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Debbie Myers |
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Prayer Letter June 2006
Dear Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
My last prayer letter began with how cold this past winter was in Ukraine. We had a late, cold spring, but now summer is here and it sure is hot! However, no matter what the season is, praise God, the Lord's work continues and He still answers prayer! "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Galatians 6:9)
Thank you all SO MUCH for praying for the elections here in Ukraine! Praise God, everything went very well and there were no demonstrations. However, Ukrainian politicians are still trying to figure out who will hold different government posts. Praise God, the process is going peacefully, but please pray that the government will be the way God wants it to be and that religious freedom will remain in Ukraine.
Praise the Lord, my home phone is working again. Many thanks to all of you who prayed!
Praise God, our Sunday School has grown by one member. A new boy, Slava, age 6, has been coming for over a month now. He is a neighbor of the Spillmans. Hopefully, some of the other neighborhood children of the Spillmans' will start to come. Praise the Lord, in the last month; we've also had a couple of visitors.
Recently one of our church members, Natasha, testified that she felt her mother was very close to salvation. In the past her parents (who are both lost) have been extremely against her being a Christian and attending a Baptist church. Natasha has been praying for them and witnessing to them for almost 6 years. Praise the Lord, that her mother's hard heart has softened.
God also mightily blessed me with registration until June 2007! Usually I am only able to get registered for 3 months at a time. However, at the end of May the government agency allowed me to get registered for a full year! This is a great blessing and relieve of mind!
Concerning Russian Sign Language, two young women from the village of Lemansky recently graduated from a course on RSL at a local Baptist seminary. They are now certified sign language interpreters. Your generous financial support has helped me to support them in their studies. One lady Alonya will be working in her husband's church near the village of Lemansky and the other lady Christina will be working in a church here in Odessa.
My classes at the English courses ended on May 30th. I was able to witness a little bit to my students before they left, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to witness again to Raisa, the head of the English courses.
However, the Lord has opened up new doors with English in the village of Lemansky. Starting in June, I have been going out once a week to teach English in the church there. Praise God, there has already been some fruit. One unsaved lady named Larissa, her son Egor and another boy named Sasha have been attending the lessons. Praise the Lord, Larissa and Egor have also visited a church service in Lemansky.
Alyona hasn't been back for Bible study, but she keeps telling me that she wants to. Praise the Lord, a lady named Anna that I used to meet with has asked me to do a new Bible study with her. (Anna is also a frequent visitor of our church services.)
We had ladies' meetings at our church in April and in June, and both of them went very well. Praise God at each meeting one of my unsaved former English students came. Praise the Lord, for the outreach He has given me through English!
In May the independent Baptist missionaries had a ladies' retreat in Crimea (the peninsula at the bottom of Ukraine). I, Sister Dawn Spillman and two other ladies from our area attended along with other ladies from around Ukraine. It was a great time of refreshment, and the lessons were a blessing and an encouragement.
In August the annual Youth Conference will be held in Cherkasy, Ukraine. I plan to go with the youth from Lemansky and to help out.
I want to thank you all again SO VERY MUCH for all of your prayers and financial support! You are a great blessing and I really appreciate you! May God continue to richly, richly bless you in return!
Please remember these requests in your prayers:
For the lost parents of
our church members to get saved
For our church and Sunday School to grow (spiritually and in number)
For people I've witnessed to get saved
For the health of our elderly church members (one lady Sveta recently broke her
arm)
For God's Will in the formation of the Ukrainian government
For Tanya in the nursing home
For the Lord's protection
Your fellow servant,
Sister Debbie Myers
Deuteronomy 32:4