WORD OF THE DAY - 03 February 2011 Mykolayiv, Ukraine

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. (Hebrews 5:9)

и, совершившись, сделался для всех послушных Ему виновником спасения вечного, (К Евреям 5:9 Russian)

А вдосконалившися, Він для всіх, хто слухняний Йому, спричинився для вічного спасіння, (Евреи 5:9 Ukrainian)

Y consumado, vino á ser causa de eterna salud á todos los que le obedecen; (Hebreos 5:9 Spanish)

Almighty God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for the precious gift of life that excites our earthly bodies on this new day that is delivered to us with abundant blessings and challenges. Grant us more of your infinite wisdom as we study and do our best to obey the Scriptures that contain the message of eternal life. Help us to be more effective in convincing people that Jesus Christ is the sole source of eternal life for all who will believe and obey Him. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Picture 1: Yesterday we were very happy to meet with another one of our former English students. Pavel is well educated and is able to comprehend most written English texts. Like many of our other students, he comes to us with hopes of improving his ability to listen and speak English with native speakers. He is the person who offered Brian and Liz a ride into town in his car on their last hurried day here in Mykolayiv. We look forward to our meetings with our other students as well as meeting new ones.

Picture 2: 

On one of our walks to town from the church meeting place to take care of some errands, we always pass this eating establishment that is currently being remodeled. As soon as it is convenient for them, we plan to get information about this establishment as a possible lunch eating place for our guest WEI teachers who may me with us in June and July.

 Photo 3: This convenient shop is about 3 blocks from our meeting place, and they refill our inkjet printer cartridges for us at a good price. On the walk back to the church meeting place, we saw a familiar face coming toward us on the sidewalk. It was Zhenya, the young woman who works as a sales representative for various products was on her way to a client. We knew that we would eventually meet up with her and we look forward to seeing her again soon.

Photo 4: In the evening, we know from our own personal hazardous experience that is very difficult to navigate the icy streets and sidewalks around this spread out city. Nevertheless, Luda and Stepan always brave any kind of weather and walk for long distances in the frigid cold to attend our Wednesday night Bible study. Last night we sang some hymns, read a text from John 8 and answered some of their questions. Then, we set up the computer and showed them some photos of our trip to the USA. They were very happy to do this together. Thank you very much for your constant prayers and encouragement.