WORD OF THE DAY - Monday 06 February 2012 from Nikolaev, Ukraine

 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.  (Acts 1:14 ESV)

Все они единодушно пребывали в молитве и молении, с [некоторыми] женами и Мариею, Материю Иисуса, и с братьями Его. (Деяния 1:14 Russian)

Всі вони постійно молилися разом. З ними було й кілька жінок, а також Марія, Ісусова мати, і Його брати. (Деяния 1:14 Ukrainian ERV)

Dear LORD God, our Heavenly Father ~ Thank you for bringing us safely to this new day that pulses with even more spectacular opportunities and blessings that emanate from your vast treasure of goodness and mercy. Grant us more of the wisdom of Christ so that we will make sound plans and execute them in such a manner that many souls will be turned to Christ around the world in our generation. Help us to be more like those early disciples who always found time to pray with fervent faith. In the precious name of Jesus we pray, Amen. 

We had only 11 souls who came to our services yesterday. Nevertheless, we had a most refreshing service with a study of God's plan of salvation. Later, we had our time of "tea" or fellowship. Our brother Stepan called us on Saturday evening telling us that he was feeling very sick. We offered to visit with him and take him some medicine. He lives with his grandson, and he got on the phone and assured us that he would make sure that Stepan had medicine or whatever he needed. We missed him during worship and later called to tell him hello from everyone. We also learned that our sister Elena is home sick and we let everyone greet her over the phone. After the fellowship, we had studies with Omo and Natasha. Omo has been studying the church with me and we also discussed God's salvation. He has been sick for several days and we were very happy to see him. We noticed that he is still harboring some congestion. Natasha is one of our very first students. We met her before we were doing any regular paid advertising. She has completed all her work in the Intermediate course. Next Sunday we will present her a certificate signed by Dick Ady that he left with us from our campaign. Two people have indicated that they are ready to obey the gospel of Christ in baptism. One wants to wait for 2 weeks. We will use this time to find a suitable place for the baptism and continue to study with them about faith and repentance. Ukrainians who have lived here for many decades do not recall a winter month where the temperatures do not rise above the freezing level for any 24 hour period. In this kind of weather everything gets cold and stays that way. We are mindful of the many poor people who are looking for a bite to eat and something warm to wear. We continue to be amazed at the good people who come to us with sincere hearts wanting to learn English using the Bible. They quickly become our dear friends and we think of them like family.