Eric Fowler's Report #5

   March 11 Report # 5 from Eric Fowler.

We are enjoying our time with Vladimir as our driver interpreter and brother. 

Got food packages to deliver  to Dana, the lady who has the big family. Her family is now grown some and out on their own but still has some coming and going to school. It was her son that died leaving a wife and two children. He had his lost two legs with diabetes.

Went and got a hot plate for the floor where Leanna lives and took her home.  We did plan to go to the street to give out invitations and calendars but it was raining. So we went out to dinner at the Carpathian Kitchen restaurant, where we go when we don't go back to our  apartment.  We bought food for supper as Svetlana's parents are coming for supper. When they came we had  a nice time with them. Personal work is very important in building a local work. To get people      out to meeting one must spend time with them and be one of them.

    Day over now  and tired with talking and answering questions.

 March 12
Heavy rain again today.  Not good for street work again.   So we went and picked up Leanna again, she has been coming every day and spending time with us. We can only pray she has an interest in Salvation. We will see as the time goes by.   

 Went to the Half way house and spoke to 35 children and 4 adults. The children are very well behaved for coming from broken homes. They have been taken from the street and unsuitable homes and are waiting to be put into better homes. They had many question, many are teens.

We had long talk with the head lady.  The war pressure has taken a toll on many. 

 She  then took us to the Invalid lady that lived close by. We had nice talk to her but what a place she has to live in, very sad.  She needs a walker and we will bring one from the apartment.
We then went to a German lady that got  saved in 2006 when I was here with Louie Smith.
We did have a very  had nice visit with her and her son. Deanna made progress for some time
when first saved but got connected with some false teaching and has been having problem spiritually ever since.    

 From there was came home and made supper and had Yaroslav in and talked some on the work here.   We took him home and went got new rim and fixed a flat tire.    Volodia just found out we were driving all the days here with no spare tire.  Came home and got ready to go to Lviv early in the morning.  We will take a young lady, Tanya to airport to fly to Canada. Tania’s family lives in Ivano and we had her for an interpreter on occasions. Some may remember that her mother had cancer of the nose and Christians in Canada and the US gave generously to have plastic surgery to replace her nose. 3 years ago, Tania went to Ontario to work and try to support her mother and 4 brothers. She had been home for 2 weeks to visit her ailing grandfather.

  Leana and her daughter and Maria, Luba's daughter will go with us for weekend in Lviv.  Yaroslav will come on Saturday. We will take bedding and food with us.

A late night getting ready.

March   13
   We were up early and went and picked everyone up. Had a nice trip to lviv and then to the Airport. Edmond and Agnes and Ruslan came to say goodbye to Tania.  That was very nice of them.  She was overwhelmed by the number saying goodby to her. 

We went a treat at McDonald's. Then went to the apartment and had a little rest and got ready for ministry meeting.  There were as just a small number out to meeting, more from Ivano than from Lviv.  I spoke on GODLINESS and the Development of Holiness in a Christian.

The day over and very tired when all in apartment are settled in for the night. O yes went down town after and met with the Jewish man to change money.  The dollar went down at bank much and he gave me 1860 just down 40R.   Gas went down from 2899 to 2599 over night.  The international Bank loaned Ukraine 27 billion so that may have changed things.

                                           Eric and Margie   Fowler    UKRAINE  2015