Well, today was a lot better than yesterday.
Yesterday there was the unexpected loss of
electricity which, thankfully, is NOT a normal occurrence. And then there was extremely low water pressure and did I mention, no hot water for three days. (I forgot about all the fun of being here and making a game out of it all!) Apparently the
town was working on fixing something with the electricity and our friends fixed the hot water problem. Phew!
Hope that doesn’t happen too often during the winter months.
Today, however, brought many needed bright spots. Being here for a week and doing nothing, we were all beginning to
wonder why we are here. Especially Mike
and me. We don’t really feel like we
have a purpose. For example, I love to cook
and want to serve children that we’re here to see but we seem to be way in over our heads
with the mess of cleaning the home we are in.
Mike on the other hand has excellent abilities to work on this home but
the men here do not want him to do anything.
That can be trying but we are looking at the positive. We are spending precious time with our own
children.
Anyway, back to the bright spot. One of the men that works on the house
walked in this morning with a pretty good sized scrape on his forehead. “Kohlia!
What happened?” I asked. Apparently he fell or something. Now, this guy isn't the type to baby himself. He is a good tough hard worker yet
he asked if I had any medicine for the cut.
That was a great question to ask a bored Mama! I came back with Neosporin, peroxide and
bandages. He welcomed my nursing and I
wondered about the hospitals around here.
If they are clean and sanitary. I
wondered if he was glad to have someone take care of him the way I so appreciated the nurses who took care of me every time I was in the hospital having a child. I thanked God for being able to be helpful
even for such a small thing like a scrape.
I also learned yesterday that Kohlia and his worker buddy like coffee. And today I learned that they like STRONG!!!
Coffee, so now I can make them each a cup in the morning when they come
in. I feel useful in Ukraine.
Then later in the day Mike and I met with a few men about
furnishing this place. They were very nice men who tried to be very fair about prices. ie. they showed us the cheap stuff first! ; ) While deciding
on what needed to be purchased we tried to stay focused on the hope of having young
visitors, possible Bible Studies, etc.
It went very well, I thought, and hopefully the furniture will serve a
good purpose for those who will be coming here.
