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Successful trip

 IMG_0858 It is now a week since we arrived back in Rzhyshchiv. 

We received our visa’s for three years.  All-in-all, the whole trip was marvelously blessed. 

We got tickets for the mid-day train from Krakow to Lvov, which got us into Lvov at midnight.  It is only about 400km, but the train travels slowly and at the border, a different gauge wheel base is put on our carriages, and that takes yonks.  The carriages are separated, then disengaged from the wheel bases, then lifted up, then lowered down once the new wheels are in place.  I took a picture of the Polish rail worker as he made the change for us.

I was glad to see our bus still where we left it as we came out of the train station in Lvov.  We had left it head-on to the roundabout just outside the Lvov train station and I wasn’t 100% sure I could trust the guys who were responsible for looking after parking.  I gave them $2.50 a day as “parking fees”.  It was nice to load our tired kids straight into the van for the 3.5 hour trip to Rovno.

Since getting back, we’ve enjoyed having visitors from Chernigov – Conner and Corrine and kids.  They serve the Lord in a church up there with whom we have had fellowship in the past.  It was good hanging out together.

Tuesday morning, early, Shane invited us out on the river.  Six of us went out and enjoyed the splendor of an early morning sun on the riverbanks.  It has to be my favorite time of the day.  Spectacular!  I include a picture of Marie below.

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Today, Igor and I worked on the paving for out the front of our home here.  We’ve been getting it ready for some time and today we actually put some pavers down.  I sure can feel it in my muscles tonight!  Bed will be a welcome relief.

Next week, we hope to start a discipleship course with several people who have expressed interest.  I am actually not that excited about running the course again, but am thrilled that the people who will be doing it with me want to get to know God better. 

And the students come back!  That too, is something major.  Our town will host about 3000 students for 9 months.  We pray that the Holy Spirit will work in the lives of many of them while they are here.