Bienaventurados los que lloran: porque ellos recibirán consolación. (Mateo 5:4 Spanish)
Dear God, our Father of comfort in this life ~ Thank you for the blessing of joy on this new day as we find fresh reasons to rejoice because of our faith in what we do not see with our physical eyes, but with our eyes of faith. As we witness so much suffering among people we know and love due to the ravages of sin, help us not to be overcome by grief since we know Christ has conquered sin and we shall also overcome this world with our obedient faith. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Yesterday after we arrived here in Slavyansk, our young friend Nastya called to greet us for the 4th of July holiday. She is very kind and thoughtful girl and is responsible for us having a Sunday school even though she is often the only one in attendance. We also had calls from new prospective students who want to meet with us next week to begin their World English Institute studies. Olya, our 16 year old friend who will begin her studies next week called to hear our voice. She and her friend Dasha miss us and want us back in Nikolaev.
While we were riding the train from Nikolaev to Donetsk yesterday morning, it was enjoyable to see the beautiful Ukrainian countryside and the homes with fresh flowers, prosperous gardens and numerous fruit trees along with chickens, cows, pigs, goats, ducks and geese. It is a way of life in Ukraine that I hope modern urbanization never changes. We also received a phone message from Ivan in Magadan, Russia. Later we learned from him that our sister Galina Gerkina will be visiting with us on her vacation in a few days. Today we have much work to do here to help Mama Elena with her large garden. She will give us instructions and we must carefully follow them so that we don't disturb the producing plants. She is having kidney problems and refuses to see a doctor. Last night as we talked things over, she said that she will continue to use herbs from her garden that are good for the kidneys and be content with whatever life God gives her. Early this morning we received a message from Mike Soto that he and his wife have been talking things over and they want to come and work with us in Nikolaev for 3 months and then make a decision about a longer commitment. They already home school their children, so that will not be a hindrance. We hope they will be able to work all this out. Mike wants to be able to use his Russian language skills he acquired from Uncle Sam to the glory of Christ. Now he preaches for a church in Portland, Oregon. Thank you for the prayers.
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