Hey again everyone!

Even though I was tired today because of lack of sleep last night, it was a good day. Lots of sunshine and the temperature was good. At dinner I sat with a girl named Marica. She is so beautiful with dark brown hair and bright green eyes. She is in a wheelchair because when she was a newborn she had a brain disease and from that she is not able to walk. She smiles a lot and is very sweet. Brian was drinking water and accidently spilled it all over himself. Marica saw this and burst out laughing! We had not seen her laugh before, so it was sooo good to see her very happy! Please pray for one of the girls in our group named Dasha. She is 2 and she will not leave her mother. We have tried to get her away but all she does is scream and cry. Pray that we can give her mother a break soon.

Everyone who was sick is now well and working! Praise God! Today we did a spa day for all the mothers. They all were sooooo excited to be pampered. It was great to see their excitement and joy. We did worship tonight with the leaders only. Jon and Tyler led worship and we sang songs that the Ukrainians knew too. We all sang together and it was awesome to hear all the languages (English, Ukrainian and Russian) praising and worshiping together as one!

The language barrier is barely noticed now and the kids could really care less. Pray for Linda because the language barrier is a very big deal for her since she is working with the mothers.

Thanks again to all of you who are standing with me and praying for me and all of us here. I love you all!

Ashley