January 29th - Orientation

Snyeg ("snow" in Russian) has been falling all night and most of the day.
Fortunately, we had a day of inside activity getting to know each other as team mates and meeting our interpreters. Most of the day was spent practicing our presentations and some briefing on what to expect for the next few days of ministry. We got to meet our interpreters today which is always a joy. My group was assigned the only female interpreter, her name is Alla. Alla is a single mother with an eight year old son (Roman) who became a believer just a few years ago. She is an English teacher (how did I rate to get this one?) and has an excellent command of the language along with a very enthusiastic spirit. I know this will be an excellent week with Alla. Our mission would be totally impossible without our dear interpreters.

The food at this hotel is excellent, in fact they feed us way too much! The dining rooms are super elegant with beautiful long table cloths, fancy fabric drapes on the chairs and candles on each table. They had a fabulous breakfast buffet this morning with just about anything you could imagine.

A few of our team members ventured out this afternoon when the training was over. They did quite a bit of walking and found a chocolate shop among other interesting places to buy things. I stayed in and rested so my old body will be ready for ministry tomorrow.

We are going to two sites tomorrow, one is a baby house where there are children from newborn to 4 years old and the other one is a home for mentally handicapped children.

That's it for tonight, I'm off to play Phase 10 for a while before bed.
Slept pretty well last night and hope to do better tonight! My roomie snores but not too terribly loud! grin :-)

Blessings to each of you and thank you for your prayers. Please pray for a safe journey tomorrow and for open hearts to God's message of love. We have one person who has contracted a cold so prayers for good health are welcome!
From beautiful snow covered L'viv,
Dasha