missionary musings: and here i held out for so long.....

Sunday, July 8, 2007

and here i held out for so long.....

well, i guess it had to happen sometime. kinda like having a cell phone. i held out till maybe 4 years ago.... or even less. we figured this would be a good way to put out more frequent updates without the pressure of putting together "a newsletter". just to keep in the know those who want to be there. not that the blog will be only about the ministry here in svitlovodsk.... i think it will just be about our lives, and life is all about JESUS. so i guess you know what this blog is gonna be about, now don't you?

well, i suppose i'll leave it at this for now and get around to a real post later.

OH! but i almost forgot to mention: today one of lena's childhood acquaintances (one year younger that she is) came to church and ended up receiving Jesus into her heart. her name is Yulia, so please pray for her. she was really interested and had a lot of spiritual questions and after a lot of conversation realized that she needed a new life and that Jesus by His grace offers her just that. very cool. so pray for her to be rooted in grace, the Word in the sweet love of God. thanks!

10 comments:

Exodus_412 said...: Welcome to the club! ...I'm always encourage to hear about people recieving Jesus there. The Lord is on the move (always is), but it's just exciting to get to be apart of it. God bless bro!; July 9, 2007 at 5:39 AM
wesik said...: Hey broIt is way cool to see our Lord continue to work miracles!Jesus is simply amazing!; July 10, 2007 at 7:31 PM
wildflowerwendy said...: awesome!!your site looks nice, you didn't put it together yourself did you? what's the header picture of?; July 11, 2007 at 11:34 AM
benjamin_morrison said...: its a xanga preset. i believe the title was "fractal broccoli"... which sounds like the kind of vegetable you take to a rave. i think that's what the green weirdness up top is.; July 11, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Fenya said...: I knew you would conform one day and join the bandwagon! Haven't heard from you in a while... What's new? It brings joy to my heart to hear that your lil church there continues to grow :); July 11, 2007 at 2:46 PM
nate_medlong said...: Dude, welcome to the club! We'll show you the secret handshake next time I see you!; July 11, 2007 at 4:03 PM
Styushka said...: right on dad!!! thats cool you've got a site! please comment on mine! love you guys!; July 12, 2007 at 4:34 PM
SpiderDad said...: That's awesome to hear about Yulia. Salvation never ceases to amaze and thrill! New life, new excitement. Sins forgiven. Oh so cool!; July 15, 2007 at 6:15 PM
uzik said...: hey!!welcome to xanga. we need to all star posting more,,,its good to have you!; July 16, 2007 at 11:13 PM
nate_medlong said...: Hey Yeah, I tried all of that. Actually the Modem I bought (they didn't have any available to rent) is kind of a router too. The Login and Password are entered directly in the modem. It's all right, the modem is registering as logged on, even the ukr website recognizes me, and lets me look at my account without reregistering. Oh well, my landlord is looking into it.; July 17, 2007 at 10:47 PM

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