It's about relationships!

It's not about the task! It's not about the task! We must keep reminding ourselves of this because none of us were able to help at all with the building today. Or not much at least. we mostly handed out more invitations to church, but this time we went to downtown Perechyn. There were many people there, and I'm sure we stuck out like a sore thumb as we walked down the street handing out these papers. It was a good walk, however, and now we know Perechyn more better! Dixie even stopped by the post office and bought some stamps for Rick - 100 year anniversary of the Boy Scouts. These are stamps he had been hoping to find here. This is a picture of the market area of Perechyn.

After lunch, we took a walk down to the Uzh River, not very far from teh church. The leaves here are just starting to change colors - it will be even prettier in just a few weeks.

Then it was the final night of the VBS. I think we had about the same number of kids every night this week. Some of the kids are already members of the church, and there were a few new kids who came, too. Maybe our team will have had some small impact in their lives and they'll remember learning about God.

It was a full day, so after eating (again, for the umpteenth time) in Perechyn we travelled to Kamyanitsa for a regular worship service, then for the prayer service the women hold. I will write more about that later.

For now, it's time for bed. We have been up late most every night, including tonight. Tomorrow is our touring day, and we're all sleeping in. we'll get up for breakfast at 9 a.m., and then leave at 10. we hope to have a picnic, weather permitting, with the ministers and their familiies tomorrow.

Thanks for your continued prayers, interest, and love. One of us will write more on this later.

Susan