Thursday 31^st May

It’s 10:21pm now and we have just returned from a visit to the Black Sea Camp, which is situated about an hour drive from Odessa and is on the shore of the Black Sea.

Grace Church uses this area to run summer camps for children. It is a hive of activity at the moment as preparations are made for the start of the camps next month.

Yesterday evening we enjoyed a trip out to the local bowling alley with the older lads from Transition House and some of the people who have been looking after us. Everyone had a good time and completion on the alley was fierce.

This morning was spent platerboarding ceilings and completing the metalwork in one of the rooms. We were pleased to have completed the metalwork and also to almost have all the plasterboard up on that ceiling. The other team have very nearly completed the ceiling in the other room as well.

Lunch today was a truly multi-cultural affair with at least 18 of us sitting around the table, representing Ukraine, England, Wales, Iran and USA.

Everyone is getting tired now so it was good to have a break this afternoon and go for a BBQ at the camp. It was pleasing to see all the work that had been done there with new pathways being laid.

We are all looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow morning with the challenge of getting as much done as possible before we have to return home on Saturday.

If you saw yesterday’s blog, the last photo referred to Ben, who being quite tall has been nicknamed ‘Big Ben’ by the lads who continuously ask him the time. They have also fashioned a clock face out of a piece of plasterboard to hand round his neck.

Look out for Friday’s blog with photos of the work completed so far.