From 24 April to 9 May 2010, a delegation of motivated, committed and handy men from the protestant churches of Smilde and surroundings in the Netherlands visited the Volinsk Project in Novovolinsk, in the Ukraine. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the churches for making available the funds for this trip. And we would like to say a big thank you to the group, for their willingness, their time, their effort and the result.

Adama Farm is still under formation and support is more than welcome. The current office is at a distance of 15 kilometres from the farm, whereas the farm itself offers possibilities for an office, canteen and community space for e.g. Bible studies for the village. The group worked on those facilities. A real team of work coordinators, organisers, carpenters, concrete pourers and workers shifted a lot of work.   










the small house that is done up 

The group tells: "Travelling from the joint churches of Bovensmilde, Hoogersmilde and Smilde, the Netherlands, we went to the Ukraine for a period of 15 days to do a small house up. All this was made possible partly thanks to donations, a collection and some personal sponsors and not to forget the hotchpotch buffet. After a few meetings in advance, we departed on Saturday 24 April, 7am and arrived at the Spriensma family on Sunday afternoon, at 5pm, with dinner waiting. Thereafter, we quickly checked out the house we needed to work on. It was an early rise on Monday morning, as we had agreed working days from 8am to 16.30pm. But where to start?! Still, we soon found ourselves taking out the floors. We needed to take stock of the materials we needed: sand, gravel and Portland cement for the floors, a water heater, taps and a toilet seat for the shower. Cables and switches for the electrics. But particularly also a lot of small materials to get everything in place and to make it actually all work. And lots of improvisation. But with all the days that we worked there, we have come to a satisfactory result.