Report #14 from Ivano

The day started rather cloudy but turned out rather hot although by evening it was raining quite heavily. The rain was needed as there has been none since the snow left.

We had some last minute visiting to do before we leave. The first was a lady we had visited in hospital. Her name is Maria. She is a very lovely lady who is suffering from some serious back problem that really affects her walking ability. She also has sugar diabetes and a liver problem, other than that she is fine! I don’t mean to be funny but you would not know she has these problems as she is not a complainer. When we arrived, her sister greeted us as she had come to be with Maria since she came out of hospital. They were determined to feed us with a full meal and soon had it on the table. We took the opportunity to speak to them about the gospel and at least Maria may be saved. We left her a new testament the last time we were here and she told her she had read through it and believed what it said and had preached it to people in the hospital.

Her sister Natasha listened very well and certainly has the fear of God about her. We took her phone # and will visit her when we go to her village.

Louis had brought his late wife Pat’s blood sugar tester to give to some one with diabetes and will leave this with Maria, once he gets the necessary test strips.

We then went to see an old friend Olegh from Solidarity in his stall at the market. We needed a receipt for some funds he had received some time ago. We will have to get it tomorrow as he did not have his stamp with him. It was good to see him again.

We then met Jania in the market with her handicapped daughter, to buy her daughter some shoes. She has very small feet and finds it very difficult to find shoes. We managed to find some which made them very happy and appreciative. They are both saved and attend all the meetings.

At 4pm we had arranged to meet all those who come to the meetings, to come to the park for a “picnic”. We bought a big box of mixed cookies and several bottles of pop and about 20 of us had a nice time together. At the end I spoke for a few moments about the sorrows of parting but as least those of us who are saved will all meet in Heaven one day. Of course there many tears as Louis finished off with a little farewell too.

They all said they would be faithful to attend any meetings that were held in our absence. It started to rain just as we finished.

We went home for a while and then went to Vadym’s old apartment where his wife had prepared us a nice supper. It is very interesting how laid back these people are about when supper time is. Vadym said she was expecting us just after 5pm. We eventually arrived just before 7pm and ate at about 7:30pm! No one gets flustered; just eat when you get there!

We came home after that as Vadym had to fix 2 cars that people had brought to the house for him to fix electrical problems. He really is very skilled at this, finding problems and the cure on the internet or his diagnostic equipment.

We headed to bed quite weary at 11pm.

All for now, one more day in Ivano and then we go back to Lviv.

Thanks for the interest.

Malcolm and Louis.