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Maher Family Prayer Letter Fall of 2009
“For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.” Psalm 86:5
Dear Praying
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
3 more Souls saved:
*Michael (18), one of our helpers at the
building site called on
the Lord Sat. afternoon Aug.29th then was baptized on Sunday.
Michael brings many of his friends to visit services. Michael’s friend
*Ruslan
came on a Friday night and made a profession. The following week he brought 5 of
his 7 step-brothers and step-sisters. They were all listening and learning in
S.S. for a few weeks, but then he ran away to his Grandmother’s town and now
none of them are coming. Please pray for Ruslan! For over 5 years, Hope (60)
faithfully witnessed to two (80+) Orthodox neighbors and (Praise the Lord!) the seed finally sprouted as
*one
of the two called upon the Lord Jesus Christ to be her Personal Saviour.
6 New Converts followed the
Lord in Believers’ Baptism on Aug. 30th as we held our Baptism,
Preaching Service, Lord’s Supper and followed them with Fellowship & Dinner on
the Grounds.
Lakeside Building Project:
Praise the Lord!
[We finally moved into the 2nd floor
Church Parsonage.
I’m now able to minister more effectively & oversee the building project.]
The Paint Crew - Claudia, Olga & Yuri have finished painting the Church
Office & 4
Sunday School rooms.
Pray
the Lord will provide for these Fall Projects: Installing gutters,
downspouts and vinyl siding (5700 sq. ft. of siding). Pray for the
Salvation of Volodya, the paint crew and Yuri the welder- He is immigrating to
Russia in December & is close to Salv.
***Please
Pray for the privatization of our Church’s land.
We truly need your prayers for this difficult process.
BS at Lakeside: went very well with 50-55 Children participating everyday.
We Praise the Lord that some of this year’s visitors have been faithful in
attending Sunday School ever since the Vacation Bible School.
Both Youth Conferences:
went very well as the youth returned encouraged and excited to serve the Lord.
18 yr. old Andrew will be going into the Army for 3 yrs. Pray for him to
stand strong and witness clearly.
Brother
Slavik
is now officially
Lakeside’s Assistant Pastor! His present goals are
to develop our youth ministry & help with
discipleship. *Pray with us to know
God’s will concerning Lakeside’s future Pastor {and for the much
needed deacon(s)} and also to see His open doors for other villages and/or for
new ministries.
Lakeside Bible Institute
is up & training again with evening classes on Tue.-Thurs. & Sunday AM before
Church.
In the town of “October”: God has been
answering prayer as 15-30 Gypsy Children have been coming every Sunday.
Pray for God’s Conviction and their Salvation!!! Missionary Bro.
Nick’s family has thus far only been able to fix two rooms - due to limited
funds. His Mother-in-law gave them her used wood furnace\boiler. We gave 8
radiators, bought the pipes and paid the welder – now a little over $500 later
and he’s able to heat the house. Pray for God’s supply as they fix
up this rundown house into both a house of Prayer and living quarters. Please
Pray for: Alexander, Julie, Alexandra & Sergey (who recently got
baptized) to continue growing in Grace.
In “Onok”
Brother Yuri is continuing to hold Sunday services there. The Lord recently
added their 4th Blessing. They named him Joseph. Pray for him and
their daughter Love. She gets sick often.
Altai, Siberia:
In the village of Kozool a 49 yr. old Mongolian named Aleksey asked Christ to
save him and
immediately
desired
to follow
the Lord
in Believers’ Baptism. Pray for Ruslan & Yuri to return to Church.
To God be the Glory! Richard, Oksana, Elisabeth and
David Maher – Your Missionaries to Ukraine
Urgent Prayer Request: Russia is making an Amendment to a law which will forbid personal Missionary\ Evangelistic work. Also, Ukraine is now preparing for its Jan 17th Presidential Elections!
