| Prayer letter May 20111 |
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Dear Praying friends, The Lord has supplied our needs through your manifold goodness to us, with your help and God's blessings we continue to serve Jesus in Ukraine. Thank you! Today, I am writing while riding a train back to Ukraine. We have been in Krakow, Poland for a week getting our new visas. These visas will allow us to stay in Ukraine for one year without having to exit the country every 90 days. We praise the Lord for His mercy, now we can continue to work in the ministry without interruption. The Pytie Gorie church has new people coming and we glorify God for his faithfulness. One lady, Katya, trusted Jesus as her Saviour. She is an older lady who has lived a hard life. Praise the Lord Jesus saves not based on who we are, but on who He is. His love reaches to lowest depths and sets the sinner's feet solid rock. Pray for unity in the church, that they would truly learn to love one another. Specifically, pray for Yura as he helps lead the church. It can be difficult at times in the villages where people are very poor. Often the need for material help and spiritual weakness drains the church. Pray that God will supply every need showing His strength in the midst of their weakness. The church in Kiev is standing strong, they remain very faithful to our God. The major hurdle that hinders the Kiev church is a building. Its very difficult for us to get new people to come to a church service when it is an apartment. Pray that we would find a local building to rent that is within the budget. The Bila Tserkov church is still struggling, the real problem is unfaithfulness to God. This is always an obstacle when Christians do not seek the Lord first in all things. Maxim and I are trying to change their attitudes and personal outlooks about Christ. I praise the Lord for Maxim’s faithfulness, and hard work. Pray that God would change the hearts of church members, that we would get more visitors, and begin to build the church again. The Lord has allowed for us to plan a family camp in June. We did a camp four years ago, and it was an extreme success. It helped people to come apart from the world for a week, get some good preaching a couple of times a day, and grow together as brothers and sisters in Christ. We were not sure if the camp would be available, and people would be able to get off work. But, God has opened all the doors, and we are just walking through. We were warmly met by the director of the camp, who is very happy that we decided to return. She even invited us to sit and have tea with her. Her name is Vasalina, it would be great to see her get saved. Pray that God uses the camp in lives of His people. When you receive this letter it will be already be past the anniversary of the home going of Carissa. Thank you to all that have prayed, and sent notes of comfort. You are a blessing and an encouragement to us. You have helped us through the darkest hour of our lives.
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