Dan update - Sept 29

September 29, 2012 #55

Saturday) Oleg and Olah and their friend named Sergei and I went to a small village where
they have a small three room house, about 40 min. from Ivano. When we got there the house
was broken into and they had stolen all the metal from the house even took the electrical
conduit from within the walls. They had been too busy to make a trip out to the house and this
was the first time in two years.

There is another village we go through, just before theirs, so we decided to give a New
Testament and bible text to those we would see on the roads of these two villages. We wanted
to encourage them to read their Bible for it tells Gods Salvation plan. The people we met were
very thankful and gladly received it! Then we had a picnic by a river bank nearby, it was a very
nice time together!

Sunday) I went up to Lviv with Luba and her son for the breaking of bread. It was great to
remember Him who remembered us even unto death!

Brought Vladimir and his dog Bruno back with me to Ivano, made it in time for our meeting. All
listened well even Bruno!

Monday) did some work to the Van and took it back to the place where we had the alarm put
in; the doors were not closing as we pressed the close button. We were there for a few hours
but they did find the problem, it wasn’t the alarm but the motors that operated the locks to
open and close. We had both the driver’s and passenger’s side replaced. Works great now and
very comforting to know that when you lock the van that it is actually locked!

Tuesday) Went to CTO repair shop for them to see if they can fix the stick shift. To adjust this is
very difficult and few here in Ivano know how to do this but this shop did it last time for us and
hoped they could do it this time! A young man, maybe even a boy came to look at it, we pop
open the hood and he has a can of WD-40. He moved all kinds of wires and did a lot of spraying
with the WD-40 and in just a few minutes he told me to see how it felt, I thought to myself this
little boy doesn’t know what he is doing. I was so surprise how much smoother the stick went
into each gear, he said there was some dust build up and it happens from time to time.

I paid them for the work, just 20hgr or about $ 2.50! Thanks to God for His help!

Then came back to get ready for the meeting and on the way in I started to talk to a Russian
man that once asked me for a Bible in Russian. We talked for a bit and then he said to me”
there is no God” and went on to quote some Polish philosopher. I told him there were some
errors in this philosopher’s thinking and went on to tell him some facts of Scriptures. I was quite
surprised how well he listened. I then said we should talk more about this together at another
time, he agreed. Then had our meeting and all listened well including our new roommate
Bruno, I had Vladimir interpret but was good to see Svetlana at the meeting too!

Wednesday) had a few meetings with people in the morning then headed up to Lviv for their
evening meeting. Had dinner with Edmund and Agnes at their new apartment and after went to
the meeting. Though a small group, was a good meeting and a good time spent with Edmund
and Agnes! Headed back to Ivano, was a long day and a late night!

Malcolm Stanley and Howard Pratt will be coming to Ukraine next week Wednesday, please
pray for their safety in their travels and time here and for God’s blessing with this work, His
work here in Ukraine!!

IN CHRIST OUR LORD

Dan