Leaving on a slow train

I haven't written in a week, this is where I left off. Happy 30th birthday Sasha!

Garry is packing his bag, he leaves Dnepro on the train with Cezary in a couple hours. He says he has gotten everything done he planned or needed to do. Except maybe hitting the bathroom walls with some more bleach. He has convinced the girls to keep the door open, so there may be less mildew in there. They are fans of hot showers and the fan is only on when the light is on. 

Garry, Adam and Cezary with pastors

After Sasha's birthday party, Garry drove to Kirvoy Rog to pick up Cezary on Wednesday. He also had a chance to talk with Adam Nikkel, our EFC missionary there. Cezary spent the night and had a tour of the project before Garry took him to Dnepro Thursday. Thursday evening was the cheese tasting promotional dinner in Zaporosia. 

Garry said one of the girls was crying on the weekend, it turned out she was sad he was leaving. He did make them pancakes Saturday morning. Looks like the third Julia had pancakes too. She helps work with the chickens along with the two Yulias that live in the house. 

 Valentina was still in the hospital, baby Nazar was born Thursday night. He weighed 10 pounds! Garry and Oleg brought them home from the hospital today. I saw him on video chat with his mother and sister, but I don't have a photo to share yet. 

I do have a photo of another baby, our new granddaughter Elizabeth arrived Sunday night and is also coming home today. Garry won't see her until she's ten days old, since he will be in Poland for a few days before flying home. 

I was visiting our daughter and family in Morden over the weekend, enjoying the warm (10 C or 50 F) weather and a ballet performance that included her daughter. While we were enjoying a balmy weekend here in Manitoba, there was three inches of wet snow in Ukraine! Garry helped Oleg and Elena's boys and Angelina (who stayed there while mom was in hospital) build a snowman. He said it was cold, since he didn't have gloves. 

Sunday Garry went to church in the village. He said that he counted and including children, there were 40 people in church. He says that's more than when he was at Morningstar in Dnipro the week before. However, he found out that more than 20 people who used to come for the food aid in Dnipro last year have started attending Morningstar church regularly, even though there are no more bags of food given out.