WORD OF THE DAY - Sunday 29 April 2012 Nikolaev, Ukraine

 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians 3:27)

все вы, во Христа крестившиеся, во Христа облеклись. (К Галатам 3:27 Russian)

Бо ви всі, що в Христа охристилися, у Христа зодягнулися! (Галатяни 3:27 Ukrainian)

Our Dear Holy Father in Heaven ~ we give you thanks for the dazzling brightness of your loving presence on this new Lord’s Day. Bless all those in Christ today who yearn to assemble with others who have the same faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Help us to encourage everyone who receives Christ by sincere confession of their faith, repentance and baptism. We pray in Jesus name, Amen. 

 We had another wonderful and busy Saturday here in Nikolaev. In the morning, we were out in the town shopping for items we needed for our visit with the boys. Instead of the Snicker's bar, we gave each boy a Coke or Pepsi. It was a hot day and they really enjoyed that. 

At the Boys Home, we enjoyed a most uplifting experience as the boys were very well prepared with all their memory verses. Alyosha as usual quoted the most memory verses and we awarded him the special Nascar Hot Wheels car that our friend Chuck had sent from California. All the boys also received their coveted Hot Wheels cars.

Natasha requested that we help buy clothes for the boy’s graduation exercises. This will only be for the orphan boys who have no family member (besides D & G) to outfit them for the important day known here as "Last Bell". We are privileged to take part in this each year. We will have to leave Ukraine before their actual graduation, but we plan to get the shopping done before then. 

After we finished with the boys, we headed back toward town, and got in touch by cell phone with Rick Deighton. Rick is a business owner who lives in the state of Idaho. He has been coming to Nikolaev for 11 years to meet with a congregation of the Christian Church. He conducts seminars on Evidences. It was our first meeting and we had a difficult time finding the place where he is staying, but we finally found him and took him to McDonald's for a visit. 

After a long day we were completely worn to a frazzle and walked back home in a nice pleasant evening. God is good and we thank Him for this open door here in southern Ukraine.