Saturday, July 21, 2012
Mixed emotions; Happy and sad . . . .
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
Mixed emotions; that seems to be what I always feel about
this time of year. Happy and excited
about going home to family and friends but at the same time sadness about
leaving the people and the ministries in Ukraine. We have one more week here and then we will be going back home to
Mississippi, LORD willing. I would like
to ask all of you to pray extra hard for this last week of ministry. Since May we have been meeting with people
weekly in many different places around Poltava and in several villages in
Poltava oblast. Each week we have been
storying through the Bible, we started with creation, shared several Old
Testament stories, taught the Ten Commandments, shared about the birth and life
of JESUS, looked at several parables that teach about HIS Love and GRACE, we
have taught about sin, what it is and the consequences of it. We have attempted to do our best to share the
Story of JESUS in the power of HIS SPIRIT and in a Biblical way. We are not asking people to raise their hand
in a moment of emotion but we are challenging them by HIS GRACE, to follow HIM
for a lifetime, to step out on faith, receive HIS GRACE, HIS finished work on
the CROSS with the attitude brokenness and repentance. We are so thankful that HE has trusted us to take
part in this ministry. Please pray for
us that we can finish well next week, that we will be pleasing to HIM and HIM
alone. Please pray for all the people
who have heard HIS story this summer, that in GOD’S time they will come to true
repentance. Please pray for all the
Ukrainian believers in Poltava who will continue to work in this great harvest
field.
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This is awesome. The Lord compelled me to move to Ukraine to find a Ukrainian girl. However, I have changed many lives for the better. I was compelled to write a book to help people in a different way. But, our paths are not very different from each other.
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