Wednesday in Donetsk...

Well we had an eventful day today. We went to a local hospital that specializes in breathing disorders and we put in new flooring (linoleum) and put several beds together. We didn't quite get done and so we will go back tomorrow to finish up. Actually some of us will go and finish up there and the others will go to another hospital and put in more linoleum in a couple of rooms.

Let me just tell you. There is not a one of you that is reading this blog that would take one of their children to a hospital in these conditions. It is like a hospital out of the 1930's in the States. And to beat it all, this was a hospital for breathing disorders! In one of the pictures I am posting today take a look at the one that is showing an air filter. It is completely clogged up! It breaks your heart. Some of the pictures are of rooms that they currently are using and it doesn't really do it justice. Also, a couple of pictures are of the room that they take baths. There is no such thing as a bathroom with a shower in the rooms and they are lucky if the room has a toilet/sink. Trust me when I say that these pictures don't tell the picture very well but it is the best we can do. It is a far, far cry from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.

Next we went to Mikail's house, who is one of the missionaries we support and we ate and ate and ate and ate. We ate a ton of good Ukrainian food. Things that would make my mother proud that I ate. I actually ate the same stuff the last time we were here but actually that makes me even better because I was willing to do it again. :) It really was all good food and we had a great time visiting with Mikail's. And by the way I am spelling his name wrong but I'm close. One of the pictures I am putting up today is of me and Mikail, he's the good looking one.

We came back to the school and Frank gave his second lecture in his series and then we provided refreshments for everyone in attendance. Oh and good news, Frank and Bobby FINALLY got their luggage! Better late than never I guess. We (Brandon, Bryan, Rob, and Eric) then went up on the second floor to play some of the students in Ping Pong. Brandon did well, as did Eric. Myself? Let's move to another subject....

Here is the link to today's pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/bman727/DonetskMissionII#slideshow

I do need to explain the picture from yesterday where Eric is eating the banana. Rob discovered that they peel the banana from the opposite end than we do. We peel from the part that is attached to the bunch. They peel from the other end. The explanation? They have a handle to hold the banana. Made sense to us and it is Rob's mission in life now to convert everyone in the United States to that way of eating the banana. Well it late here and afternoon there. I am now going to cash in my chips and go to bed. Post more tomorrow!