I took a group of ladies to a seminar one night; we drove our church “grandmas” to church; carrying equipment for evangelism, and on and on. 
- lovely
woman driver!
Now, this van actually was a delivery truck–like the back was all empty when we bought it.
Vitaliy and I took last Monday to go to Berdicha, a town about 2.5 hrs away where there is a big station that transforms truck-vans into passenger cars. They try to do it all in a day. We arrived about 7:30am and left about 7-8pm. We picked out the carpeting, the kinds of seating we wanted, the seating arrangement, etc. It was fun to watch!
first, one man cut the holes for the windows
a team of guys put insulation all over the back
carpeting the back
putting on the windows
voila!
these are my stickers "baby in the car" (top left); "lady behind the wheel" (under that); "70" (means I don't go more than 70km-ha, ha); and "student" (beside the 70)
Thank you, God!!!!
Good looking van Anne, I hope it will last a long time and that God will bless all that ride in it. Glad to have been able to help.
Yeah!!! Look what God hath done—I’m sooooo excited for you guys!!! What an answer to prayer:) Looking forward to seeing it and you soon!!
Liz
This is so awesome Anne – so happy for you all! God is good – and greatly to be praised, AMEN!
Write me soon and update me on what you are up to!
Thanks for sharing the photos; sounds like it is already a great blessing in your ministry; PTL. What an interesting idea on how to get a passenger van out of a cargo van!!
Year? Make? Miles? Gas or Diesel?
Can’t tell which way all the new rear seats are facing?
Isn’t it interesting? i never heard of transforming a van like that either until i came here–it’s done very frequently here, as it’s cheaper and less taxes are paid to make the car Ukrainian. The place we did it said they get a lot of customers from Russia too.
This van is from Switzerland. It’s diesel, a Hyundai H-1, 2004. Miles–now that’s the question of the yr. Here all speedometers are turned back when they sell them, so you kind of have to guess. We’re guessing about 150k-200k.
We had them put in the rear seats facing each other with a table in the middle. It makes a nice chatting area. And the first row can be turned around to face the driver’s seat as is traditionally done.
Tomorrow we’re getting the belts changed
Wow, it’s a new life for me! I was scared about driving in Kiev, even an automatic and a big car, but it’s not that hard and with side mirrors are great–no blind spot.
One man already yelled at me when I wasn’t merging fast enough, told me that i was a “cow.” . . . and it’s true! I like to be big and slow. I’m thinking of painting the van with black cow spots, but i haven’t mentioned this to Vitaliy yet.
Wow, how wonderful! And what a great resource to have. . . (Though, honestly, I absolutely LOVED not owning a vehicle when we were in Kyiv and hope to once again live in a city where it is unnecessary!)
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Anne,
I am so exciting to see God meeting your needs in such a wonderful way. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills and he has provided a really good steak. Love you all!