Igor told me great news at breakfast. My luggage had been sent to the airport. We took the half
hour drive to get it. Then we went to a store called the Metro (which is alot like Sams) and bought
all the food for the parcels we want to make up. After lunch and some down time, we fixed up the
parcels and the girls (Maryanna--Igor's wife, Natasha( a girl who helps with our cooking) and I went to the first 2 homes on our list. They were 2 very old ladies-a mother and her daughter--who lived in a very tiny rundown house. The daughter was sick and had just fallen and couldn't get up. She had fallen outside and the poor mother, who uses a cane and is 90 years old, couldn't help her.
Maryanna and Natasha got her inside and made her lay down, but she kept trying to get up.
We talked and prayed with them for a while. Then I cut the mother's hair. They both kept kissing my cheeks and hugging me. It was such a sad situation and I pray God will bless them and keep them safe. They aren't believers so please pray for them.
Next, we went to to a woman's house who has been coming to Igor and Maryanna's church and back in the spring, she gave her life to Jesus. What a wonderful lady. We talked to her for quite a while--she had not had her hair cut by someone else since she was a child. That person had ruined her hair, so she was afraid to let anyone else cut her hair. But, after a while, she changed her mind and I layered her hair--she loved it and hugged and kissed me. She wanted to give me something, so she gave me hair color from Russia--where her son lives--because she said her hair was the color of mine and she thought it would look good like hers, which would be a light auburn. People over here tell you what they think! She also gave me some dried rose petals to make rose tea with. Here she didn't have much herself, but, she wanted to give what she had away.
After a wonderful supper of stuffed peppers and melon slices, I cut Maryanna's mother's very long and thick hair. She is such a charming lady and even though we can't understand each other, she always has a smile for me.
I will go for now. Praise God for sending me to such a place as this. There are so many people who are just like us all over the world. By the way, Igor and all I have met, are happy with the results of the election.
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