Praises – Rejoice with us!

v Last month we requested prayer for Ann, wife of our worker for Central Asia. Praise God, the knee replacement surgery went well, and Ann is well on the road to recovery. Thanks for prayers! 

v     Renovation work on the building purchased across from the military base in Desna, Ukraine, is progressing quickly. A new roof has been built over half the building. This month a group from the U.S. will help with interior work to convert this once vacant building into an attractive church! 

v     Although some children’s camps are still in progress at this writing, we praise the Lord for reports of many, many children getting saved! Here’s a quote from a girl named Olina (age 11) who echoes the thanks of many other kids: “I liked the time of rest in the camp very much. I accepted Jesus in my heart, and now I am God’s child.  Thank you to those who financed the camp and for the gifts.” 

v     During his recent trip to various cities in Russia, Rick Barry was able to meet up with a number of former drug and alcohol addicts whom he first met at the Christian Rehabilitation Center. He was glad to find these new believers taking active roles in local churches, joining in evangelism, and some have enrolled in the Bible institute. Others have become staff members at the Rehab Center and are now guiding others out of drug addiction and to new life in Christ. Praise God for redeeming lives!

Prayer – Pray with us!

v     Sometimes praying for laborers for the harvest results in relocations. BIEM missionaries Charles and Nina Hoblitz have felt God’s urging to relocate from Russia to the much poorer country of Georgia, another former Soviet republic, to make use of wide-open doors for evangelism. They plan to move from Russia to Georgia after November 6. They request prayer for this major step. 

v     The church in Lutsk, Ukraine, sends a special request: A six-year-old boy Petro Lytvynchuk in that church cannot walk, but he is too heavy for his mother to carry. They appeal for a new or used child-sized wheel chair, but all those we have on hand are for adults. Please pray about this need. (If anyone has one to donate, we can include it in our fall container.) 

v     Sergiu Ratsa in Jora, Moldova, asks for prayer as he seeks to use the Gospel to break through the shell of religious tradition that blinds so many in his area. “We pray for the blessing of God on these villages with people so tied to traditions. They like to talk about faith but don’t want to change.” 

v     The young church in Ternopil, Ukraine, may have only eight baptized members, but they are enthusiastic about sharing their faith. The church plans a fall evangelism emphasis in order to contact more interested people in their city. Please pray for fruitful results from this effort.