WORD OF THE DAY - Friday 13 April 2012 Nikolaev, Ukraine

Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; (2 Timothy 2:11-12 NIV)

Верно слово: если мы с Ним умерли, то с Ним и оживем; если терпим, то с Ним и царствовать будем; если отречемся, и Он отречется от нас; (2-е Тимофею 2:11-12 Russian)

Вірне слово: коли разом із Ним ми померли, то й житимемо разом із Ним! А коли терпимо, то будемо разом також царювати. А коли відцураємось, то й Він відцурається нас! (2 Тимотей

2:11-12 Ukrainian)

Kind and Merciful Father in Heaven ~ thank you for giving us life along with necessary provisions and everything needed for our enjoyment. Give us wisdom to encourage one another to actively persevere in the one true faith of Christ Jesus that leads to eternal life. Help us as we encourage those outside of Christ to believe, repent, confess and die with Christ in baptism and rise up from the watery grave a new creature with hope of reigning with the Lord. We pray in Jesus name, Amen. 

Yesterday we realized our opportunity to go hunting the city for those ceramic cups and dishes that we promised the House of Babies this week was rapidly running out. So, we had to postpone several studies with eager WEI students and go shopping. We ended up where we started back at the large central market. We found a dealer there who had some of just what we needed tucked back in a warehouse storage area. He let us help him dig them out and blow the dust off the wrappers. These were made at a factory in Ukraine and are made so that the home of orphan babies can boil them in order to sanitize them. They don't have a dishwasher, so they wash dishes by hand and boil them. We called a taxi to help us deliver the 70 cups and 30 plates. We still need to buy 30 more cups and 70 plates. That will hopefully be a project for one day next week. By the time we arrived at the Babies Home, Olga - the director was almost ready to go home. But, she knew we were tying to get there by the end of the day and waited. She was very pleased with the quality. She said "Perfect, that is exactly what we need!" She showed us how they had already purchased some paint and started painting the outdoor playground equipment. In their gardens, we noticed some tulips about to bloom and a few buttercups already shining their spring blooms. We let the taxi go and took our long and pleasant walk back toward the center of the city.