Heart to heart

It was an incredible day indeed!!! Just imagine a team of 30 from different churches and the Bible College, some Americans, some look like Americans, most smiling, and some taking pictures, a kind of distinctive bunch of people for the local folk. I think we drew some attention before we even went in to the rehab center and yet more as we walked through the center itself, while quite a few people came outside from their rooms to look at us. In order to get to the place where we were going to show the Jesus film we had to walk through the facility, which consists of two parts (I perceive), one part is for people with mental problems and the other with physical.
Right in a front of the building where we were going to, is a ruin of a huge orthodox temple, which was built in 1812, its sad condition was like a prelude to what we were about to experience. It was like a symbol of desolation and emptiness that reigned in the lives of many who found shelter in the house near to it.
As we went up the second floor to the dining hall (where the movie was to be shown), to get ready, I began to see the inhabitants slowly moving in, most on the wheelchairs, some on crutches. I have never seen so many people on the wheelchairs in one place, it was very hard to see especially as more and more people were arriving. Before the movie, pastor Kostia said a few words to introduce it and as it started most of our team members went to talk and distribute the Bibles and tracks to those, who for various reasons did not come to watch it. Right away, the Lord led me to a couple of ladies, one of them left almost right after she got a New Testament, but I had a long conversation with the other, her name is Galena. I got to share the Good News with her, and even though at first Galena sounded like she knew what Easter was about, she listened very attentively. Certainly, the Gospel message was not new to her; she saw the Jesus film before, but did not have full understanding of what Jesus did for her.