Today started out as an adventure. Our team broke into groups. I was in a group with Jaye, Linda and Andrew. We went to a market, which was made up of some outside stands and then 2 other big buildings. The main market building had 2 floors. There was an open meat market, fresh flowers, fresh cheese being made, candies, clothes, shoes and a coffee shop. The other building was all fruits and vegetables. We were given a list of items to buy and we had to go around the market and do our best at ordering the items in what little Russian we knew. It's was alot of fun and we looked pretty silly I'm sure...especially when you are trying to order milk and the only thing you know to do is to pretend you are milking a cow. Of course the Russians just laughed and didn't know what we were doing. Finally a man came by who saved the day and got us the milk we needed. We gathered all of our picnic items and went to a location where Mercy Ministries is building an orphanage house.
It's really an amazing opportunity that Mercy Ministries has been given. They are building this house that will eventually hold up to 12 orphans. These children will live in this house with a Christian family or married couple. Mercy's hope is to be able to buy the surrounding area of land and build a community of houses! GAIN was able to provide insulation for the whole house so we all helped carry it into the house. Please pray that Mercy Ministries will be able to finish the construction of the house and that they will be able to win the bid for the purchase of the surrounding land.
Please pray that Mercy Ministries will be able to get a construction team who will be able to complete the rest of the construction fairly quickly. Pray that God will bring just the right family or couple to live in this house and pray that He will hand pick the orphans He desires to live there. Also pray that Mercy Ministries will be able to win the bid to get the surrounding land around the house.
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