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
I can hardly wait for that “final blog from Daffi” to come through….I know you have much more of the Lord’s business to complete before you return back to HOT Texas, but I am ready to see your smile. Okay…my selfish moment is over for now. I am Sooooo glad you are having such a good trip this year. I sounds like you are running nearly ragged at times, but hopefully it is a good tired that allows for good, rest-ful sleep. I have “prayed the hedge” and also a ring of fire so there are no monsters under the bed or in the closet or anywhere around…in addition to that cloaking device that keeps you invisible to the enemy.
We all love you much. When you tell folks about your support family here in Texas, don’t forget to tell them that we love them almost as much as we love you (well…maybe don’t emphasize the almost part and just say we love them, too!) I don’t often celebrate the life of any squirrel, but today I will gladly do so. Love you………….MORE! Deb
Morning Jackie, from your silent sister Vicki. I was at mama and daddy’s Sunday and got clued into your blog for the first time. Mama had a hard time finding it – I don’t think she knew to scroll down the Meadowview home page. Daddy is having a lot of trouble reading now and mama’s voice is that soft, scratchy whisper, so I read the whole thing out loud to them. There was laughter and sympathetic noises in all the right places, so it was a great success! What an adventure and what an awesome glimpse of a world far away. Even without pictures, it’s vividly clear how you have lost your heart to the children and “brethren” of such a wholly foreign place. I hope you have a full, fun and successful final week; a safe and UNEVENTFUL trip home; and no squirrel encounters! Love you lots, Vicki (Don’t you just love your laptop?)
(Please read the following comment with MUCH attitude and plenty of theatrical hystrionics!) That mean old KAW says U R Not neither bringing me home Lena & Joanna, but I told her U R 2 so and she said NOT neither… she seems to think it wouldn’t be fair cuz they wouldn’t let Stacy Kay bring any home. I have assured KAW that this is WAY Different! and “that was then and this is now” and “I’m not Stacy Kay”….so please tell KAW that U R 2 SO gonna bring me the girls (OR at least a little boy named Lukas….cuz God promised him to me already).
Job interviews in Decatur Thurs afternoon and in Sherman on Friday…I hope I will accomplish more than just learning the average miles per gallon my car gets on the interstate. The folks will somehow have to figure out how to prepare their own dinner for TWO consecutive nights. That should be only the beginning of the challenges they will face once I escape from Alcatraz. My brother, his daughter and I appropriately celebrated the life of the squirrel. It seems my brother has one of his own (until that moment I thought they were just referring to his nature when they called him “squirrely”.)
Perhaps I should end before you yuck yourself half to death. I would be horrid if the injury you sustain on THIS trip is due to falling off a chair laughing at my dumb jokes!
Love you muchly…..and MORE…… Deb
(Please read the following comment with MUCH attitude and plenty of theatrical hystrionics!) That mean old KAW says U R Not neither bringing me home Lena & Joanna, but I told her U R 2 so and she said NOT neither… she seems to think it wouldn’t be fair cuz they wouldn’t let Stacy Kay bring any home. I have assured KAW that this is WAY Different! and “that was then and this is now” and “I’m not Stacy Kay”….so please tell KAW that U R 2 SO gonna bring me the girls (OR at least a little boy named Lukas….cuz God promised him to me already).
Job interviews in Decatur Thurs afternoon and in Sherman on Friday…I hope I will accomplish more than just learning the average miles per gallon my car gets on the interstate. The folks will somehow have to figure out how to prepare their own dinner for TWO consecutive nights. That should be only the beginning of the challenges they will face once I escape from Alcatraz. My brother, his daughter and I appropriately celebrated the life of the squirrel. It seems my brother has one of his own (until that moment I thought they were just referring to his nature when they called him “squirrely”.)
Perhaps I should end before you yuck yourself half to death. I would be horrid if the injury you sustain on THIS trip is due to falling off a chair laughing at my dumb jokes!
Love you muchly…..and MORE…… Deb
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