The rain stopped and the sun is out in Ukraine

We have heard that you may not be receiving our recent blog posts, April 27 th and 25th. To determine whether the images I added to each blog are the cause of the trouble, I won't include any on this one. Please use the comments to tell me if you are receiving the posts.
Today is Tuesday and there is much work being accomplished. The cement work is going well. There are some of the smaller areas that used the cement mixer that are done. The cement truck will come tomorrow with 2 loads to pour the larger areas. The shop areas now have cement floors. The ladies were asked to teach a small group of Ukrainian women how to quilt. The serger they were using in an unfinished basement of an apartment building looked like vintage 1940's The other sewing machine that was set up was an antique from the 1780's. It had a hand crank! They want to sew quilts like the ones from the US. They will sell them and use the money to establish a free Christian daycare for the kids who are out of school all day in the summer and have no supervision. We taught them a simple block quilt and will work with them again on Thurs. at Hope Center where we do have a sewing machine with electric. We want to show them how to use the rotary cutter as well as some of the finer details that are new to them. Darlene, Mickey and I are working on the 20 quilt type blankets that the Hope Center needs for the orphan Festival in May. We also have been to the surrounding villages to deliver books to the teachers and students and aprons to the helping staff of the school. We unloaded boxes of clothing from Sweden to give to the very poor of this village. On Monday we went to the small orphanage to visit and play with the children who had no family with whom to spend the holiday. We met with the women who invited us to speak at the Ladies Tea on Saturday. The word is out in Kerch and we may have many more than the 50 or so first mentioned. Pray for the message that we will bring that it will be meaningful and encouraging as we share our hearts with them. I am sorry that you don't have any pictures of the cute kids or the babushka's picking out their clothes, but you are probably glad I can't send you any pictures of the work on that awful sewer. I have lost my appetite completely after I was requested to come and take pictures to document the work! We are enjoying the fun that the IVA students are having as they work along side of the men. Tonight - a bonfire and a first time in their lives for them to roast marshmallows, making smors.