Monday April 4th
A bright sunny cool day for a trip to Sniatin, one of the men’s mental homes that had asked if we could get a b/p machine and a nebulizer as they had many men with chest problems and nothing to help them breathe. We also took a blood sugar tester. All this for $235.00 from a medical supply store.
The administrator was so happy; I guess they get a lot of promises but not much delivery. We left them two more boxes of clothes as they have a lot of men to clothe.
We then went to the other home, where the administrator had acid thrown in his face. He had a long acjd burn that had come up from one ear to his chin. They have still not found out who did it. We brought them a b/p machine and an electric vacuum cleaner. This home has lovely carpet through most of the building and their vacuum had given up the ghost. They now have a very nice Hitachi vacuum. We tested it in the administrator’s office, you should have seen the dust it got out of about three meters long of carpet. I think it is going to be busy.
We left there and went to the next town, Churnitsky, to a massive Mercedes repair facility to get the turbo on our van checked. A valve had stuck and it was fixed in a hurry. On our way back we stopped to look at 2 used seats for the front of our van. It is meant to have seating for 3 but only had seating for 2.
We bought 2seats that are the same pattern and material as all the others. Now we have seating for 9 including the driver. On the way home, we picked up a mother and 18 year old daughter at a lonely bus stop. They were coming to Ivano and were very glad of the one hour ride instead of 2 or more. The girl, Svetlana and her mother Oxana were invited to meeting on Tuesday.
A long day but a good one.
Tuesday April 5th.
We were supposed to get going early to another home, this one for girls; to take cleaning supplies and clothing but had a little hold up. The last time we were in Kolumia, the Administrator was busy when we spoke to the staff, so this time I spoke to her and one of her supervisors, in her office. They listened very well. These places are off the beaten track of large cities and really are neglected when it comes to the supply of such things as laundry soap, hand soap, shampoo, toilet cleaner and floor cleaner plus much more. We were able to get all this plus toilet paper and deodorant for $58.00. Why is there not any money from the government for these items?
We had meeting at 5pm and a good number were out including the daughter Svetlana, who we picked up from the bus stop yesterday.
After meeting we went to Vadym’s Grand Mother- i-n law’s 83rd birthday party. We didn’t need a meal like that at 7pm. Bang goes my diet for another day.
Malcolm and Dan.
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