The Carpathian Mountains

On Wed. we went with another lady and a girl to translate for us up into the Carpathian Mountains. It was beautiful but a little cloudy and ended up hailing on us. This is how they take care of their grass. They cut it with scythe and then with a pitch fork they throw it up on this pile with a pole in the middle of it. They let it dry and them come with a wagon and pick it up and store it at home. We went to the Oeoblast (Region) of Uzhhorod which borders Hungary and Slovakia (Cheq Republic). We drove from lviv to this little town of Nyzhni Vorota in a little valley of Uzhhorod which is about a 3 hour drive on a very good road I should add, and it is in the Carpathian Mountains. This town is 130 kilometers from the Hungarian border.
The reason we went was to look at an Orphanage, they call it, for old people (or old folks home) to see if the church could help with a humanitarian project. Elder and Sister Lee who is in charge of that in Kviv asked us to check it out. It's occupancy is 25. They only have 20 right now because two of them passed away last week. 13 women and 7 men.
It is a very old home. There are 4-5 people in 4 rooms. I'm not sure where they put the rest of them if it's full. They even have a T.V.