Ukraine Fall 2009 Report #8

Monday Oct.26 Report #8

Another day of running around trying to get organized as to who and where to visit.

We had planned to visit a man who has come to our meetings and had a severely mentally handicapped boy. He used to live in town but now lives in a village. We started out for the village only to find that he was in Ivano getting some meds for his boy. We turned around and went to the Half Way House home in town but found that the director was in a meeting until the afternoon. So goes the visitation in Ukraine sometimes. One may wonder why we don’t phone up first. There are two reasons. Firstly it is sometimes impossible to get a person on the phone. Secondly, the people we go to are usually at home or work.

We then went to visit a quite ill lady, Maria, who has had numerous spinal surgeries and uses 2 crutches. Needless to say she had cooked us a bountiful lunch which absolutely exhausted her. She lay on the couch while we ate but we did have a great conversation with her and I think that if she is not saved she is really thinking about it.

We then went to pick up a large van that Vadym can use when we go out to the country and take more boxes than before. Well the battery was dead and so I toed it until it went, but Vadym tested the battery and we think it is shot. Well he left it at his garage and we went on our way back to the Half way house and had a good talk with the administrator, Maria (Again!). We found out what the 25 children needed and will go back later and give them out and speak to the children She share with us how that she has to have 3 jobs to support her family, administrator, teacher and one other.

We were invited to visit Tania and her family for tea. Her mother who has had the problem with her nose is able to work again after 2 years of treatment for her loss of the skin on the end of her nose. It is still evident of there having been a problem but a skin graft has made a big difference. All the family were there for the first time, Tania the oldest at 25 and 4 brothers. They all profess to be saved and certainly seem like a very happy family.

We thank God for the opportunity to visit and encourage these different families. We then came home to bed.