The Least of These

Wednesday 

Pam and Nanci spent the day with Nadia in Boryslav visiting with and distributing food to 8 elderly widows.

Boryslav is a much poorer area about an hour and a half drive southwest of Lviv.  The city streets of Lviv are beautiful, bumpy cobblestones, which are vastly different than the neighborhood roads of Boryslav.

They spent time with Olya and her 61 year old daughter, Oxana, who has Downs Syndrome.

Maria has recently lost her eyesight and is a new believer who listens to Christian radio so she can learn and memorize scripture.

Maria is disabled and her family takes good care of her, but she is unable to navigate the 5 flights of stairs to her apartment. 

Thursday

The three ladies traveled about two and a half hours southeast of Lviv (and through some snow!) to visit a weekly program for disabled children that is being run by a current seminary student and radiologist named Lida.  Lida’s husband is a seminary graduate and bivocational pastor who is planting a church there in mountainous Bogorodchany.

They sang songs, read books and did crafts as part of an Easter celebration.

Nanci made a special connection with Nadya.

The program concluded with the distribution of Operation Christmas Child gift boxes. 

What an incredible experience to dignify and celebrate every human life and be reminded that we are all image bearers of our merciful and gracious Heavenly Father.