Saturday, October 1, 2011

What a busy day!  There was a group of volunteers here from a local church, doing fall clean-up, raking leaves etc.  Everyone worked hard all day, but things never go as smoothly as we expect.  It is Ukraine, and they do things differently.  I mopped with a towel draped over a dowel.  The guys have only one utility knife and it gets moved all over the camp. A 1 hour job takes 3-4.  
The steps to the shower room are poured, from a hand cement mixer, lots of help but Lucas finished them just after dark.  Dan finished painting his 3rd room with 3 coats, teaching Sasha English at the same time.  Barry and Randy finished the trim in 2 rooms for the Dream Project.  Barb and Rachel mopped those rooms over and over, and then moved some furniture in. Barb also got to write Andre's Newsletter for this month. Rachel and Jack are the floaters, they help out everywhere. 
I noticed on Facebook that it was Randy's, our fearless leader, birthday today, so the cooks put decorations in our dessert and we celebrated.  Tonight is our first bonfire, and Barry has his guitar out. I forgot to tell you that last night Barry, Rachel and Lucas went with Tanya to an English speaking class, where they spoke english with about 15 Ukrainians.  Great experience. 



Tomorrow we will go to church, go to market, and have Andre's favorite meat dish for supper.  God has been so good to keep us safe and working in a spirit of unity!