The Squirrell LIVES!!
We had a wonderful Lord’s Day and worsipped together with our brothers and sisters. I taught children during their “Bible Hour”. We did the lesson of Moses in the river and the children loved cutting and gluing the picture of baby Moses. It was a good time.
After church services and lunch we visited with Natalie at the hospital, and then went to the home of Galina and visited with her for awhile. It makes me appreciate our health care. We should send our politicians to Ukraine where they can see what fabulous health care we have in the United States!
Natalie was on the fifth floor and the elevator did not work. So anyone wishing to see the patient must climb the stairs. There is NO: electric bed, t.v. in the room, call button, medications given by the hospital (you bring your own with you or have someone bring it to you)(actually, they do give some, but not very many), she had her own dishes from home for her food to be served in, and it looked like sheets from home as well, (but I am not sure about that), there was no A/C, no tray table, no nurses just a few feet away to see to your needs….Thank You God for your provision of health care!
After we were finished visiting with those two shut ins, we went to Jayne’s flat. She had washed my clothes in her washing machine and dried them on her portable clothes line. I didn’t really mean for her to DO my wash, I just wanted to drop them off with her and I would come back later and wash them in her machine and take them wet to my flat and dry them on my line.
By the by…I moved. I only moved down the hall to Julia’s flat, but I did move. Galina has been in London the whole time I have been in her flat, so she is back now. Actually, it was quite a surprise to see her on Sunday morning. I had almost all of my things ready to go at 8:30 a.m., when the doorbell rang at 7:30, I thought my interpreter was very early…so I answered the door in my P.J.’s!!! Who should be standing at the door….Galina…and her lady friend…and her guy friend!! I tried to tell them that I wasn’t dressed to have people in the flat, but they insisted on coming in…so I opened the door wide and ran to the other room for some REAL clothes! They just dropped off their bags and left…thank you…and then I finished showering, brushing, and washing all the things that I was starting to shower, brush and wash before they came!
When Olga arrived, we quickly moved all of my things to Julia’s flat. The bed is shorter by about 4 inches, but it is SO much more comfortable I don’t care if my feet hang off! The flat is cool, clean, and has a good bathroom! I know it will do for the last week of my stay!
Monday morning we went back to the public school and talked with Jayne’s classes. It wasn’t a Bible lesson, but I was able to explain to them why I was there and what I was doing, as well as be an ambassador for the church and the U.S. It was a good class. We went several places after that trying to buy things that were needed for the Baby House, Tamara’s hospital, and the Dawn. I almost have everything that I needed to get.
We then went to Friday’s for lunch. (now I don’t want any of you to think that I am advertising for them, but they give us a discount, and we are working toward getting a meal for 1 grevna, you all know how all of those “buys x amount of meals and get 1 free” deals works!!) AND…since they are a U.S. company, they have chips and salsa that are a pretty fair imitation of the real Texas deal!! So, of course, I bought them. The Ukrainians think it is too hot…Rick…you know the kind of salsa I LOVE…welll…they have it here! So you know that it is NOT too hot! We also ran into the group of Mormon elders who were having a great time. There were 12 of them and one had a birthday so it was very funny to watch them all laughing and talking in English. There was actually one young man from Houston! Of course, we forgave the rest of them for not being from the grea state of TEXAS!
We have skyped some people, emailed some people, and blogged! So, I guess I only have to say how much I love you all and how much I appreciate what you are doing. Please continue to pray for me and my family!
I love you very much.
peace and love in Him,
Jackie
