get saved.

We went straight from lunch to her house and she had prepared lunch for us. We had to decline as we were more than full. She has 4 children so it will not be wasted.

It was then time to visit Tania and her mother who has just returned from surgery in Kiev. This is a very sad situation as mother (can’t remember her name, think it is Luba) has had to spend thousands of Rhivney going back and forth to Kiev to try and find what is wrong with her nose. The end is now raw and red and always wet. Nothing they can do makes it heal. Part, or may be all of the problem is that the first thing they did was freeze her nose and they admitted freezing it too much. It is so sad as she is still a young woman and is so embarrassed by it. It has tested not to be cancer but may need skin grafting which is way out of her range to afford.

I took close up pictures and hope to show them to some doctor who may have a remedy.

At 5pm we had what may be our last meeting with the room almost full again. God gave help I felt.

We may have a light “going away” picnic tomorrow at 4pm if the weather is nice.

All for today, good night and thank you for all your prayer support, it has been felt.

Louis and Malcolm