Pray for the people of Ukraine

 After thinking we'd be flying into Ukraine next week for the last three weeks, even when the airlines had cancelled flights into Kyiv this week (we were flying in March first and so far no email cancellation had arrived when I nervously checked each morning) this evening we realized that isn't going to happen. We're going to be looking at giant piles of snow for now. Sunday we couldn't go to church as yet another blizzard rolled through Manitoba.

We spent today (Wednesday) with family, Matt and family had driven out from Saskatchewan last night to see us before we flew back. I was planning to finish one more grandchild hat before leaving, although I had been avoiding serious packing of suitcases- they are still mostly packed from the beginning of the month when we were supposed to go. Garry was really wishing we'd gone earlier when flights were cancelled last week. 

As far as we know everything and everyone we know is okay, except the airports in Kyiv, Dnipro and Zaporozhye have apparently been bombed. So I'm assuming that email will arrive tomorrow. Meanwhile, here's a few photos taken at the farm this week. Note the lack of snow, compared to here in Manitoba. 

As the message I received from one of our girls said "how are you in Canada, the war has begun." 

Pray for Ukraine, for everyone we know there, our students, staff, others we know and those we haven't met yet, for missionary families that are still there, and for Max and Garry tonight as they wish they were there with their friends. And for Victor, who is in hospital in Dnipro this morning after hernia surgery Wednesday.