Pizza, plums, cherries, apples and yet another bbq.

For those who are starting to think that all we have done is eat on this trip (admittedly it has felt like it at times), we have been working as well!

On Sunday morning we had the opportunity to visit Illinka Church, which is a sister church to Grace Baptist and is situated in a village about 26km away from Odessa.

The church which is smaller than Grace is very friendly and welcoming.

On Monday we completed fitting our last door frame and hung our last door. Since then we have been fitting the handles, locks and plates to the final six corridor doors, of which we have completed 4 leaving only 2 left to do tomorrow. Over the last couple of days we having been saying to each other ".. our last hinge..", "..our last frame...", it's a sign that our current work here is coming to an end.

On Tuesday we were invited to have lunch with Pastor Igor along with Peter. We went to an Italian restaurant that had been opened for only about 6 months. John and I thought we would opt for a light lunch and order a pizza with a side salad, we under estimated the size of the portions and had more than we anticipated. We were able to share our thoughts regarding work to be done at Transition House for the forthcoming May and September trips, John and I came away feeling very positive and very full!

After we had lunch on Tuesday, Alex and Peter had arranged for someone to plant 6 fruit trees at Transition House, 3 cherry, 2 apple and 1 plum. It was by way of John and I saying thank you to Peter and Lydia for their generous hospitality during our stay. We look forward to sampling the crop of fruit next year.

Wednesday afternoon we had another visit to the Black Sea Camp, not to work this time but to celebrate Vanya's (one of the boys living at Transition House) birthday. He is spending this week at the camp helping to prepare it for the summer, so we paid him a surprise visit and again were treated to one of Peter's bbq's.

Rob