"Well, long time no hear" - I might hear this from many of you. Truly it is. December appeared to be an extremely busy month for me. I had been having number of classes and meetings in the church on the weekdays, and Saturday was usually the only day off. On the last week of the year 2009 I became a Did Moroz (AKA Father Frost, a distant relative of St.Nicolas) again. This time we visited over 100 homes, all in 2 weeks. This is when, I believe, I got severe bronchitis, which kept me sick for three weeks now. I came to church on Sundays and preached, but was practically forced to cancel all the other classes and activities.
Also, January happened to be the coldest month in the last few years, with the lowest temperature down to -25C (-13F) and lots of snow. The cold weather boosted the heat bill dramatically. This has been the heaviest financial burden on the church. But there is a hope. In October 2009 Ukrainian government have decided to set the tariff on natural gas for religious organizations and churches on the same level as for the individuals. If it ever happens, we'll have to pay at least 4 times less (for now our monthly heat bills are about 2500-3500 hryvnya - 300-400$, which exceeds our contributions).
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