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Pictured here you can see how the screen
looks on a smart phone with the app
mentioned by sister Anne - you speak your
words into the phone, and
out comes the translation,
either on the screen or by
audio.
Sister Hannah Aldersely
describes her work:
“This week I had the chance
to join Duncan, Maxim (a
brother from Ukraine) and
Jonatan (a brother from the
UK) on a short drive through
Riga to deliver firewood
to Brigitta. Brigitta is a
sister who regularly attends
our meetings and feeding
program at the hall. She
also never fails to help with
the cleaning up afterwards.
The drive to Brigittas was
made a little longer by the darkness and
heavy snowfall. I was excited, but a little
nervous, as I’d heard it was a rough area of
town and we had been told not to speak
loudly when we reached her apartment as it
might cause trouble for Brigitta if people
living nearby knew she was getting help from
foreigners. I felt a bit like an undercover
agent as we quietly climbed the dark stairs
with broken windows and no lighting
carrying sacks of firewood,
and swung through a broken
window into her small room
as the door couldn’t be
opened. There was snow on
the stairs due to the broken
windows. The room was lit
by a few candles we had
given her and she had even
made it quite homely with a
mattress; there was no
electricity, water, sewage
or toilet. Although she is
alone and has next to
nothing to her name, she is
always so thankful for
everything and so willing to
serve and help us out at the
hall.
Another sister, Tanya, who attends the meet-
ings and often does the readings at the hall,
fell on the ice and broke her arm. Duncan,
Jonatan, Deb, Cardia and I visited her in the
local hospital on New Year’s Eve to
encourage her and give her some company.
Sis Hannah, Bro Maxim and Sis Brigitta
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