We are having a busy couple of weeks. On Tuesday Laurie and I joined Jay Don and Mary Lee on visiting a sanatorium about an hour outside of Donetsk. The people their greeted us very warmly and the kids gave us a little performance. They were very cute. The Church of Christ has been helping this sanatorium for many years so they very much appreciate us visiting them.
The big blue thing is a 28 year old washing machine that just broke. I have never seen anything like it before but that is what they have been using up to now.Wednesday morning and afternoon Vova and I returned to the Tuberculosis hospital and moved all the sand that was delivered. 10 tonnes of sand! I was pretty tired after that.
Laurie's parents returned to us on Wednesday evening and so we have been catching up with them on their trip to Poland and Prague. The Rogers also had all of us over for a dinner on Thursday night which was a great blessing. Then Friday was preparation for graduation and Laurie and I had a Russian lesson that evening as well.
Saturday was a happy and a sad day. Happy because UBI had nine graduates this year but sad because they won't be around anymore. This is one of the blessings of being apart of a small school. Everyone knows each other. And love and care amongst everyone is apparent. Here are the graduates below.
Then today I had the opportunity to speak in service so that was good for me. The congregation we have been going to on a regular basis has really welcomed us. We enjoy being with them and I think they enjoy us as well. We have developed a few relationships with the teens. It has been easier to get to know them even with a language barrier because they are more willing to be silly and act out what they are trying to communicate with us. Can anyone figure out the verse on the wall in the picture below?
And right now we are packing. Vova invited all of us (Laurie, her parents and myself) to come visit him in Dnipropetrovsk. A city that is known for manufacturing rockets for the former USSR. It used to be a closed city because of so, but now, since Ukraine has gained its independence, it has been opened. So we are looking forward to seeing this city and being a guest of one of the students. It will be a short visit though. Laurie's parents leave Tuesday evening so we will have to come back Tuesday morning to make sure we get them on their next train.
Then next weekend we will be going to another town for a day. I forget which city we are going to but we are going with Bogdon, one of the students at UBI to a large youth conference. I don't know what it will be like but it is interesting that opportunities keep on coming our way. I expect the summer will be like that for us.
2 comments:
Yep, you guys are sounding pretty busy. So Bruno, you actually loaded 10 tonnes of sand, eh? From the pictures, it looks like there were four of you working on that project. Did you finish all that in one day?
And Laurie's parents are leaving next Tuesday? That'd be June 9th?
Vova and I moved the majority of the sand. We started around 10 and was done around 1:30. The other two young guys were patients at the hospital. They helped us for about an hour but got tired after that.
Actually, Laurie's parents left last Tuesday so right night we are taking it easy until our busy weekend.
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