Photo: The unloading crew!
The trip continues to be amazing in many ways. There are so many things popping that we just do not have the time to record or the space to send!
One of the exciting events was unloading a container that we shipped out of Montgomery, AL. This was crammed with special needs wheel chairs, a huge & heavy OR table, and infant warmer and bassinets, and “millions” of boxes of medical supplies.
I thought I had reported on the unloading but cannot find the report. So, if it is redundant just remind Perry to keep me as straight as the Sgt and Inna attempts to keep him straight!
We were going with Ivan to visit locations in the Region when Ivan received a call the container would arrive at 7:00 pm. He started calling for help and had a good number lined up. Thanks to Vitalik we had the help of several soldiers. When all had been settled, Ivan received another call saying the truck would arrive at 2:00 pm. So, he called the volunteers again to tell them of the change. As we were eating lunch, Ivan received another call saying the truck had arrived. So, another call. We finished eating and hurried to the church building to unload.
There was a good crowd helping and unloading went quickly, except for that heavy OR Table and pallet boxes. Ruslan said we should just send that OR Table back. The difficulty with this item is there is no dock and everything has to be off-loaded from the trailer to the ground. The OR Table is pictured in the above photo.
Finally all came to agreement on what to do and it was slowly slid down a ramp made up of various scrap items.
Among those assisting was Oleg Baserov. Oleg is a medical doctor that trains citizens and triage teams for the frontline first aid. The citizens need training because of the casualties that happen in the merciless missile strikes from Russian on the general population. Oleg lives in Village Ugorniky and wants to offer training classes working with the congregation. The Church building’s rooms offer the space necessary for various classes and demonstrations of triage techniques. These classes would run 1-3 hours. This is another good way that connects the Church with the village.
Notes from Perry
The Container arrived with all the medical equipment and supplies at the church building in Ugorniky and a total of 16 men came to help on load, that included John, Ivan and myself. What was impressive, two doctors, four soldiers from the community came to help to show their appreciation for what the church has done and is doing for them. One of the soldiers is a member of the Lord’s church. It was surprising how fast we unloaded the container. I cannot omit the truck driver; he was a great help also.
We just got back to the cabin after a wonderful day visiting EIGHT families. Each was given buckets and other items. I will send a report with pictures and description about each family. We had very good visits with each and it was hard to leave because they wanted to keep talking. I truly believe EIGHT more doors may be opened for the Lord.
Continue praying for our efforts! “Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it clear in the way that I ought to proclaim it.” (Colossians 4:2-4)
John L. Kachelman, Jr. Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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