Fall 2011 Visit : Report #4

Report #4 Friday Oct 20 to Oct 22.

The day was wet and miserable all day and quite cool. We had a number of things to do and the first was to track down a missing weigh bill from MEEST. There was no real need for it but we just wanted to make sure we had paperwork. We went to the MEEST office, just around the corner and after about 20 minutes were told that the bills were at the garage. A man was in the office and offered to guide us to the garage. I couldn’t believe it! It must have been 5 miles away. All that way to pick up one piece of paper.

We then went to get some things from Walmart, (not spelt the same in Ukrainian). Dan was in an isle when a bag in a ladies cart jumped and scared the life out of him. It was a live fish, they sell them out of the tank. Anyway, she spoke beautiful English and is an English teacher. She invited us to please come to her school and speak to the children. We will certainly look forward to that.

We had to work on the invitations for the children’s meeting we are going to have in the school gym.
I made two different sized posters, one large in colour and one small in black. Dan then went out in the rain and stapled signs to the apartment doors in the vicinity of the school.

Saturday came dry but cloudy and so we headed off to get some sports equipment for the gym. It is an amazing sports store with just about anything a person would want in that line.
We got to school just before 2pm and were let into the gym. After about 15 minutes the first boy came and then 2 more. Dan played some games and as no more were coming we had a little Bible lesson and they went home with invitations to bring others in two weeks, as we will be in Lviv next week for Conference.
We had two invitations to visit people who come to meeting. Michaelo is an old man that came out to meeting regularly but then had to have eye surgery. He then started to have serious vertigo and could not walk on his own. His wife and son come out to all the meetings. They need winter boots badly and we will try to get her some on Tuesday.
We then went to Maria’s, just one of the several Maria’s we have contacted. She is a baptized believer who just lost her husband who had been sick for years. She lives in one room with her son. She has to share the cooking area and wash rooms, but can she ever prepare a meal fit for a king. We were very over full when we headed home to get ready for Sunday.
All for now.
God bless and please keep praying.
Malcolm and Dan.