Wednesday Nov 4th Report #17
Before we could get out, a shipment of33 boxes came from Seattle and had to be stacked in the various bedrooms. We were glad to get glasses but will not have much time to distribute any of them.
We then went to visit a family of 5 children who are being raised by a father and old uncle. There are 3 girls and 2 boys. Martha is the oldest at 14 and has to be mother as their mother left them when the youngest boy was 6 months old. The father, Roman, was at work but we were received royally. All the children were home as schools are all closed.
They live in an old log type house with 3 rooms. The middle one is a utility type room. The place was spotless, as usual, and everything was tidy. All the children are absolutely delightful. Happy and appreciative of what we brought them. Martha said that they all help to keep the house clean and clean it through twice a week.
I noticed that the one boy, Uri was wearing glasses that looked rather bent. I asked him for them and saw that they had been all soldered up by his father. We decided that we would get him some new glasses as he had to sit about 12 inches away from something to read it. We found out that his little brother Vasil needed glasses but had never had any. We planned to contact their father when he came home.
Flo had brought a large bag of clothes and these were distributed much to their delight.
We left with a real feeling of sadness that these kids had no mother that loved and cared for them.
We came home and prepared for meeting. There were about 16 out as some were sick or working.
We both spoke as Misha had a head ache and was not out.
After meeting we had lunch and talked about the baptism of Vasil to be held on Saturday Noon at the Baptist church in Lviv. We were hoping for more than one to be baptized but as yet have not heard of any more.
All for now
Malcolm.
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