Tuesday Nov.3rd Report from Lviv # 16
Our day was not going to be a great day of visiting as most places are either closed or people don’t want visitors. The panic has really taken hold over here. Streets and stores almost deserted compared to usual. Most people wearing masks that the drug stores have boosted in price from 1 R to 5R or more.
People are being gouged by the pharmacies for their medications and yet I heard tonight that there is nothing like the number of pneumonia cases as there usually are at this time of year.
Well we went to get two more prescriptions for needy Christians. I don’t know how they pay for them when we are not here. Two of the people needed medication for liver problems.
We then went to a town 20 km away to see if we could find the grave of the grandfather of a brother in Winnipeg. We didn’t have too much to go on except a last name. I have never looked at so many old graves. It is amazing how many years they have been putting pictures on the headstones. Some photos are 50 to 60 years old and are still clear. We eventually found a grave of a man who may be the one we were looking for.
Our visit reaped something of a blessing when we met a man who was placing a new headstone on a grave. Howard gave him a John 3:16 fridge magnet, he was thrilled as he was a Christian. He willingly took Seed Sowers and a packet of New Testaments. He gave us his name and phone # and would like us to visit his village with Bibles and texts at a later date.
We headed home and had lunch and got ready for meeting at 5pm. Flo arrived from Lviv with Misha and Ruslan. There were about 25 people plus us so the room was well filled. Howard, I then Misha spoke and we were finished in the hour. Lots of farewells and hugs as we left for Lviv.
Misha is going to try to have meetings while we are away.
God bless and please keep praying that none will get the flu and that flights out of Ukraine will not be cancelled.
Malcolm
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