Bill and I were out for several hours this afternoon preparing for the winter storm that is just beginning here in Virginia. For us, this means getting cilantro and limes for the black bean soup, and Hershey bars and marshmallows for banana boats. Thinking about the laundry produced by seven kiddoes playing in the snow, the mounds of boots by the fire, the potential need to haul the gas grill onto the screened porch to cook dinner and the lack of potty-flushing ability, and the inability to drive ANYWHERE in our 12-passenger van is about the hardship we can anticipate.
In Odessa, they are experiencing unusual snowfall as well. However, for our friends, for the kiddoes we left behind, and for the numerous orphans in villages all around Odessa, the hardships are potentially much more dire.
Dear friends !!!
We have an urgent prayer request! As you have probably heard that there is a huge snow storm in Odessa and its region. This means that many villages are left without electricity and food. The trucks that deliver groceries to the village stores just cannot get through. This also means that the orphanages that are located outside of Odessa are left in desperate needs for food as well.
Please pray so that the weather would go better soon and the trucks with food would be able to get to far away places.
Blessings,
Have a wonderful and blessed day,
Slavik and Alyona
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Prayers being said for those in Odessa! We’re expected to get it here as well, but I know we’re in a much better place than many of them.
I showed Luba the pictures- she was excited to see the snow and jabbered in Russian, all I understood was Nastia, e Julia, e Nadia… LOL! Hope y’all are toasty and warm and hunkered down for the storm.
Greetings from Izmayil, where it snowed/sleeted for 4 days straight. Finally the snow has stopped here, & we had a dazzling, sunny day today, although still fairly cold (about 12F tonight). I think we have a little over a foot of snow here, & they are not equipped to handle it. No plows, salt or sand, & most of the cars are rear-wheel drive (no snow tires.) The roads are in rough shape, but some taxis are able to get through to the internot. We understand the road to Odessa has been closed for a good part of the week. The internot has power and the kids there are OK. If anyone reading this has a child in the Izmayil internot they would like us to check on please email me at alycia.goody@gmail.com. Our court date is Tuesday (God willing) and we will be spending the 10 days here so will be visiting the internot regularly. Stay warm and all in the storm’s path are in our prayers. Alycia and John
Praying for God to be Jehovah-Jireh to the children in Odessa. Thankful for your continued advocacy! Love you guys,
Andy
This post hit hard for me. We have had to postpone our Ukraine adoption due to God blessing us with a non medically assisted pregnancy after a loss in 2007 and 2 years of infertility.
When I read this post, I thought, “OUR child(ren) may not be able to get food, have heat, etc!”
Praise God for Alycia & John being there, able to tell us the status of the roads to Odessa and the internot!
Prayers are being said!