We see that back in Manitoba, there's a two week lockdown (except school) because the covid rates are soaring. Here in Ukraine, Garry has always said, well, it isn't in our village. When we got back from our trip, the students told us it was. On Saturday, Garry was ready to put me on a plane, and come when he got things straight here- we are planning to fly out around December first for Christmas anyway. Garry asked around and yes, two doctors and three people had tested positive in the village, but apparently no one was in hospital.
Ukraine seems to be planning a weekend lockdown until December, only grocery stores, pharmacies and take out food open on Saturday and Sunday.
We just got three new students, two that plan to stay until February when their trade school is supposed to reopen, they were here (on the couch, right side) for student dinner Monday night. Another guy who was very interested in coming, he was calling Victor constantly on the phone, arrived Tuesday afternoon, and apparently left again that night! He was supposed to have a tractor driving license, too.
Sunday at lunchtime Vlad showed up (former student, not tractor driver) to ask for a ride to Zaporosia, his brother was in hospital, he'd been hit by a car and was in a coma. The doctor thought it more likely he'd been beaten over the head, as he had no injuries to his hands or legs. They couldn't operate yet, because of the swelling on the brain. He's still in a coma.
Valera (also a former student) has spent the spring and summer mostly drunk and often stealing things. It sees like he was drunk Saturday night and was out by the highway gas station and got a ride to another village where he was found. Vlad has been going everyday to pay for his care, collecting money from everyone he knows. The two brothers showed up last fall with no where to go, and Garry let them live in an old house we own and gave them a job finishing the outside of Scott and Shannon's house. After a few hiccoughs, Vlad seems to have straightened out his life, and quit drinking, but is very upset because he has taken care of his brother since they were in the orphanage, and his chance of recovery is slim. Please keep both brothers in prayer.
I was thinking last night after finishing this post that I should add- Valera is a good guy when he's not drinking, and a good worker, he was getting jobs working on building projects in the village because both he and Vlad have a wide skillset including bricklaying, plastering and so forth.
Vlad just stopped in to talk to Garry, but he's off teaching English, I only understood part of what he told me, but the news about Valera did not sound good, because he's been five days in the coma, and the police still don't know what happened.
Yesterday was interesting, in the morning Garry drove Vlad in to the hospital, another student to the clinic to get a refill of pills, and picked up parts for the water system next door. Our water quit working in the afternoon, so today he had to run in for yet another part. Seems like we spend a lot of time with hardware purchasing.
Just answered the door again, the guys wanting to get paid for pulling dripline this afternoon. I told them Garry would pay them in the morning. Misha reminded me he's coming over to make pizza tomorrow evening. I gave him pizza pans for his birthday before we went to Egypt. He even sent me a photo of the first pizza they made with them while we were there.
Some of the students with Larissa, who comes from Zaporosia once a week to teach Christian ethics.
Garry came in yesterday after helping the guys pull up dripline for a while, it was so cold that it was freezing up in ice as they pulled it out of the ground. They went until dark, and then Garry told me he had to go back to the far away place to breed another cow, and I should ride along to help find it. We managed to not get lost and even found the house without calling them. Better yet, we found the turn we missed the last time, although it was a pretty wide turn onto the road, because it's hiding in the trees!
This morning the world was very white with a heavy frost and there's snow in the forecast for Sunday and Monday. Seems like winter is on the way.
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