We've had such a fluster of activity, I'm not sure where to start. We finally got a handle on our tickets to Hungary and I thought there was a possibility we wouldn't have been able to go. A friend of ours went to L'viv (which is the major city on this side of the country) and was able to buy tickets for us there so on Sunday we'll be going to the conference. We're still not 100% sure we'll be allowed back in the country, but 90% sure - it all depends on their interpretation of the laws and such. Pray for us.
Wednesday through Saturday is kinda fuzzy and I don't remember quite what happened - helped someone with internet setup, did a few guitar lessons - pretty normal stuff that I tend to overlook since it is something I do every week. I do know, however, my allergies are causing me some problems all this week so you could pray for that.
Sunday we did an outreach which was ... unique. During the first part of the day we AGAIN had a stormy day and thought it was going to ruin our plans again for the 6th time in a row, but the weather cleared up. Mid-day we had a baptism and then immediately after we went to the square. My friend later wrote a prayer request which really sounds a lot better than anything I could write so I will just quote him:
We did an outreach last night downtown. It was the first time we were able to go out in a few weeks due to rain over the last few weekends. Praise the Lord it really cleared up yesterday and we were able to go play in the center. It was definitely a more trying time than the previous outreaches. Let alone that not many seemed interested, it seemed there was much more resistance. A few guys came and sat on a bench next to us. They were completely drunk and became quite a distraction. After a little while one of them stood up and started to scream to the people saying things about us trying to bring people under bondage and stuff like that, he became really hot about everything and might have physically caused some damage to us had his friends not tried to restrain him. Praise the Lord for His protection, but it was quite a scene, this guy continually tried to make his way towards us even when his friends dragged him away from the scene. This was all while we were singing "Light of the world". I was doing my best to ignore what was going on and to just play and sing the song. Those guys did finally leave and a few people stayed around to listen more. Towards the end of our time out there 4 young guys came up and urged us to keep playing saying that they really enjoyed it. After awhile they were the only people left watching so we got to talk with them for awhile. They really want to come to the service next Sunday and one of them left a cell phone # for us to call him whenever we are out playing. Their names are Andriy, Oleg, Vitalik and Kolya. Please keep them in prayer. I really want to be able to build a relationship with these guys. It was a difficult evening and we could definitely sense the spiritual battle going on, but if for nothing else, perhaps the Lord just wanted us to meet these four guys. I pray for their salvation!
I admit I got a little scared too, but it was cool to see God's protection over it all and the blessing at the end was awesome. We're praying heavily that those 4 guys (or even some of them) would come to church on Sunday :)
Yesterday, our friend Slava invited our team out for a picnic and though it rained, the trees provided enough protection. It was a fun time and I got to throw a baseball around for the first time in a long time - definitely can't throw as far, but my aim was still good :) Had prayer meeting last night too which was the perfect end of the day.
Tonight we are going to go see a jazz vocal group called, Mansound. You can read about them here.
1 comments:
I envy you about Mansound! Have fun!
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