Since I last wrote, we did a presentation about our project in Ukraine for the Central District EFCC pastors at a retreat (almost two weeks ago) and in ten days, we'll do another one in Ontario at our old church in Zurich. We are leaving early Tuesday morning for a visit with Garry's family and a wedding in Pennsylvania.
Tuesday snow was melting
Meanwhile the storm of the century, while not that bad, has dumped a bunch of snow here in Manitoba, as you can see in these pictures. It's actually still snowing outside, so it's just as well we can't go to church this morning. We planned to attend the 9 am service, which has been cancelled, and can't attend the eleven am service because we are booked for a zoom English class at noon (8 pm in Dnepro, where the students are) so we will have to watch the Good Friday service online.
Most of the family will be here Saturday for the planned egg hunt and Easter dinner in the newly renovated kitchen... well half renovated, at least Garry was able to get all the old flooring off and the new subfloor down, and the shiplap ceiling is half painted (I have run out of paint for the old part, which is not as white as the freshly painted part, and we still need lighting and an island, and the vinyl plank flooring. It will be a great space for family dinners, starting tomorrow!
We are on a constant news cycle here, Garry checks the news from Ukraine first thing in the morning, talks to Victor (who is now in Canada) and sometimes to Max or a student or two during the morning or early afternoon. He usually finishes his day watching the Blue Jays on television while watching youtube news on his phone.
Wednesday he had a long video chat with Max, with lots of encouraging news. The fields are worked up and ready to plant, as soon as the fields dry up some, as it has been raining. He was really excited about how easy it was to harrow up the fields in straight lines with the new tractor with GPS we bought last fall. The apricot trees are blooming, so it's time to plant. The skid steer is out of the shop and back at the farmyard with the new motor installed. We even got a video of it working. Hurrah!
There are few refugees staying in our house, the summer kitchen and at the old boys house, most are only there a few days before moving west, most from areas controlled by Russia, even Mariupol.
This morning we had a 15 minute call from one of the students working at the farm, he said that people buying milk always ask when Garry will be back in the village.
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