Visit with Taisia D.

Taisia D. is quite the character. Recently, Lena visited her for the first time. They’ve never met because Lena has always given food vouchers through her daughter, Sveta. However, this time her daughter was unable to meet, so Lena had the opportunity to finally meet Taisia.

Taisia is a woman of strong character. Within a couple of hours of Lena’s visit, she managed to tell me a story about her family. She also taught Lena quite a bit—which was an encouragement to her since she usually is the one teaching and encouraging our widows on visits like this.

Taisia has an amazing memory. She believes it’s because of her past job—she used to coordinate flights and there were many details she had to keep track of. Taisia loves to Crochet and it seems like every MMK staff member of our pensioner program has a little something she has made. She was so delighted to receive some cotton thread from MMK that Lena brought.

Ever since Taisia fell a couple of years ago, her knee hurts. The doctor told her that at her age surgery would not help.

While Lena was there, Taisia showed her home plants and Lena helped her replant her favorite violets. Lena was afraid to get any tiny crumbs of soil on the floor—it’s amazing how Taisia and other widows keep their places so clean at their age.

As they closed their time together, Lena gave Taisia a $25 gift her sponsor sent to her as well as her regular food vouchers. Taisia is very thankful for your support!