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Saturday 26 May 2018

A full week of progress in a superb location with outstanding people.

Hi friends, thanks for tuning in, and sending your encouragements / telling us you are praying. We are overwhelmed by the encouragement which means so much.

Due to the astounding progress at Transition House (Priyt), we relocated our working team to the Black Sea Camp. Our mission is to do as much as we can to complete the interior of a family accomodatoion block. The layout consists of 8 bedrooms (which can sleep 4 people in each) which are set out as 4 on either side of the building. This is seperated by a central aisle which will provide 8 seperate rooms- each alotted  to a bedroom - to provide 6 bathrooms and 2 storerooms.
This picture maybe gives an idea of the layout from the central channel (coridor at the moment).
 During the week the team has worked exceptionally well together. We have completed a number of stud walls. The proces goes something like this
1. We stand and scratch heads working out the plan
2. Dennis measures up and goes outside under the beating sun in a beautiful hat to chop  wooden planks with a table saw which would slice through granite.
3, To help  Dennis and Victor  (translator) accomlish (2) various bottoms take it in turn to sit on said wooden plank. We notice the plank is much more stable after we've filled up from lunch - Svetta and Ekatya are feeding us far too much nice food.
4. Ken bores holes in cut planks.
5. Paul exercises anger management and belts massive nails into cut cross members and tries to build an accurate resemblance of a straight and right angled structure. In the main we are succeeding (especially if you squint , stand on one leg and can find a "straighter" plank to start with.
6. We then fill the wall with double core insulation (much needed in the severe winter and clear nights)
7. We then measure plaster board to cover what resembles an explosion in a candy floss factory.
8. We then present the board to the wall
9. We then remeasure the board, wondering where we got the first measurement from and if we are standing in the same room as we started (A number of us have got confused at the labyrinth once or twice).
10 We then ty again and hey presto with a multitude of screws (which resemble a gnat invasion) the drywall looks complete and ready for plastering when we jolly off.



I managed to take a little film of Ken finishing off one of the rooms. Obvioulsy he is sitting down as he has spent most of his day using his natural gifing to reach the higher stuff none of the rest of us can reach. Sadly his drill had so much power it made the room spin - so sorry if it makes you dizzy.
 We have had a superb week. We have started each morning enjoying working through John's gospel together. Our theme has been "knowing Jesus and making him known." Our hosts noted that the steps from higher to lower level were a lot to ask of a guy who has spent all day chopping wood... and other VICTOR (we call him big VIC but they are both pretty big) takes mercy on us and transpoerts us to meals on the lower level. Mealtimes have been filled with laugher. With any spare energy KEN has been practicing his Ronaldo impression with 3 lads staying at the camp. We have completed walls on about 5 rooms. and started another 2, and the central bathrooms.
Now back at transition house I have been asked to preach tomorrow as the church concludes a thematic systematic study on the Work of the Holy Spirit. The theme given is the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Please pray it is (anointed) and an encouragement to folks here and not just a bunch of notes cobbled together in a minibus and a tired day off.
I'll leave you with one of my favourite views of the week...
2 of the very best mates a guy could ever wish for, sitting enjoying the canvas of their creator whilst absolutely shot to pieces after serving with glad hearts and worn-out fingers.
If you are watching the little footy match from accross the park here in Ukraine, I hope you get the result you wanted. If you are doing something even more exciting I hope you have a great weekend. Speak soon, much love,
BLOGSKI