So far

 I've been answering lots of private messages the last two days, while turning our house in Manitoba upside down with our youngest sons decision to move into their own place now that we aren't leaving for the foreseeable future.

Garry especially is feeling very far from all the people we know and love in Ukraine. We follow news reports, Max Boradin is constantly talking with his friends who have joined the defence fighting against Russia troops, yesterday they told him they might not live to talk again but we're off to defend Zaporozhye.

The farm is okay, students and staff are milking cows as usual although no truck came to buy milk yesterday. Garry talked to Max Rudei the first day of the invasion. The day before they had been spreading fertilizer on the wheat fields and preparing for spring. The replacement motor for the skid steer arrived in the city but they couldn't get it now, the business was closed and driving there was not certain. They had heard an explosion near the village that morning, probably a missile, but no one was injured.

So far there is electric and WiFi in the village. Garry even got a video of two of the students delivering a calf. We have video chatted with some of the students and Victor, apparently Dnipro has been quiet after the bombing the first morning. He will be recovering from the hernia surgery for at least a week. Some of our Canadian friends and colleagues are trying to drive out to neighboring countries right now.

Our Facebook feed is full of photos of the war, pleas for help from NATO and donations for the army information on what to do if there are injuries or in case of bombing. Please keep everyone in Ukraine in prayer.