И если кто услышит Мои слова и не поверит, Я не сужу его, ибо Я пришел не судить мир, но спасти мир. (От Иоанна 12:47 Russian)
Якщо ж хто почує Мої слова, та не коритиметься їм, то Я йому не суддя, бо не судити світ Я прийшов, а врятувати його. (Йоан 12:47 Ukrainian ERV-UK)
Almighty God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ We are deeply grateful for the gift of life that resides in our mortal bodies on this new Lord’s Day. Give us spiritual insight as we study the precious teachings of Christ our Lord so that we will be motivated to always do our best to faithfully obey His word that brings eternal life. We pray in the blessed name of Jesus, Amen.
Saturday was another long day and overflowing with reasons to have the joy of God deep down in our hearts. In the morning we went to the Post Office and retrieved another box that we had shipped to ourselves before we left the USA. We are still watching for some other boxes. This one had some things we wanted to take to the boys. Our hats always go off to Natasha - the boy’s teacher. She has them very well prepared for our class each Saturday. In the summer months, we have time to spend playing some outdoor sports with the boys. This is serious time during the school year. The lessons we teach on becoming people of good character have become part of their curriculum - thanks to Natasha and of course Vladimir the Director who invites and encourages us. We had 100% participation from the boys as they recited their memory verses. One boy pleaded upon our arrival for us to let them do their memory verses first because they might forget if they had to wait. Not only did the recite their verses, many of the boys made serious comments about what the verse means to them. Our lesson for these first few weeks is about respect - for self, one another, for adults, for authorities, for God's word. We thought they would explode in anticipation of getting those little Hot Wheels cars. On one of our last stops at Walmart late one night before we left, our eye caught sight of a package of 10 cars. We knew that the Fees had also given some little cars, so we had enough for each boy. The boys knew that we had given these cars to the previous 9th grade group, and were about to give up on us. As is normal, they wanted to see us off and someone even called a taxi for us. We were waiting a long time and the boys were supposed to go back inside for a snack, so we started walking up the long road and after we were about 1/2 way to the bridge, the taxi arrived. We were so thankful! We asked him to take us to the big box store Metro. We received a wish list from the Boys Home that included all kinds of things they have no funds for - and they say they can always count on us. We don't always get them everything on their list since we have to carry it up 4 flights of stairs when we get home. They will come pick it up on Monday. There were still a few items we couldn't find - ping pong balls, paddles, paper towel holder, etc. We'll try to find time and strength to go shopping at market later this afternoon. We have been praying for some visitors at our worship today. Thank you for your faithful prayers and partnership in this work of the Lord.
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