My Visit to Ukraine in October 2016
We I’m off for another month to Western Ukraine, my 24th
visit.
I left Winnipeg on Wednesday the 26th to go to Toronto and on
to Warsaw with LOT Polish Airlines and then into Lviv. All connections were
good, thanks to a good Travel agent in our assembly.
My partner on this trip is new to Ukraine, so Wade Bauld, from Fort
McMurray will have a lot to learn!!We met in Toronto airport but did not sit
together. He sat two rows behind me and finished up with 3 seats to himself, so
could lie down for most of the trip. I had an empty seat between me and a lady
heading to Russia to see relatives.
Edmund and Agnes and Ruslan and Heather Anderson, from the USA plus
Laurence Mc Hugh and his wife Margaret from Ireland met us at Lviv airport. I
have never had an easier check in, 5 minutes at the most and straight through.
We went to Edmund and Agnes apartment for supper and then to our
apartment to freshen up and then SLEEP. The only problem was and is that Wade
is a poor sleeper, so wakes early!! We’ll have to work that out somehow!
Friday evening started the Lviv assembly Conference. People from Ivano
Frankivsk arrived in time for the first meeting in the evening. The number
present made up local people, those from Ivano and a carload from a Slovakian
Assembly, 8 hours away, was very encouraging. The Gospel was preached by to
Canadian brothers, Gilles Plourde and Howard Pratt. Both gave solemn messages.
After a bedtime snack we all headed to our lodgings, visitors to the
Conference were bedded in the apartments in the Baptist Church that is rented
for the Conference.
Saturday came all too soon after not too good a sleep. Breakfast was
served at the church. The first meeting of the day was a Bible reading led by
Brother Laurence, in Colossians chapter 1. There was very good input from
several brothers and the time went very quickly.
The afternoon ministry was taken by three brethren, First Brother Daniel
Moses from Slovakia spoke, then I spoke and then Lawrence McHugh from Northern
Ireland. It seemed that the ministry was appreciated by the comments that
followed. A supper followed and then several returned home, however others stayed
overnight and came to the meeting at the Gospel Hall on Sunday morning.
There were a nice number to break bread in the morning and then another
brother from Slovakia spoke in ministry, followed by Brother Lawrence speaking
to the children.
After a lunch in the hall, we said our farewells to friends, some going
to Slovakia and ourselves returning to Ivano Frankivsk. We were expecting to
have a meeting in Ivano but found there was a senior dance in the building and
it was impossible to have our meeting. We cancelled the meeting and met with
several people in our apartment and had a very profitable time after pizza !
All for now, more later DV.
Malcolm and Wade.
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