The Final Full Fond Farewell

Sunday, Vallia meets us (after eggs and bacon of course) and takes us by the school she teaches before church. It had been suggested yesterday that we might ride horses tomorrow, and she shwoed us the coral where we would ride later today. We made it to churhc in time to help a little with the preparation of the lunch we would be having afterwards. Jon and I were asked to act out a Bible story for the kids class, so we did. The story of Daniel and the Lions Den had its premeire with myself starring as the King with voice acting role as the lion and Jonathan as Daniel and the priest. The kids loved it Vicily and his mother came and the talk afterwards about trusting in God to take of us and bless us because of His awesome power resonated with the kids (the superb acting helped also (I actually got so caught up in character (during the lion sequence) that the adult group asked us to be quite (old people...). Anyway, Jon also talked about the importance of praying like Daniel did. We then had the kids introduce themselves and say their favorite animal. Some of the kids that had been really shy stepped up and talked; it was really neat to see. Afterwards we got lunch going, having set the tables, and served the plates. We fed around 45 people (kids are people too). After lunch the old guys went to the Men's Meeting (I didn't merit an invitation (and that's okay)). Spain vs. Italy 0-0 30 minutes. We played with the kids and Katie and Glib were there, Ira was also there. The little girls were crazy, they fixed my hair a few different times, had me pick them up, had them pick me up, play games, learn words, all kinds of stuff (kids are kids all over the world). We took the older kids afterwards to go ride with us. Riding wasn't as exciting as it may sound; it consisted of a lap around a small coral on a horse with an English saddle, being led at a walking pace (real powerful stuff), but it was fun for all of the group. We walked around downtown some laughing and joking, dancing (not very well) and talking. We then went to the first restaurant we ate at and had dinner with them. The old folks were supposed to meet us there but decided to go back to the shiska-bob place, so we finished our meal and said goodbye to Glib and Katie. We had dessert there and talked about the week. We told stories and laugh, shared compliments and encouragements, we took lots of pictures, and cut up for a while. We then said goodnight and made it back to our flat to think about packing and finish watching the soccer game. Last night in the Ukraine (I will miss it), tomorrow Vienna. Alfieterzein.