I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. (1 Timothy 2:1-2)
Итак прежде всего прошу совершать молитвы, прошения, моления, благодарения за всех человеков, за царей и за всех начальствующих, дабы проводить нам жизнь тихую и безмятежную во всяком благочестии и чистоте, (1-е Тимофею 2:1-2 Russian)
Отже, перш над усе я благаю чинити молитви, благання, прохання, подяки за всіх людей, за царів та за всіх, хто при владі, щоб могли ми провадити тихе й мирне життя в усякій побожності та чистості. (1 Тимотей 2:1-2 Ukrainian)
AMONESTO pues, ante todas cosas, que se hagan rogativas, oraciones, peticiones, hacimientos de gracias, por todos los hombres; Por los reyes y por todos los que están en eminencia, para que vivamos quieta y reposadamente en toda piedad y honestidad. (1 Timoteo 2:1-2 Spanish)
Dear God our Savior ~ Thank you for this new Lord’s Day and the special privilege to assemble with others who have the same faith in our Lord Jesus Christ who died for our sins, was buried and rose again on the third day. We know you love every soul and we thank you Father for allowing us to know many different people. Give us wisdom as we learn better how to handle the truth, so that others will come to have knowledge of the truth and obey the gospel of salvation. Help all people in the world to make the choice to follow Jesus when they have the opportunity to know him as Lord. Give world leaders the wisdom needed to lead in peace and prosperity for all citizens of their respective countries. In Jesus name we pray, Amen. We made it home safely around 07.00 this morning. We are so thrilled to be back in Nikolaev with the stamp in our passports that legitimizes our continued stay in Ukraine. Now we are rushing to prepare for our worship and other Lord’s Day activities. The nice young lady at the passport office (not really the name of the place – our designation) told us earlier in the week that the office was open from 08.00 to 15.00 on Saturdays. Well, we got there around 08.30 and the doors were locked. A person appeared and said they open at 09.00. So we went for a little walk around the center of Slavyansk and stopped and had a cup of coffee at at little cafeteria on Shevchenko street. That’s the street that Galina walked so many times with Sonya when she was helping her Mama in the hospital. We came back to the passport office about three minutes past nine, and were told that the staff was on a possible illegal immigrant inspection and would return at 10.00. So, we decided to go for another walk. This time we walked down to the bus station and bought our tickets from Slavyansk to Donetsk. At least we were able to accomplish something useful. We returned and got our place in line and finally around 11.45 we received our passports with the stamp authorizing us to remain in Ukraine with the 5 year multi-entry visas that we already have. It’s a complicated process and I will not even start to try and describe all the hassles people go through in order to have their legal residence in the former Soviet Union. The first picture above is the old typography building where the Slavyansk Church of Christ previously met for several years before they bought the property where they now meet. It is always interesting to take note of people doing their jobs in the morning. As I’ve pointed out before, the street sweeping jobs are reserved for women in the old USSR. We took a little break in the area of the city square for one more shot of Lenin’s statue. As we left Donetsk last night Galina noticed a beautiful memorial on the road heading to Mariupol. We passed through Berdyansk, Melitopol and Kherson before arriving in Nikolaev. Those are the towns where we had a rest-room break. We are a bit travel weary, but really looking forward to meeting with our group here today and the rest of this week. Thanks for the prayers for our safe travels.
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