As reported by William R.:

The chocolate bus was rolling early this morning as we had an hour and a half ride to the elder care facility, Khorol Vyshnyaky, which was built in 1805 as a private estate with a grand rotunda domed main building which now serves as the administrative center.  The additional two storied buildings which serve as living quarters flank both sides of the original structure, and together all form a nice garden area with walking paths and benches which were just being brought out since the weather has turned spring-like. 

We were divided into two groups to minister to the two residential wings: the ambulatory residents met in an assembly room with bright sunshine streaming in the window where they were shown pictures of our families and introduced to our volunteers.  Songs were sung, the gospel was explained and the residents were invited to repeat the prayer of repentance.  Books were distributed and questions were answered on a personal basis.

Wheel chairs and walkers were delivered along with carepacks of soap, lotion, and shampoo, hats and clothes, shoes and socks.  The 225 pensioners living in  this facility were very well cared for.

In the bed-ridden wing each room was visited by small groups of our volunteers, sometimes without interpreters as we were becoming fluent in saying “hello”, “good morning”,  “God loves you” and “Jesus loves you” and such things.  Small care packs and candy was distributed to those in bed.  The lotion bottles were most welcome as they soothed bed sores; we had made a collection of motel sized bottles before leaving the States for just such a purpose.

The second site visited today was a boarding school for retarded children in Lubny.  Here 131 students receive loving care and instruction.  Since it was lunch time for the older children, we began an assembly style presentation to the young ones, telling them where we had come from, why we were visiting, how much God loved them, and how they could ask Jesus to come into their lives and forgive their sins.  These students knew what sin was and answered our questions, participated in the action songs, and as all students have been on this trip, were thrilled with the gifts of school supplies, books and teddy bears.  When the second group of older students came in, they were likewise very attentive and participatory in all of the presentations we gave.

This was a good day, but it was long after dark by the time we returned to our hotel, tired, but joyfilled.