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Dear Praying Brothers and Sisters in Christ, April - June 2006
“Blessed be the Lord God,…, who only doeth wonderful things. And blessed be his glorious name…” Psalm 72:18
STATESIDE:
The Lord has
- 1)
Blessed our travels: Over the past 13 weeks, we’ve
presented our burden for Ukraine & Altai, Siberia in 9 states [incl. for
the 1st time Wisc. & Minnes.]. We appreciate His travel
mercies: In 22,000 miles we’ve only had to change oil and do one brake job.
2) Blessed your Prayer Requests: Our schedule has been
non-stop, but we’ve seen the Lord’s hand encouraging and challenging His
people. He’s been stirring up an even greater Missions prayer burden for
lost souls through seeing the faces of Ukrainians saved through your
faithful prayers and support. 3) Blessed His Word to the
Churches: The Lord recently called a young man to
follow Him. It was such a blessing to see God’s peace come upon him
as he fully surrendered.
4) Blessed our New Meetings: We thank Him for the opportunity
to Show our Slides and/or Testify in 27
new Churches and 14 more of our Supporting Churches [incl.
Participating in 8 more Missions Conferences.] He’s given us 6 new
supporting Churches {bringing us up to the 82% level of needed
support}. Please Pray for the many Churches & individuals who are still
considering us for monthly support.
PRAY that the Lord would help us with these US Prayer Needs: We need His Blessings:
iiiiiiII In our MEETINGS & SUPPORT: We are flying back to Ukraine on August 21st and immediately have our first of 3 weddings to perform on the 26th. Until we Fly back, Pray for us as we continue our Deputation presenting our burden to still another 14 new Churches & updating 3 more of our Supporting Churches in 9 States.
SPIRITUALLY: In July “Lord Willing” we’ll visit 4 camp meetings to get ourselves built back up from our busy schedule.
PHYSICALLY: We’ll also be visiting the Dentist, Herbal Doctor & Eye Doctor for the Children’s eyeglasses.
EDUCATIONALLY: We are deciding on and ordering Elisabeth’s Home school Curriculum.
PROVISIONALLY: Need some more special offerings to help remodel our 5,700 sq.ft Lakeside Baptist Church and
Bible Institute Building. We’re are already about 35% finished, but much must be done this summer to begin holding services there. We must put a new pitched roof on and finish at least 3 of 5 Sunday School rooms.
Upon our BURDEN: For some Churches or individuals to help pray for and support our Ukrainian Missionaries who’ve gone out to the unreached Mongolians in the mountains of Altai, Siberia. [They still need $180\Family\mo.]
*If you’re Interested in supporting them & or receiving Prayer Letters, call (513)708-2603 {before Aug. 21st}.
Raising Funds: Need $6,000 more for a 20 Passenger Church Van to bring Children & people to Church & for Evangelizing the many Churchless villages. (Much needed to do practical training with our Bible Institute Students & to help them start new works.)
In Ukraine our Prayer Need is for God’s Blessing upon our:
1) Bible Institute Graduates who are Church Planting in their new works & those who are preaching in the Church.
2) Salvation Scripture Signs being glued up at every bus stop in every town in our oblast (state) of Odessa. Pray that souls would read His message of Salvation & that many would write to study the Bible by Correspondence.
In Altai, Siberia: Praise the Lord! They were able to buy a used car & small trailer for their Summer Evangelistic Outreaches to the neighboring mountain villages. Pray! Both of the “newly wed” Missionary Couples are expecting babies by years end. Also, one of their drunken neighbors has hit several of them on several occasions.
Also pray for the gospel tracts which were passed out at the areas largest sports/cultural event in Gornom Altai, Siberia.
Souls saved: By Grace through Faith in Christ - Eph. 2:8,9 “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Thank God!
· In Lakeside: 3 more called upon the Lord to be their Saviour.
· In Carpathia in the town of “Onok”: Yuri & Leanne have seen the Lord bless as 3 more boys (Vasya, Ivan & Gavrilo) received Christ as Saviour. Praise God! Their V.B.S. will be held August 1-4th. Pray!!
To God be the Glory!
Richard, Oksana, Elisabeth and David Maher- Your Missionaries to Ukraine