Borispol Branch "House"

Today we went with Pres. and Sister Christensen (counselor in the temple presidency) to attend the branch meetings in Borispol, southwest of Kyiv and where the international airport is. They drove a car and we arrived at the house where the branch meets.  It is a large building in the front of property which a family owns.  They have 3 other homes, outbuildings, and lots of garden space.  We were early and the landlady was outside on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning.  We started asking about the flowers and plants and she took us on a tour of the property.  Here are JD, Sis Christensen, and the landlady (in purple) starting to walk around the front and to the left of the main building.

The blue car belongs to the branch president.  This is to the left of the front meeting house. 

The metal frame was built by the son to protect plants. In the plastic bottles are eggplant starts.

Here is a greenhouse where tomato plants are still growing.

Other covered crops while it is still May and strawberries in blossom.

Red and black current bushes with fruit trees of all kinds.  Beehives for pollination and honey.

Outside his shop, the son (barely seen behind us) was welding a gate frame.

In the back I am looking through the door into the cellar where produce is kept for the winter.

Coming back around to the front of the building and in the front door.

Off the foyer is the branch president's office where he, his wife who is a translator, and Pres. Christensen are meeting.  Sis Christensen and I are looking in the meeting room which seats 30.

The kitchen and then up the stairs to the second level.  Much work has been put into the wood trim!

Only one room is used on the top floor, for the Primary children.  There are rooms where missionaries can live, but they are not used at present.  Some things are still unfinished.  But it is a nice facility for the branch, except the address is hard for investigators to find.