Monday 07 February 2011 Mykolayiv, Ukraine

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Matthew 24:44 ESV)

Потому и вы будьте готовы, ибо в который час не думаете, приидет Сын Человеческий. (От Матфея 24:44 Russian)

Тому будьте готові й ви, бо прийде Син Людський тієї години, коли ви не думаєте! (Матей 24:44 Ukrainian)

Por tanto, también vosotros estad apercibidos; porque el Hijo del hombre ha de venir á la hora que no pensáis. (Mateo 24:44 Spanish)

Most Kind and Holy God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for showering us with an abundance of blessings on this new day. Grant us courage and wisdom so that we will not only be familiar with your life giving Scriptures, but we will be obedient to the Doctrine of Christ in order to be prepared for His sudden appearance. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

This picture was from the last Sunday in January. Today we are in Slavyansk after 14 hours of riding busses. We plan to be back in Nikolaev in time for our appointment at the Boys Home on Saturday. We took many good pictures from yesterday’s worship service the 1st Sunday in February. However, in my haste to pack what we need for these few days, I went off without the little USB cable that I need to download photos from the camera to the computer. Technology is great when the users do what they are supposed to do! Hopefully, I will find an extra one lying around here that I left on a previous visit to Galina’s Mama. If not, I’ll do lots of catching up with posting pictures when we return to Nikolaev. No, my camera does not have Bluetooth capabilities.


Before I had announced the first song yesterday, we only had ourselves along with Luda and Stepan. We had decided that no one else was coming, so we were about to begin. Suddenly several more people appeared, and we eventually had 17 people present for our worship and fellowship/Bible study afterward. We are most thankful for your prayers and the way God is constantly challenging us to teach the Gospel to those we encounter in our worship, Bible studies, English classes and Boys Home.