I accidentally deleted my third blog on this site. It was titled questions and mentioned some areas where we have concerns. Because the questions don't go away over night, I'll try to put the same pictures in again and let you know what is happening on them.
Artyom has been at about two of the last eight or so services. He's friendly and cooperative. He told us he wants to go night school at a nearby city to learn more about performing arts.
Dima continues to be at every service. He requested prayer for a friend who is thinking about serving God and coming to service. We plan to use him as a translator soon.
We'll put two pictures with this next situation. We went to visit Dennis, Allona and Vova's brother, back at his birth home after being in an orphanage around six weeks.
His mom was carefully guarding her right arm, moving it as little as possible because she "fell off the bike" several days ago. His dad told us that he had an injury too, this time, and showed us a scrape on his shoulder. They have had all sorts of injuries due to "this bike." Here's the picture of it. We suggested that they give the bike to an enemy. We discussed what the home environment meant to Dennis. We are supposed to check back with them later for a more firm decision about what they are going to do with him.
Olya and a friend/helper of ours have made several trips to the gas office. She was supposed to have ordered the "project" or architectural drawing this last time. We haven't asked her if she did, yet or not. The drawing is the first step. The people in the offices keep telling her a sum of money that is needed, but it's not totally clear what it is for. She said that she had given up on having a gas heater for the winter. We are still hoping. She has been using an electric hot plate for heat, only while she has been at home and awake. She is an art teacher for schools in Nova Odessa.
On our to-do list: we've ordered one window. (We need to replace three windows and the ceiling before winter.) People are supposed to come measure today.
We went to see about documents. We cleared them with the office in Nova Odessa. The woman in charge in Nikolaev, Allona, laughed at what we had and told our lawyer that his organization had to come up with several more documents. On the matter of residency, we have to go through the same woman. Our lawyer thinks the government will be obligated to give us the residency because it is written that we have the right to get a residency. Pray that God will have His way.
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