Another Busy Day
Another busy but very beautiful day for us.. After the breakfast our team split up into two groups. One group was off to Chkalovo church to do renovations and the other two to do home visits.
in the evening when we all got together we were sharing our stories from the day. the men shared a story about a little girl (about 7-8 yrs. old) that showed up to the church later on in the day. She said that she was very exited to see renovations happening here because she’s been coming to Sunday school and really loves it, and asked if she can help somehow. She told us, that her family is non-Christian; she is the only one who comes to church. It was neat to have her there for the rest of the evening helping guys to assemble screws and washers they needed to use for the walls. All men were deeply touched by it.
The other lady came and said that she is so thankful to have a church cause she has no one, and to be able to come to this place and meet with others was so important and so precious to her. The other lady said the same thing about having a church building to run to especially when her husband gets drunk and beats her she come to this place for the refuge.
Than it was the ladies turn to share the stories. When we came to Mariya’s house we were shocked at what we saw. Here she was sitting in bed in a little room with table and few chairs around. Everything looked so poor. We asked her why is she is bed and she showed us her foot that was burnt up to her ankle and was oozing. She’s been in bed for 32 days now with it. Her friends are trying to help her and we could see that she‘s been using lots of home remedies. Obviously the hospitals and proper medications are out of her reach. Even more depressing for us was to see her husband and son’s conditions. They are chronic alcoholics. While we were visiting they kept peaking into the window to see what they could get from the things we brought after we leave. It was such a sad sad situation but we could sense God’s presents in her room and peace. we hope and pray that through our visit and the things we brought she would be encouraged. Please pray for her, her name is Mariya.
We are so thankful to the Lord to give us an opportunity to come here and ability to help those that have less. Thank you very much for your prayers and your support.
Chilliwack team
2 Comments:
Thank you for the updates and pictures -- so encouraging! Tomorrow I will take my laptop to prayer meeting and show the group your notes and pictures. We'll be with you in spirit and by our prayers. What a privilege to be involved with God in His work! Please be encouraged and stay healthy. Your Eden family (Betty N.)
Hello from sunny Eden! Just read about your trip and sort of felt like I was there with you; wish I could give you all a hug right now :) Your church family is praying for you all. Special hello to Ron--you are experiencing real history. God bless. (Hertha)
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