{"id":8236,"date":"2023-04-14T14:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/?p=8236"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:57:01","slug":"trip-report-4-april-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/2023\/04\/14\/trip-report-4-april-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report #4\u2014April 14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Driving through the Carpathian Mountains in mid-April!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first full day of activity began with a crammed packed day. There were a number of meetings and actions that took up the day. We travelled to two different locations and spent hours driving to the appointments. The day was beautiful and driving through the Carpathian Mountains was amazing. The bright sunshine highlighted the snowcapped mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding to the events of the day is the fact that the Orthodox Easter is Sunday. Today was Good Friday on the Orthodox calendar. Business and government offices were closed. It was a compliment that we had two administrations open up just to receive us and treat us with a warm hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first stop was in the town of Lysets. Ivan has focused a large amount of the benevolent distribution in this town. Adding to the shipments is the work that Ron Swag did in setting up the first dental clinic in the village of Starry Lysets. As a consequence of the benevolence work, the Lord\u2019s Church has made a significant impact. This is the location where Vova & Julia Didukh work with the congregation supported by the Clarkson, KY church of Christ. We were greeted outside by Mayor Anatoly Romanovych and several of his administration. Anatoly has long been a friend to our efforts and has supported us in many ways. He had provided Volodya a free office in the city administration building in Starry Lysets.  Anatoly was hosting a mayor from Poland whose town is a \u201csister city\u201d to Lysets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anatoly told us that the town had just opened the new administration building and offices. He took us on a tour of the facility and is justified in his pride in the accomplishment. This new administration building combines efforts from 32 settlements in the newly formed Lysets District! Anatoly is the Administrator of this new District. An appropriate gift for Anatoly\u2019s new position was sent by Dr. Ron Swang\u2014a desk gavel and block (in the photos you can see Anatoly\u2019s joy in being given this gift).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During our visit Anatoly presented Perry with a copy of the history of Starry Lysets. In the photos you will see him signing this book for Perry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enjoyed the visit and especially the delicious cakes and refreshments that the Mayor\u2019s Cabinet had provided for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n