We’re back from the Ukraine! Our team of 7 men from London were joined by 5 men from the Every Nation Church in Lviv, and spent a week working hard on a significant next phase upgrade (after our teams efforts last year) to the old house which is used by our Lviv church as a base to serve up to a hundred poverty-stricken families in that region of the Carpathian mountains. We made good progress and the house now has running water pumped from a well, sewerage drainage, a large loft space for extra sleeping space, an indoor shower and basin with hot water from a boiler, and even an indoor toilet – probably the best toilet in the mountains!
Thank you for all who supported the mission with your prayers and finances. Here’s a photo summary of what we got up to…
Team ready!
Not quite a 747!
Lviv is a beautiful city
the Every Nation church in Lviv… just like home!
We joined the church at their “vereneka” festival on Sunday afternoon
Nadia needing patience with Sol & I!
Adam, Claitom, and Michael got to share their testimonies with the crowd at the church picnic
Me Preaching, and Pat sharing some of his faith journey with the church
nearly ready to depart to the mountain regions… at 23.00
potholes…
A blown out trailer tyre, at midnight in the middle of nowhere… and no spare!
broken… the local footbridge over the river
the neighbourhood
The boards for the loft being delivered by tractor… towed by our van…
Day 2: Mud clay mud clay mud…
Digging deep… to get the pipes deep underground to prevent freezing in below 20 degrees in winter
The loft space before
Adam the stair master…
Sol & I putting the finishing touches to the loft space…
The completed loft floor… 10 x 5 meters of extra floor space added to the house
Pat digging deep…
preparations for the pump & water tank…
delivering a 600kg sewerage pit…
Eugenio… in Boris & Sol’s hands above the well..
Indoor basin connected & installed.. with hot water supply
Adam & Eugenio finishing the shower & toilet…
Claitom, Pat & Solomon finishing off the sewerage pit…
Adam strikes the fist water from the shower
Michael switching on the stove…
Work hard, play hard…
Football game vs the local youth – we let them beat us 5-1!
great fellowship times…
Meat for the men!
The toilet our team built last year…a major upgrade on the previous one!
the water pump & tank installed under the floorboards…(So it doesn’t get stolen)
Finishing the well that provides water to the house
supermen?
the well completed and covered
The team…
Beautiful from far, but desperate poverty when you get close up…
Inside the house of one of the families served by the mission – parents and 4 kids in a tiny house
with one of the families served by the mission
pimp up this ride…
A generation without much hope…
New indoor shower with hot water!
The best toilet in all the Carpathians!
Mud Mud Mud!
Long road…
Beautiful…
The team with Boris, Nadia, Igor & Elina – leaders in the Lviv Church
PS: Our next mission for London is to Madrid in October – want to go? see here for details.
Wolfi's View from London 
Pingback: LoveUkraine Men’s Building Mission Details | Wolfi's View from London
Pingback: Calling men on a mission: The Ukraine | Wolfi's View from London