You will show me the path of life, in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11)Ты укажешь мне путь жизни: полнота радостей пред лицем Твоим, блаженство в деснице Твоей вовек. (Псалтирь 16:11 Russian 15-11)
Most Holy and Wise God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for the precious gift of life on this new day. Give us more love as we follow Christ so that we will experience joy in this life and for all eternity. Help us to share this joy with people who are downtrodden. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
We had 9 people for worship yesterday and nearly everyone remained for our meeting and time for tea. Our men did a wonderful job in leading the worship in songs, the Lord's Supper and prayers. Galina trained Luda to prepare the communion prior to the worship service. Nikolai Tkhor is preparing himself to handle the sermon period of the worship. We will have meetings each day this week and one specifically with him. Nikolai Gargarkin is not able to be here in Nikolaev very often due to his work that carries him all over Ukraine. But, he expressed his desire to help the church as much as possible while we are away. During our time of getting better acquainted, our new brother Tkhor treated everyone to an expression of the joy he has in his life now that he has finally found the Lord after so many years. After everyone left, our first English student appeared very well prepared for our study. Sergey had excellent comments about our study from the Bible. Vlad also came at his appointed time later in the afternoon, and since he has missed so many appointments, we had to do some catch-up with him. He wanted more information about our beliefs before he left. We are hopeful that one or both of them men will soon visit some of the meetings of the church. Galina is a great help in these studies when it comes to English grammar. It's nice to have an English teacher around to clarify the finer points. Thank you very much for your prayers.
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