Monday Update

Our first day in Ukraine started by going to Grace Baptist Church's morning service. We met Joseph, a 16yr old son of an American missionary family, who took us to the very front of the church. We soon found out there were no headphones for us, so we all had to huddle round Joseph as he interpreted quietly for us! 

The rest of the day was spent looking round the city centre and the docks, followed by the evening service and a early night. 

Monday we got up early and headed to transition house for the first time. The guys from the Wirral were amazed at the progress that has been made since they were last here 3 years ago, once they got over that they joined the rest of us in amazement at the size of the building and the amount of work still to be done, with the very little skills held by most of us! Once we'd got over that we got started.

We were split into small teams and given jobs to do by Sasha the local builder, who has done most of the work so far, and seems to be able to communicate anything building related despite the language barrier! Today has been all about building frames for ceiling and plasterboard to attach to, so lots of drilling, screwing and climbing up and down slightly wobbly scaffolding. A long day work was interrupted for some when the power went off in transition house, leaving a few of us to carry on till we were taken back to the church at 6 for our third feast of the day!

Team arrive in Odessa

The team have arrived safely in Odessa.

They were met at the airport by friends from Grace Baptist Church and are now settling in ready to worship at Grace Baptist Church on Sunday.

More updates to follow.

John

Arrived at Gatwick

The team have arrived at London Gatwick airport and are now waiting to board their flight to Odessa.

Keep checking for updates and photos

John

Almost there!

Only 2 days till we fly out, bags are packed and we are looking forward to arriving in Odessa and getting down to work.

We leave at 8am from Worcester and arrive in Odessa at 1015pm, a long day but worth it.

Keep a look out on the blog for updates and photos.

John

Only a week to go!

Just 1 week till we go back out to Odessa to continue work on Transition House.

We fly out next Saturday from London Gatwick to Odessa, travelling via Kiev.

The team of 8 (5 from Woodgreen and 3 from North Wales) are preparing for the trip.

We are all looking forward to getting to work and seeing old friends as well as making new ones, as 4 of the men are new to the team.

Keep a watch on the blog as we will try to update it as often as possible as we travel and when we are in Odessa.

Thanks for all your support, we really do appreciate it. Please feel free to leave a comment to encourage us.

John

Car Wash & Breakfast

A really big THANK YOU to all the people who came this morning to have a big breakfast and a chat whilst  having their cars washed.

We washed 26 cars in an hour and a half and raised over £330 towards materials for Transition House in Odessa.

Thanks also to everyone who came along to wash cars, cook and serve the breakfasts.

Fundraising Car Wash & Breakfast

We are holding a car wash and breakfast to raise funds to buy materials to help complete Transition House.

Why not come along on Saturday 8th Septermber between 9.30am and 11.00am, enjoy a cooked breakfast whilst your car is being washed. Donations to the Odessa Project.