This all went fine bar one mishap- Jessica (the intern) went over on her ankle and sprained he ankle. She now can’t weight bear and is hobbling round on a padded Zimmer frame type things which the doctor dug out for her. The Zimmer frame paired with some crutches is enormous fun to sit on and push yourself around on, but obviously the busted ankle is no fun for Jessica.
The evening activity was the craft competition.
Each child was given a paper plate, a sheet of A4 paper (regular printer paper for my American readers) and a lollypop stick (pop-sickle stick). Their craft had to use all three items. They then had the remnants of everything else we had around for them to use. They had to make the most interesting craft they could with the materials available. There were some fantastic entries- I will stick some photos up once I get back to England. It was noisy, messy and wonderful lol.
This morning, with it being Sunday, morning exercises were optional. A few brave souls ventured out to do the dance we have been teaching then though. Then we had breakfast and the bible lesson. Today’s lesson was “I’m satisfied” and was lead by Naomi and Simon. It started with a funny visual demonstration. Simon was very hot and desperate for water, so people gave it to him- full in the face. We had some of the children helping out which was hilarious. But Simon wasn’t satisfied, even after more and more water he wasn’t satisfied. But Jesus (Paul in his costume from the talent show sketch) came to give him a drink and he was satisfied. Then Naomi gave her testimony, how she had felt unsatisfied with the love she had- despite all her friends and her parents, and only found satisfaction when she met Jesus.
The sea followed, with lunch and then the team meeting.
At the team meeting we got the final details of our trip home, which has changed dramatically from the original plan. Originally we were going to be taking the train back from Simferopol back to Kiev. However on knowing the type of train we would have, and then seeing the bed allocation plan (we were so spread out it made your heart sink to your toes thinking about it), the powers that be started to look at alternatives. I must say that the new plan is one that the entire team is much happier about. We will be traveling the whole journey by minibus rather than train. For those that have heard the stories from last year, fear not there will be no night driving, because this had been known for a few days the plans are well laid for as safe and as comfortable a journey as possible. We will leave the Hope centre on Tuesday morning and drive during the day, have an over night in a hotel and then continue to Kiev. The hotel is one that Lars Dunburg (a global action big cheese) had stayed in so we know it is not awful, but we still don’t know quite what to expect. So it’s a bit of an adventure!
Prayer points:
* Jessica’s ankle.
* Timothy’s ankle is much improved, but still not quite 100%
* Health- some people are now recovered, though others are getting ill
* The trip home. We know it is a vast improvement to the alternative, but we would still value prayer for our safety on the journey and that the plans that have been laid would hold firm and we wouldn’t have any more problems.
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