Tuesday, October 4, 2011

We are all fine, aching, sore, but it is worth it.  There are always complications working here  and re-plumbing the laundry building continues to be a challenge, mostly leaking due to using "recycled" parts.  In the US we would just go to Home Depot!  The cement is a challenge because it is hand mixed, sand is weird here, and the mixture is always a guessing game.  Lucas may be up most of the night finishing a large step platform.  He's our hero!  So are all the guys who are shoveling and hauling the cement.  Day after Day!



The girls from the Dream Project are learning how to help out around Hope Center as a part of their education.  They did yard work, helped in the kitchen and several painted their nightstands.  Barb got them started, Dan came to show them how to wash brushes, when we learned that it is oil based paint. OOOPs!  They have so few clothes and now they have paint on some of them.  OOOps!  Read on for a miracle God Story!

Mn Barry was involved in several very important meetings with VIP's today regarding the land that Hope Center sits on.  We haven't heard the report yet, but know many of you are praying!

Jack continues to be the morosiana (ice cream) man.  The crowd here is growing, so today he had to purchase 40 ice cream bars.  He has now cleaned out 2 shops of their ice cream!!  We love you, Jack!

Probably a highlite was handing out the quilts made with love by Riverside women. The girls were very excited and will have them all their lives.

Here's our God story:  One girl with the Dream Project came with nothing.  Then she got paint on what she was wearing.  Someone asked Tanya the director if she could look through Humanitarian Aid boxes for a jacket for her.  Tanya said she was too busy, but then decided to go look.  In the first bag she opened she found 8 beautiful down winter jackets, brand new, very expensive, from Sweden.  Different sizes, different colors, same style.  The girls came with no winter coats, how did God know that???  The best part is that we were expecting 11 and only 8 came.  Now we see that God knew that all along!  It is evidence of how God provides!
For the quilters:  I found good homes for the extra quilts, I will tell you about that later.
Love from Kerch, one of the oldest cities in the world!