Ukraine – Week 2, Day 3

Today was another incredibly busy day! We drove to a nearby town to work with more families with kids with special needs. The building we used was a kindergarten center that sees lots of kids with special needs, and the director was so happy to have us there.

Thank you for praying that we would have enough supplies and equipment to give away today! The Lord totally answered those prayers!!! One of the biggest things we were worried about was not having enough braces, but we were able to give some braces away today and also had enough casting materials to order custom braces for several kids. AND we still have some left over for the next two days!! We were also able to give away more walkers and a wheelchair, and we left a walker at the center for the children to use while they are there throughout the week.

We saw several older kids today with autism, and it seemed as though none of them have ever received any help. The parents had lots of questions and we were able to give them lots of basic information for getting things rolling.

A mother came in who asked if we could go to her apartment, which is on the fourth floor of a building. She wasn’t able to bring her son to us, so we went to him. We were so glad that we were able to go because his diagnosis is muscular dystrophy and he was laying in a position that would be really bad for him in the long run. The information and help that Kati, Danielle and Mike were able to give them is really going to improve his quality of life and ease the difficulty of care for his mother. Mike is going to adapt a chair that the boy has so that he can have a place to sit; right now the boy spends all of his time in bed.

Please pray for safe and smooth travels over the next few days. We’ll be going to a different city Thursday night, then another city on Friday night, and flying out early Sunday morning.

We’ll also be giving presentation demos tomorrow and Friday. Pray that everything goes well, that we all have enough energy, and that our information would be well received.

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