| THE MIRACLE HEATER |
 My dear friend Anatoly is
living on thirty dollars a
month. Sadly, over ten
thousand seniors die every
year in Kyrgyzstan from
starvation and freezing to
death. We CAN change that!
Dianne Hamilton, from
Halifax, is an AMAZING
Canadian who is helping us
to change Anatoly's life. When I visited him in January he was huddled under the covers of his bed (at 2pm!) because he didn't have any heat in his house. He was looking for scrap wood to burn in his old stove.
I asked if he'd like me to buy him a fancy shmantsy electric heater. "No" he said, "Can't afford the electric bill." I asked our local hero, Lena (she helps the seniors there) how much his electric bill would be, and she said, "Thirty dollars a month". I told Anatoly, "You just got a new heater that runs on LOVE!" |
| HOUSING CRISIS? |
 The church in Orlovka,
Kyrgyzstan, is situated in
a small apartment. When
I was there I met an elderly
lady, Tanya, who was sitting
in the small living room.
She had come to warm
up, because there was no
heat in her apartment. I
thought she had come for a
visit ... turns out she was
really there to save her life.
The pastor, Vera, was giving Tanya a hot meal as well. Vera told me that she is praying for a miracle - **that they could have a house** - for Sunday services AND to help the elderly all week long. I asked our local hero, Sergey, how much a house would cost. He showed me one (in the picture above) and said it was $3,200. I feel another miracle coming on! |
