Well, today is the day we came here for.  Girls who will be in the Dream Project started arriving this afternoon.  Seven are here, one more is coming tomorrow.  Three of them chose not to come, which is a huge disappointment.  Life is about choices, and turning down the opportunity for free education is a poor choice for an at-risk girl.  But God knows all this, and maybe eight is the best number for this class.
We worked like crazy to get the building ready and when they started coming there were still about 15 people cleaning, repairing, moving furniture, wiring, etc.  This building was in the poorest condition of all the  buildings so this has been a challenge.
Tomorrow I will have more pictures of the girls. When they came they started helping, so you can see a few of them, plus a couple photos of their rooms and lounge.  By Uk standards, it looks pretty nice.

Hope Center is so large that this helps to haul bedding and supplies from one area to another:

Rich H this is for you.  It is our Brit matey Barry working in a sewer pipe by the laundry, what a huge project that has been.  Finally finished, but not by Ukrainian code, so they had to start over. 

 Rachel and Barb got to take a break and go with Tanya and Jenya to buy groceries and deliver them to two families out in a rural and extremely poor village.  These are Christine's kids, for those of you who have been to summer camps.  What a privilege for me to actually meet them and hug them and see where they lived.  It made me cry, to see them in person and talk to the moms.  Rachel was sort of in shock, said she had never seen anything like that.  Poorest of the poor here.

Can't remember when I last hung up my wash!  But only one washer was working and no dryers.  We are mid trip now and it is time to wash!!  Luckily I got my wash done before that machine had trouble.  By tomorrow they will all be okay, so we hear!  It is definitely time for these guys to wash!

Here is the ongoing plumbing problem, repairing a drain situation.  Who would think so many man-hours can go into one issue!  Or maybe it is too many chiefs and not enough Indians!

Blessings from Hope Center