“For I know the plans I have to you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” Jeremiah 29:11
The Lord Jesus Christ reminds and teaches us, that He is our God and our support. Whatever happens in our lives is only for good. All our financial difficulties and health problems transform us, strengthening our faith. The understanding of our dependence on God leads to glory of His Name and allows Him to work through our weaknesses.
May the Lord be blessed in everything that happens in our lives. Thank you a lot for your prayers and your support.
TUVA
Zagvozdkin family
Agatha is feeling pretty good, so we did not need to go to Krasnoyarsk . The only problem that became clear recently is that she has become very nervous. She can run into hysterics for 20 minutes and nothing can stop her. Now we are dealing with this problem. Matthew received the first degree diploma on the republican contest of juvenile pianists. This is the uppermost reward that he has. I pray looking to the future: if God gives him a new life, than he will become a very good musical ministry leader.
The Church
We have increased our efforts at the work in the region. We continue to visit two places on a permanent basis – Ak-Dovurak and Arig-Uzu. The fruits are already visible. First, more people joined both fellowships. Second, they started preaching in their villages by themselves. Please pray for this.
Our brothers from Kuzul started taking the responsibilities for their church ministries. Oleg Namdara started leading Sunday service in my absence (when I am in the region). The Oleg Markov’s brother was chosen and ordained to be a deacon by the church. Eres is earnestly engaged in the missionary service, he gathered a team and goes with them into different regions.
Brother Viktor
The country in Central Asia
Peace with you, our dear friends. We embrace you and thank you for your prayers.
We started some classes with our church for the development and comprehension of the basic topics that refer to our life in Jesus. Once per week we make such a class. On average 20 people take part in the discussion, we also work on the same topics on Sundays. According to the list there are 60 members, but in fact – only 40. Others do not come because of their health problems or because of difficulties in relations with God or with His children.
Testimonies:
– Sister Valia once was late for a service and she stopped a car to drive her to the house of prayer. While in the car she talked to the driver about God and testified about His love.
It touched the driver’s heart and he asked her more about how to receive salvation from his sins.
– Sister Lyudmila together with two other sisters was on her way to Buhary, it is 800 km away from Tashkent. The women went there to bring a special seminar on Ephesians for women, but they had a burning desire to testify about God on the model of Paul. On their way one Uzbek woman sat near them and they told her about Iso Masihe, that He is the true Saviour of the world. It touched the Uzbek woman’s heart so much that she invited them into her house to introduce them to her husband. When she heard the testimony about Jesus, according to her words, her heart was full to such an extent that she did not want to leave them. She said that it was God who send her such an acquaintance.
We ask you to support us in your prayers. We pray for some really important needs for us:
- For our members unity with God and between each other.
- For our dedicated deacon
- For a House of Prayer. May the Lord God give understanding for each of us on how to agree with His Will for us.
Here is some information about those 15 students and teachers who had problems because of their Bible studies. For one more month they will need to go through the whole procedure of trials and penalties. Continue praying for them.
Nikolai and Vika
The Magazine ‘A Teacher’s Word’
We are grateful to God:
– For the publication of the magazine ‘A Teacher’s Word’ №1/2012 on the topic ‘God – An Individuality’ and the preparation of the magazine ‘A Teacher’s Name’ №2/2012 for printing the topic of which is ‘God – the Creator’.
- – For the publication of the magazine ‘A Teacher’s Word’ №1/2012 on the topic ‘God – An Individuality’ and the preparation of the magazine ‘A Teacher’s Name’ №2/2012 for printing the topic of which is ‘God – the Creator’.
- – For the successful completion of the All Ukrainian competition ‘The Teacher of the Year of the subjects of the religiously moral direction’, the winners of which were teachers from the cities of Ternopyl, Yuzhne in Odesa region, Zhytomyr and urban-type settlement Chechelnyck, that is situated in the Vinnytsia region, and all of them are our sisters in God.
– For the successful completion of the All Ukrainian Competition ‘Young Bible experts’.
We ask to pray for:
– The evangelical preaching through the magazine ‘A Teacher’s Word’
– For the printing and distribution of the next volume
– For people in different parts of Ukraine who are engaged in the distribution of the volume
– For new authors and readers
– For Christian ethics’ teachers, who in very hard conditions (cutting the hours, optional course) still try to clarify the Bible truth for children
Nadia Dolia
Rivne Bible college
We are sincerely grateful to God for all the blessings during the studies. The seminar that is planned for April 27-28 will be a big blessing for both teachers and students of the Bible Preaching School. The topic of the seminar is ‘Biblical solution to conflict’, the lead speaker is Benjamin Portanskyi, the preacher from the church ‘The Word of Mercy’ in the city of Vancouver.
In the contemporary Christian society it is very hard to choose one correct guide that will help us in conflicts. Intrinsically, we listen to other people’ pieces of advice, who are more experienced and can be considered as experts, but who actually use non-Biblical approaches and sources. There will be some practical material based on a Biblical Follow-up presented on the seminar, which can be useful for both deacons and members of the Church who want to be obedient to God and be ‘the aroma of Christ’ (2 Corinthians 2:15).
Please pray for the conference and the spiritual development for all the seminar’s participants.
Nikolai Nikitin
Christian ethics
March 29-30, 2012 – the 5th All Ukrainian competition ‘Young Bible experts’ took place at the National University ‘Ostroh academy’
Nearly 200 pupils from all over Ukraine took part in it. In the competition took part pupils of the 1-11 forms, who became school competitions’ winners and who study the subjects of the religious and ethical topics. The participants worried, facilitators soothed them. Everybody who adopted the decision based on The Bible was a winner.
We continue praying for:
– Taking part in the All Ukrainian conference ‘Religiously moral education for the young generation. Native and foreign experience’ with the assistance of the Department of the Education and Science, the Department of Youth and Sport of Ukraine and Ukrainian Bible society and the participation of the international social organization ‘Hope for People’;
– Establishment of the subject ‘Christian ethics’ in Ukrainian schools.
Oleksandr Bondarchuk
Orphanage ministry
We express our heartfelt thanks to our God for he gives our brothers and sisters a desire to serve the children. Once per month the hairdresser from our fellow brothers comes to us. A family doctor always holds consultations for our boys and those children who are in our family. Our community group continues to pray for our family’ needs and supports not only boys, but also us in our ministering. We ask you to pray for the spiritual development for every person who visits our Bible groups on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
The special blessings for us are those days when we are visited by community groups of our church. Together we read the Bible, share our blessings, pray for each other and also get to know each other better. This month the group of Oleksandr Sangush visited us. They brought us not only some sweets, but also home-made pelmeni (meat pockets). We are always glad to meet our guests who testify about God’s deeds and changes that Jesus brought to their lives.
The spring came and we made a decision about our housing improvements. For seven years nothing has been repaired. All the boys were painting, lime washing, repairing the furniture, and working on the premises. Our house is full of children. We are glad, when those boys who were raised in our family and now live in Rivne and Zdolbuniv, working and earning their living, come to visit us. They also attend the fellowship meeting of the church ‘The Source of Life’ together with us and help us with ministering to the Mizoch orphanage’ children. Pray for their repentance. We also ask you to pray for the running of the indoor sanitation of the house where we live together with the boys.
We thank God for all for all of His blessings and mercy towards us! We put all our needs before His throne as everything happens through His mercy and grace to us, His Children. May His Name be blessed through us and our lives!
We ask you to pray for those above mentioned deacons and their ministries. Unfortunately, most of them have only partial support, or do not have it at all. If the Lord gives you a desire to support one of these ministries, you can easily do it by finding our bank information or through our representatives abroad.
