So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.(1 Peter 2:1 ESV)
Итак, отложив всякую злобу и всякое коварство, и лицемерие, и зависть, и всякое злословие, (1-e Петра 2:1 Russian)
Отож, відкладіть усяку злобу, і всякий підступ, і лицемірство, і заздрість, і всякі обмови, (1 Петрово 2:1 Ukrainian)
Dear Heavenly Father ~ thank you for the precious gift of life on this new day that brings us fresh opportunities to be faithful and true disciples of Christ our Lord. Give us wisdom and moral courage so that we will behave with kindness, honesty, sincerity, generosity while doing our best to build others up with our speech and deeds. Help us to truly be people who are doing our best to pattern our lives after Christ our perfect example. We pray in Jesus name, Amen.
Yesterday was just another spectacular day in our first days back in Nikolaev, Ukraine. We spent the morning preparing for a visit to be with the boys. We didn't hear anything certain yesterday since it is a vacation time and their regular teacher Natasha had to come in off her vacation. She left after the lesson was over and another teacher - Sveta who started her job about the same time that we began to visit the boys in 2009. The boys were very communicative during the Bible study part of the class even though they were anxious to just spend time with us. We took them a few gifts and later went outside and played Frisbee with them. It was very windy day so that didn't last too long. We sent one of the boys to a store nearby and he brought back some soft drinks that they were anxious to share with us. After hanging out with them for a while, it was time to go into the lunchroom building for their snack. This was a tasty pancake made with cottage cheese. The boys wanted to share with us. This was actually the first time we have been into their cafeteria. It is not fancy, but it is very clean and the boys do their jobs of keeping everything spic and span. There were a total of 15 boys present. These are all true orphans who have no relatives to visit in the summer. Three of our boys from last year were still there since they are waiting for the start of classes at the vocational college they will attend and have a dormitory assigned to them. We hope to get to see them after they leave. Soon we will know who the boys are that will make up our 9th grade class for 2012/2013 school year. When we finished with the boys, we enjoyed the beautiful weather and walked back toward the center of the city and stopped at a large supermarket where we made a few purchases. Just outside this market in the middle of Lenin Blvd. is an old Soviet tank that serves as a monument to the Great Patriotic War against the Nazi invaders. Thank you for the prayers. Galina is really struggling with a bad cold, but it is impossible to slow down with all the excitement we have each day.
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