Monday, January 9, 2012

WORD OF THE DAY - Monday 09 January 2012 from Mykolayiv, Ukraine

 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.  (Matthew 24:14 NIV)

И проповедано будет сие Евангелие Царствия по всей вселенной, во свидетельство всем народам; и тогда придет конец. (От Матфея 24:14 Russian)
І ця Добра Звістка, Євангелія про Царство Боже, проповідуватиметься по всьому світі як свідчення для всіх народів. Отоді настане кінець». (Матей 24:14 Ukrainian ERV)
Almighty God, our Dear Heavenly Father ~ thank you for the unimaginable blessings that grace our lives on this new day. Give us a greater portion of your wisdom and greater insight into the day to day lives of people in every nation so that we will be able to spread the pure and effective gospel to every country in our lifetime and thus hasten the coming of Christ, our dear Savior and Lord. We pray in Jesus precious name, Amen.

Yesterday we were blessed to have 11 to attend our services. We have been missing our young girl Nastya who usually attends our "Sunday School" by herself now that our boys have moved away. She has trouble at home and we will try and speak to her mother again. We were blessed that Nikolai and his wife Olga were with us. Their positive and loving mannerism always encourages the others. Nikolai planned to visit with some doctors yesterday in search of answers on why he has lost hearing in one ear. We pray for him and Olya that doctors will be able to help him with this problem and that God will help him recover in a whole manner. David Ciolkosz has been away in Yalta, Ukraine in the Crimean republic, and he effectively led the Lord's Supper. Later we honored our brother Stepan on his 86th birthday which was Saturday the 7th which coincides with the day when Orthodox Christianity recognizes as the day of Jesus birth. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and getting better acquainted. Galina is always in demand as a translator during our meetings to help people understand one another. After everyone left, we had time to study the J.C. Choate lesson on The Church with Elijah. He is growing in his understanding of New Testament Christianity. Today we are hoping to be able to receive some shipments at the Post Office. Last night, we learned that Galina's Mama is not feeling well, so we plan to leave tonight for Slavyansk in the north east of Ukraine and visit her for a few days. Thank you for your prayers.




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