I've now been back in Ukraine for just over a week. All of the travelling from Canada went well, except for some night owls on the train and the lack of sleep that went with it. So after being awake for nearly 3 days I wasn't able to adapt to the time change very well this trip. The 1st Saturday was a complete blur. Other than that the flights were perfect and no lost luggage. I'm so glad to be back home in Krivoy Rog where the weather is actually summer. I felt so mouldy with the cold and wet spring that Halifax has had this year.
This past
week I kept busy with making plans as well as moving and settling in at a new
apartment. I'm house-sitting for some
friends while they go away for the summer.
I also got a visit in at the baby hospital in the section where the abandoned
babies are taken. They are taken there
for a health check before being transferred to an orphanage. Babies that are already in an orphanage are
also brought to this section when they get sick.
I was also
able to spend some time with the folks from Boorie Ooglie disabled home a couple of days this
week and on another day I helped with my friend Igor at a day camp at the
Shelter Plus church. While I was at the
day camp there was a delivery of cherries being made to Boorie Ooglie that I
was able to sponsor. The diet that the
home provides for the residents is...well...absolutely disgusting. They just get slop to eat with some bread. So needless to say the cherries and any other
treat they might get from visitors is a complete luxury. This is a big part of the reason I want to
sponsor some picnics this summer. On
these picnics they would be given 2 or 3 decent meals as well as a day away
from the institution at a beautiful park setting. I'm still raising money for these picnics and I
have already said that I will sponsor one picnic even though funds are limited
right now. I want to sponsor 4 picnics
so that different groups from the home will be able to go.
I also met
with the Director of the Children's Rehab Centre this week and said that I will
take the kids to McDonald's. Just like I
did last summer we will make it a Movie and McDonald's day. (The manager at the Multiplex gives the kids
free movie tickets and McDonald's is just downstairs from the theatre.) The director also mentioned that they have a
need to repair the water pipes that go into the building and asked if I could
help with that. It is only a cost of
$250; small to most folks in North America but a big deal here. In Ukraine institutions get very little if any
money from government, yet the government holds them to strict requirements for
their buildings and they have to come up with their own funding.
If you
would like to help me to sponsor these and other activities or to help with my
ongoing support please click the donations link at the right side of the
blog for LinK 127 to donate on line. You
can also mail a donation to the address below.
Please remember to specify that your donation is for me and where you may want me to direct your gift. You can also arrange monthly donations. I will also accept e-transfers at
blairslife1@gmail.com. Canadian
donations are tax deductible (but not those by e-transfer) and every dollar
counts towards showing love to those who really need to see it.
Thank you
for your continued prayers and support and thank you for seeing my heart. Till next time… Я люблю тебя!
Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads!!
LinK 127
34
Wynn Castle Dr.
Lwr. Sackville, NS
Canada B4E 2H5
Lwr. Sackville, NS
Canada B4E 2H5
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| At the baby hospital |
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| Shelter Plus day camp. I helped at the archery booth. |
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| It almost looks like I know what I'm doing. |
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| Yura unloading the cherries for Boorie Ooglie |
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| Yura and Lena passing them out in the cage. The cage is another reason I want to get the folks to a park setting for a day. |
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| Without the cherries this is the meal that they serve at Boorie Ooglie - slop with a squirt of ketchup and bread. |
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| This is from a picnic sponsored by Loads of Love and the kind of picnic that I would like to sponsor 4 of. Now doesn't that food look much better...and without the cage? |
