Day two- Friday

 I talked to Garry twice, last night my time, when he had been unable to sleep for several hours and it was 4 in the morning in Ukraine. We talked for a while. He said they had arrived around nine am Thursday in the village. 

Elena made them a big Ukrainian dinner the first day. They got started working, although Garry said they were like zombies all day with virtually no sleep since leaving Canada.

They were able to work on the shed build, Garry hopes to get it mostly finished before the team leaves next week. Jack and the girls are working on cleaning and fixing up the original boys house, which is not the job that was planned, but one that needed doing. Apparently there's a lot of mold, mildew and broken things there. A family of refugees with seven kids have been staying there and it seems after four years there's some problems.

Garry said he hasn't been there but they told him that they have done a lot of cleaning and wallpaper removal, I believe. I'm hoping for photos tomorrow. Hannah has not been able to cut hair as planned because her tools are in one of the missing bags I think. They hope to get the missing suitcases on Monday, someone has to drive 350 km there and back to get them- but not all the way back to Moldova.

I talked to Garry at the end of the day (lunchtime here) and he said they had gotten all ready to pour concrete in the morning Saturday, the trucks won't be able to get all the way to the build because the ground is too muddy. It hasn't rained since they arrived but it's been quite wet, he says the winter wheat fields look great. They couldn't order any cement trucks to come today, but they're supposed to start arriving at eight am tomorrow.

Garry said the war is more noticeable than last fall for the team (and more than when he was there in the spring.) They have heard some drones flying over the village and the sound of the Ukrainians shooting them down. Phil made pork chops, potatoes and carrots for supper, and at one point there was a boom that shook the house. Probably a shot down drone exploding. 

They think they have all the supplies they need after Jeremy made several trips to Epi Center the first two days. The problem is the big box hardware store closes when there's an air raid warning, so at one point he was considering driving to a different city when it re-opened and he could purchase what they needed. 

Garry told me that after talking to me early in the morning, he fell in a deep sleep until Jack woke him up at eight am. He said he had a headache most of the morning. It sounded like no one slept well, so hopefully everyone is getting a restful sleep tonight.