The cheese building building project

Some of the teams, students and staff 

Watch for further updates as we finish getting the equipment and start making cheese this year. The video starts with the students helping take apart the shed on the site, pouring cement, and then the arrival of our ten person building team, half from BC, half from Manitoba, and the week both worked and a little more finish work by the Steinbach team, who stayed longer.

Haircuts

This morning Garry took some of the boys who weren;t working into the city to the same place he got his haircut a couple weeks ago, it's only 40 grivna and they were all very happy with the results. We thought Losha must like long hair, because he's an artist and its been long since he came a year ago, but turns out he wanted it cut!

Trip to Kiev Farm show

Here are a few photos I have collected from the trip the students, Maria, Max and one of the group home families took to Kiev last week. They went by train, so it was about a 30 hour excursion.

escalator at the Metro - subway station

Besides the farm show they walked around downtown Kiev and visited an old Orthodox church.

The family from the "new House"

Excursion

Victor drove some of the students and group home families to Dnepro today where they enjoyed an outing to see the downtown dressed for the holidays, they ate at Puzata Hata too.

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Merry Christmas for the students

While the students are looking forward to the New Year holiday, which is the big day in Ukraine, they have been busy with Christmas celebrations. One Christmas day, Victor and Maria were in the village and all the group home families and students enjoyed a celebration and food at the classroom.

Maria handed out the gifts we had left for the students and staff.












The students who are going to the "evening school" went to a celebration there this week too. Looks like there were skits and other fun.

In the village

   the guys with Vova

 While we are in Canada, Victor, Maria, Max and the group home parents are busy with the students.

At the new house- Vika (in red) quit smoking three weeks ago

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving again this year with everyone from the trade school invited with a potluck dinner (and turkey). Lots of food and fun with an opening devotional from our Ukrainian Hope for Each director Victor Danstev on Saturday evening. This year it was held in the new classroom with three sheets of chipboard over the desks to seat 38 people on a collection of chairs and benches from the houses. If you are wondering why November 4th, we chose it last week when the corn was all harvested.