Wednesday, September 9, 2009

WORD OF THE DAY - Wednesday




And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans 5:5 NIV)

Dear Lord God, our Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for your abundant blessings of mercy that we receive on this new day. We are almost overwhelmed when we consider how you give obedient followers of Jesus Christ part of yourself to actually live within us and help us to also be love. We welcome the presence of your Holy Spirit as we study your word and serve our living Savior. In Jesus name, Amen.

Photo: About three weeks ago, the Magadan church took advantage of some beautiful weather and headed to the hills for a picnic. The pictures Ivan shared with us brought back many pleasant memories with this special group of Christians in the northern Far East of Russia. God willing, we have a trip planned there later this year. Tuesday here in Nikolaev was one of those days where we had much running around the city in order to accomplish certain necessary things connected with our evangelistic work and day to day living. We finished the layout for our stand-alone metal sign that we will place in front of the House of Culture where the church meets. We will put it out during the day, and move it in at night. This is not the large "4 x 8" sign that we have in mind for a little later on. The company that makes the portable sign will deliver it today just before our meeting time tonight at 6.00. We also ordered some printed cards that are approximately the size of an index card. These will be used by everyone to give to friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow students, etc. to inform them about the location of our meeting place and how to be saved and live for Christ. We were prepared for our Bible study with one man, but he canceled out at the last moment. Galina had been pleading to go shopping for some necessities of keeping house, so scrooge gave in and we walked to several shops and kiosks. We brought our bags home and picked up one of our strong cloth bags and went back to get a watermelon. We know they will be gone soon, so we decided to have a treat for the end of the season. The distance from the shop and the walk up four flights of stairs to our apartment influences your shopping. So we changed our mind on the big melon and settled for a medium size. We received news from our brother Ivan in Magadan that he will be visiting with us on the 11 of October when he has his vacation. Ivan, along with Vasily is one of the leaders in the Magadan church. He deserves this break to see his family here in Ukraine since he has been so busy in his regular job that involves helping with various types of disasters. Lately due to cyclone rains in the Magadan region he has been helping with victims of flooding in remote towns of the north. I really mean north! We are surely looking forward to his visit and the new church here will benefit from his experiences and knowledge of God's word.

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