Monday June 8th

The Pennsylvania/Maryland group of missionaries started our Christian Outreach today in Klapadia. Our morning began with a prayer service led by Pastor Jane Holslag, a professor at LCC, in the chapel located in our dormitory.

Afterwards, at 9am, six of us started our teaching lessons regarding Tolerance and Diversity to high school students from Liviv and Kharkiv, Ukraine. The text we are using is "Dreams From My Father" by Barrack Obama. Each student received their own copy. They were very pleased to know that they were free to take notes in their books. They will read Chapter One this evening and we will begin our discussions tomorrow based upon the reading. We found the Ukraine students to be bright, interested, and engaged in the instruction. Their English language skills, both orally and written, is very good.

The painting crew met with one of the LCC maintainance workers, Nerjius, at 9am for orientation to the painting project. He then was the navigator as Louise drove them to the painting site. The site is a dormitory property located off campus in Karklu. It is the oldest dormitory that LCC uses. The crew worked diligently from 9 an to 3pm and painted five rooms. They all feel such a sense of accomplishment!

Additionally, Connie, Louise and Becky traveled to the nearby Mother Teresa nursing home to meet with the Sisters there to determine what projects could be done here in the afternoon. Later this week some of us will be painting and doing small gardening projects at this site. Our day was very busy, but very fulfilling for all!