A faithful witness
does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. (Proverbs 14:5)
Верный свидетель
не лжет, а свидетель ложный наговорит много лжи. (Притчи 14:5 Russian)
Свідок правдивий
не лже, а свідок брехливий говорить неправду. (Притчи 14:5 Ukrainian)
Dear God, our Gracious Father in Heaven ~ Thank you for the
radiance of your abounding love on this new day that is running over with
blessings and opportunities to serve our Lord Jesus Christ who rose from the
dead and reigns at your side. Give us wisdom so that we will be able to
effectively answer the lies that continue to circulate the earth about the body
of Christ being stolen by his blessed disciples. We pray with faith in the
precious name of Jesus, Amen. 
Since we had
to postpone our WEI students who wanted to study with us on Thursday to Friday,
we had an extremely busy and rewarding day. By teaching two at the same time,
we were able to get a lot more done. Most of our students prefer to study with
Galina and myself since they want to understand more clearly the Russian or
Ukrainian definitions of certain words. As one who is still a student of
Russian after ten years, that is beyond my pay grade. We want to make certain
that our students understand the message of the Bible while they improve their
English knowledge and skills. Nadya was our first student in the morning and
she brought her precious daughter who is almost 3 with her. She has wanted to
visit us for several weeks, but it is difficult for Mama to bring her on the
route taxi (small bus) with the stroller, et cetera. Galina had a wonderful
time with her while Nadya reviewed her lessons with me. We gave Liza a precious
doll that was recently sent by a loving person in Ohio. She immediately named
the doll Devushka Mishka – Girl Mouse. We originally met Nadya in 2009 on a
visit to the university. She has remained a good friend for all that time and
has helped as a translator when Galina went to be with her father when he was
dying. Nadya’s husband is a Bible teacher at one of the large charismatic
evangelical churches here in Nikolaev. Next, we studied with Alexander who
finally completed all 21 lessons of the World English Institute Intermediate
Course. He now wants t continue studying with us in the Advanced Course. Then
we enjoyed another great time with our new friend and WEI student Inna who
learned English very well and has lived in Norway while conducting some
maritime related business there. Then Anya appeared for her study at the same
time as Andrei. We let Galina help Andrei since he requires more help with word
meanings and I helped Anya who is in the WEI advanced course. We have been
having excellent discussions lately in each meeting and yesterday was no
exception. Ira was not able to keep her 3.00 appointment, so we were able to
spend a little extra time with those two. Then our last student of the day was
our exceptional Olena who is working hard to prepare for her trip to St. Louis
soon. She will be part of the Work Travel program and will be working with the
Drury Inns. She did this last summer and was able to save some money after
paying all her expenses.
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