Вникай в себя и в учение; занимайся сим постоянно: ибо, так поступая, и себя спасешь и слушающих тебя. (1-е Тимофею 4:16 Russian)
Дбай про своє життя і вчення. Будь наполегливим у цьому, бо так ти спасеш і себе, і тих, хто тебе слухає. (1 Тимотей 4:16 Ukrainian ERV)
Dear Heavenly Father ~ thank you for the brightness of your love that greets us on this new day. Give wisdom, strength and courage to all who preach the doctrine of Christ so that our lives will be in harmony with our teaching. Help us to always be vigilant in order to win more souls to Christ. We pray in the blessed name of Jesus our Lord, Amen.
In spite of the lingering cold yesterday that still hangs on and refuses to go above freezing all over Ukraine, we were blessed to study English using the Bible and the WEI lessons with four dedicated students. Anna, Tatyana, Igor and Andrei braved the cold with us. Alexander also came by for his appointment in the afternoon, but by that time we learned from Elena the director of our building that they suffered a serious breakdown in the heating of the building. We appointed a new time for Sasha and abandoned the room when it felt like a good place to hang meat. The temperature in the building never went above 7 C /45 F. We are hoping that it will be repaired by tomorrow. Today we remained home since we got too cold yesterday and our bodies need to recover from the aches and pains that go with getting cold especially when you are young at heart. Since we use portable computers, we maintain an office here at our apartment and one at the church meeting place. Today we got out in the cold for a couple of hours to take care of some things at the Post Office and to shop for things we need for visiting the Boys Home Saturday and the University on Thursday. We regularly correspond with the church in Magadan. Olga shared some good news about one girl that we met sometime ago when her Papa, who was a friend of Ivan would give us a ride from the airport or to the airport from our apartment in Magadan. She is now 11 years old and Olga discussed the Bible with her and the excellent lessons in the children's "My First Bible" from EEM that we often use in teaching children. Her father recently died and he prevented the family from learning much about Jesus Christ since he was devoted to Islam to a degree. Now the girl wants all her family to know about Jesus! This is a very exciting development for all the work that Olga and the church have been doing in Magadan for many years with children of all ages.
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