What is this?????

The answer:  Homemade sunflower oil!This is a gift from a friend at our church here in town.
 This is such a precious expression of love.
I can not imagine how much work went into making this.  People in Ukraine give the best gifts!
....from the heart and hands.
We receive unexpected kindness like this often.  We have been given fruits and vegatables, baked sweet breads, salo (pork fat), roast,  and sausages prepared from their own farm animal, holodates (SP?), large jars of strawberry compote (homemade juice), and huge containers of apricot jams, honey.  All from people who have so little and need so little to be content and bring them joy.

I am humbly learning more and more about hospitality!
'Be hospitable' .... this is one of the first verses that clung to my heart when we arrived several months ago.   Obviously I have much to learn.

It can be difficult living here, but the people are so kind.  It is difficult and 'inconvenient' to have a language barrier but when was being a Christian serving God suppose to be convenient.  These acts of kindness are God's way of sending us comfort and His love through the people we interact with.
Inconvenient? Yes   Is it worth it for Jesus Christ? Oh, yes!!! Yes!!!!