God is continuing to bless our English Club and Audio Bible Study meetings! Each week people are coming to hear the Word of God. By way of reminder, we hold English Club for the first hour of the evening, follow that with a 5 minute break, and then begin Bible teaching/preaching in Ukrainian for the second hour. The evening ends with tea, snacks, and fellowship.

Joshua listening as students share their thoughts on the evening's topic: sports.

Everyone seemed to really enjoy this topic. Irina, pictured left, met Joshua through rock climbing and came for the first time this week.

It was great to have Nathan Day back after an extended visit to the States!

Having a friendly discussion with Marian, one of our regulars. (front left)

We have recently been reminded of the power of media in spreading the Word of the Gospel of Christ, and we are encouraged that we now have the book of John, part of the book of Romans, and various topical messages on CD as a result of these weekly meetings.

This week Joshua finished Romans chapter 5 with our group.

Thank you to all of you who are praying for this ministry!

During our first CMO project in 2006, we showed The Light of the World in a very small village called Khashchovanya. By the time of that showing, we had already experienced a fair amount of resistance from Catholic priests in other villages. Thus I was quite surprised when we saw the priest from Khashchovanya present at our showing along with his children! He viewed the entire film, and listened without objection to my Gospel presentation at the end.

Showing The Light of the World in Khashchovanya, 2006

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The Girls

It’s been a while since we’ve posted any pictures of Abby and Rebekah. Here’s a sampling of some family shots.

Abby tries on a new skirt that Baba (her grandma) made for her.

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“Nikki” is what we have affectionately dubbed our Nikon D40 camera. Every Tuesday, she goes with us to English Club and Bible study to help document the evening’s events. The following are a few of her shots from recent weeks.

God is continuing to bless this ministry–we are building good friendships and people are hearing the gospel preached. Please continue to pray that those who are coming would repent and believe in Christ!

Joshua teaching out of Romans.

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For the past few weeks at ABS, we’ve been teaching through the first two chapters of Romans. Since his opening statement in Romans 1:18, Paul has built an air-tight case against the ungodly. Furthermore, having drawn us into a position of judgment, he has shown that we who consider ourselves to be “better than the wicked” are in fact just as guilty, condemned by our own mouths.

This past week, we taught through Romans 3:1-20. In this chapter, Paul begins by addressing several common heresies of his day. He first clarifies the significance of the Jewish people – God gave us the Scriptures through the Jews – but points out that even if the majority of the Jews (or people in general) did not receive God’s plan of salvation, that does not negate it. God is not an elected official who needs a majority vote in order to move forward.

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Each Tuesday evening, we continue to meet together with Ukrainians for English Club and Audio Bible Study. (ABS)  “Audio” refers to the fact that each time Joshua, Jessie, or another missionary preaches from the Word of God, the messages are being recorded in digital format so that multiple Ukrainians can have access to them over time. Although the first half of the evening is a focus on English, the preaching time is always done in Ukrainian so that the nationals can hear the Word of God clearly  in their own language. This ministry continues to grow and we are encouraged by how God has blessed it! New people often visit our group, and others have become regular attendees. Thank you to everyone who is consistently lifting this ministry up in prayer. Please pray with us that it would bear fruit unto salvation, and that people would be “turned from the error of their way” unto Christ, who is THE way.

Some lively English discussion.

Denise (far right) talking with some girls who just began attending recently.

Jessie and Marian studying a text from Good and Evil.

Reading practice. This is the first time that we have ever had more girls at English Club/Bible Study than guys.

They made for a great audience during the preaching from Romans 2.

Ministering to the Lord is a joyful thing!

The following letter was given to me by an acquaintance here in L’viv named Taras. It has been translated from Ukrainian.

Greetings in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ! Dear brothers and sisters, in this letter I would like to tell you the story of a young Christian family, which is in a very difficult situation. You could say that what happened to them is a tragedy.

Dmytro and Lyuba

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