Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3)
Блаженны нищие духом, ибо их есть Царство Небесное. (От Матфея 5:3 Russian)
Bienaventurados los pobres en espíritu: porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos. (Mateo 5:3 Spanish)
Most Kind and Benevolent God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for the radiance of your love and the highest joy that brightens our hearts on this new day. Grant us more of the wisdom of Christ as we make choices each day. Discipline us when we feel high and mighty. Help us to realize we are helpless and unable to function as servants of our King without your guidance. In the precious name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Galina took this picture of our group of 13 who assembled for worship yesterday. We continue to be plagued by a faulty camera; or shall we simply say irritated by our camera that only works when it is appropriately cajoled. We had a wonderful period of worship and time of fellowship following. Of course the main topic of conversation was how much we miss our dear brothers Dick Ady, Charles Chandler, Jon Rawlings and Mike Soto. They worked diligently to help us reach more people with the World English Institute courses that allow us to teach English using the Bible. Anna has been attending each Sunday for several weeks. Two teenage girls Dasha and Olya also came and spent time becoming better acquainted with other people. Olamide brought a friend of his who recently came from Nigeria to study at the Ship Building University. Our new sister Natasha brought her friend Ludmila. Later in the afternoon, we caught the overnight train to Donetsk. The train station in Donetsk is all jumbled around due to construction in preparation for the 2012 Euro Soccer event. The entire city seems to be gearing up for this event that will be hosted in Donetsk. We made it to the local new bus station that is still under construction in time to catch the bus to Slavyansk. We arrived at Galina's Mama's house a little before noon. Not long after our arrival we had a phone call from Olya one of the girls who went with us to the Boys Home on Saturday. She and Dasha are anxious to resume their studies. She had many pertinent questions about our worship and teaching yesterday following the worship. Thank you for the prayers. Included below are some notes that we have already received from our brothers who are already making plans to come here next year for a repeat of this great campaign. They brought us a great deal of encouragement by their visit and tireless work. We ask you to pray about this as we know the time will come very soon. Dick Ady and I were planning the 2011 campaign for over a year and it suddenly was upon us. God willing, we expect that will happen again as we start working on plans for our June/July WEI campaign for 2012.
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