Two
days - November 30 and December 1 - have been special for our group recently.
The matter is that we have had a great privilege and blessing to minister
in "The Grace of Jesus Christ" church in the town Surovikino
(Volgograd region, Russia). We visited that church one year ago, and for
now we have rather close fellowship with our brothers and sisters from
Surovikino. Just a short time before our arrival this church celebrated
the opening of their new House of Prayer. We believe God gave them such
a blessing for their faithfulness and dedication to Him.
As previously, we visited this wonderful church by invitation of senior pastor Boris Safanuk. Because of his urgent trip to Ukraine, he needed somebody to come to his church while he is abroad and lead the Sunday service. We were very glad to the opportunity of being useful, and at once we responded to his invitation.
We thank Alina, pastor Boris' wife, for worm welcome. We stayed in Surovikino 2 days, Saturday and Sunday. On the first day, on arriving there, we held a Youth meeting. The next day we participated in their Sunday service. There were about 25 people present. We literally could feel God's presence at that meeting. There was a preaching about our attitude towards God. After the sermon we prayed for the people who were pressed by circumstances, who were under bondage of problems. After service we had some time for free intercourse.
We hope God will provide that we would be able to visit this church not once, and every time when we visit them we will see this church larger in number of true believers, seeking God's face.
All
the members of the group, who were in this trip, remained contented with
it, even though it was very cold these days (-17 C). We thank God for
keeping and protecting us from different kinds of hardship. We also thank
those who prayed for us during that time.
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