Saturday, April 23, 2011

WORD OF THE DAY - Saturday 23 April 2011 from Mykolaiv, Ukraine

And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. (Matthew 27:59-60)

и, взяв тело, Иосиф обвил его чистою плащаницею и положил его в новом своем гробе, который высек он в скале; и, привалив большой камень к двери гроба, удалился. (От Матфея 27:59-60 Russian)
І взяв Йосип Ісусове тіло, обгорнув його плащаницею чистою, і поклав його в гробі новому своїм, що був висік у скелі. До дверей гробових привалив він великого каменя, та й відійшов. (Матей 27:59-60 Ukrainian)
Y tomando José el cuerpo, lo envolvió en una sábana limpia, Y lo puso en su sepulcro nuevo, que había labrado en la peña: y revuelta una grande piedra á la puerta del sepulcro, se fué. (Mateo 27:59-60 Spanish)

Most Holy God, our Dear Father in Heaven ~ Thank you for the absolute joy we experience on this new day as we consider how blessed we are because of your amazing grace. Open our eyes of understanding so that we will more fully appreciate that Jesus really went through the dreaded experience of human death. Give us wisdom and courage to do our best to convince skeptical people about your wonderful plan of salvation that involved the death and burial of your One and Only Son in whom we trust for eternal life. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
It is another fabulous weather day for this Saturday morning here in Mykolaiv. Yesterday we had a very productive study with our most advanced student – Anna. This mother of a young daughter previously worked as an English teacher but now stays at home with her pre-school child. She is also doing part-time work as an English tutor thanks to Galina’s encouragement. After that we had our next WEI student Roman. He is also making good progress. He is the one who invited us to the meeting of the Nikolaev English Club. He said everyone enjoyed our visit and we didn’t say anything to embarrass him. We enjoy his good sense of humor and his hospitable attitude. While he was there our friend Irina stopped by to finalize our approval of the proofs for our upcoming advertising campaign that begins next week and last through the month of May. Irina and her husband operate this successful agency together. This advertising campaign invites people to pre-enroll in our English classes that will be conducted during our World English Institute intensive 6 week effort here in Nikolaev. This will be our first such concentrated effort here in this city. We hope you are joining us in prayer that we will meet people who will be sincerely interested in the Bible’s message about salvation through obedient faith in Jesus Christ. When we completed our work at the office, we had a nice walk back to the center of the city and enjoyed noticing that the maple trees are beginning to have leaves. Canada has adopted the maple tree, and Vermont also identifies with the maple. Ukraine has an abundance of maple trees in all of the eastern and southern parts of the country. Possibly in western Ukraine also, but we’ve not been there so someone else will have to tell us about that. We look forward to having some visitors tomorrow since it is also Easter Sunday on the Orthodox calendar. Normally, it falls on a different date, but this year it is the same. In Russia and Ukraine, they do not use the anglicized version of the pagan word Easter. They use a word pascha Пасха that more correctly represents Passover. Nearly all English versions of the New Testament now use the word Passover in Acts 12:4 which is the only place it occurred in the King James Version of the Bible. So, have a Happy First Day of the Week!

No comments:

Post a Comment