And the second time the rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And when he thought about it, he wept. (Mark 14:72)
All Glorious and Magnificent God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ We praise you on this new day for the stimulating gift of life that gives us fresh hope for that bright land of promise. Grant us more of your wisdom as we study your word, so that we will not forget our foolish boasting. Help us instead, to be quick to admit our sins and as we repent with tears as did David, Peter and other great characters; then Lord guide us by your Holy Spirit through this treacherous journey of human life. In Jesus name, Amen.
Photo: There's a guy down this alley that is supposed to be able to make keys.
Monday and Tuesday we walked the streets meeting people and doing some shopping around for the Television set that we eventually purchased yesterday. We hired a taxi and delivered a 26" flat screen TV to the Nikolaev Children's Hospital for the benefit of children who must remain in the hospital for long periods of time during treatment and recovery. Some kids who are brought to the hospital are homeless children found in the street, or from dysfunctional families. The staff must work with the parents, or if no hope, then children remain there for up to six months during treatment or residence. Then the staff works to place them in permanent orphan's homes. This $533 was not in our budget, but it is a need that jumped out at us on our last visit in May. We compared many shops and electronic discounters, and settled on a company located not too far from where we live. We were able to invite several people at these stores to our services, and two of them warmly received our invitation. Several people in the streets asked when we have our meetings. If you are able to participate in this donation for these children, please send your help to the Dalraida Church of Christ and mark for Binkley Russia Ukraine Missions. The address is included with this letter. Today we plan to open a Post Office Box so that we can begin to receive valuable Russian Language literature from East European Missions and Truth for Today. We also have a need for some English language Bibles for the Nigerian students who attend or services. Some of them only have the Bible that they brought from Nigeria in their native tongue. They know English better than Russian and are more comfortable with English during our studies. Yesterday, we started to organize a storage area in the office building where we meet so that we can make better use of our facilities. Our friend and brother Nikolai makes some of this space available to us free of charge, but since other family members are joint owners of part of the building, he must collect some rent from us for the space that we use. He gave us his keys to various rooms and we searched long and hard to find a person to make us copies. We were successful in the central bazaar! We are trying to cooperate with Nikolai by paying him partially for the space that we use. Tonight (Wednesday) we begin our "normal" mid-week Bible studies that will include Wednesday and Thursday nights. People push us to re-start the daily evening Bible studies, and God willing, we will do that as soon as we can take care of some other pressing matters connected with our living here. The work here brings great joy and hope as we serve our Lord Jesus Christ in this part of the world that was once a haven for many people who were aggressively opposed to the Gospel message. Now, we must work while it is day!
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