Today it is raining and chilly! We do not know how to turn on the heat, but we found out that the radiant heat has to be turned on by the city. So everyone in Krivyi Rig is waiting for heat!!! It has just turned cold while we have been here, so it will be interesting to see how long the city officials will wait to turn on the heat. They say sometimes it is held until the end of November. Brrrr. The other side is that once the heat starts in a building, you cannot turn it off per unit so everyone pays.

We are at some Canadian evangelical missionaries home. As sponsor bought them a unit to use as a ministry home and they service 3 orphanages and run a youth group for college students. They invited us to spend the day with them and use their internet connection. It beats eating french fries at McDonald's to keep a table.

Yesterday we took cherry McDonald pies to the girls in Inna's group. They thought they were cool. They had almost finished the puzzle we had bought a few days earlier. They really need warm clothing. I am glad we brought Inna a new coat. She was also in flip flops so we bought her a pair of good winter shoes. I want to buy shoes for every girl, but a pair of shoes was $75. Food is cheap but shoes are not!! One of our helpers said that in Kiev they have started offering credit like a mortgage on a pair of shoes. Sounds unbelievable.

My stomach is not doing well today. I had milk for the first time this morning in weeks. The milk is more creamy and rich. It tasted good with Cheerios, but my stomach did not like it.

We miss our children. Life is boring without them. Love Ya, MOM