What we've been up to lately...

Mike was invited to play again this past Friday night at our church. Practice starts as 8:45pm, they start playing for the service at 10pm and Mike usually gets home after 1am. It's a late night, but I think Mike is really enjoying the opportunity to play and be more involved at our church.

At the Children's hospital in Uzhhorod, there are 2 girls from Holland taking care of the babies for 3 weeks. This is their last week here. One of them works as a pediatric nurse in Holland. They both speak English, so it has been fun to get to know them a little. They are volunteering with an organization called East European Mission. Their goal is to provide monetary and physical support to hospitals in Transcarpathia. I met the director ( he was visiting the girls last Tuesday) and we talked for about 20 mins. He told me they have other volunteers (on short-term trips) in 3 other cities right now.
Definitely a good contact to have. I told him about the poor conditions of the hospital in Chop, so he is going to see if their organization has the funds to take on another hospital.
The girls from Holland are only allowed to take care of the babies in one specific room (the newborns are in a different room). Since the older babies were getting such good care and attention, I decided to just hang out with the newborns while the Holland girls are here.