Eric Fowler's Report #3 from Ukraine.

Report #3 for March 6^th (with prayer request for March 9^th)

                        

 Thanks to all the Saints that PRAY for us at this unique time in the Ukraine

I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT  PREVAIL
 AGAINST IT.  It's the Lord's own work not ours, we are just a little pebble on the sea of time that can be used in our generation. Every soul everywhere, will sooner or later be in Eternity ...

 A SAD NOTE FOR TODAY ONLY. I haven't written a report for today because Luba, the sister from Ivano Frankisk, fell this morning and broke her leg. We feel it is an attack from the enemy as Luba, who is in the meeting and was looking forward very much in helping with the Calendar work. She cried much in Hospital about not being able to help. So we value very much your prayers for her. I've been preaching much about the power of God and his protective hand, so it's the enemy hitting back for sure.

March 6  ……..
 We  had more Baby bags made by the Ladies in Welland, Ontario, so called the head nurse at maternity ward and she took us to 14 mom’s with new babies.  We had to wait some time as she was called to an emergency operation. She was very kind again and we had nice time with mothers.
Met a couple from the East where there is fighting and they very appreciated the kind gift.  In each bag is a New Testament, a children Bible story book, a calendar  and other literature.  
 We had a long visit with the  Head nurse. She needs cleaning things for her floor as the government gives them nothing. They get things only through sponsors that help them.  Another nurse came to her office and talked some.
From there we came home and studied much for the meetings on Sunday.  Leanna came and had dinner with us here and talked some. I do believe she is searching. She wants to go to meeting with us to Lviv on Sunday with her daughter. That will be the daughters first ever meeting and Leanna's first worship meeting.  That will put more pressure on how I will speak on Lord’s Day.  When she left we went to Svetlana’s parents for supper.  We were there for over 3 hours.  They are very upset over the war.  He was a driver to the area where the war is,  now it’s closed for him, he did it for 18 years.    Svetlana is the interpreter who got save two years ago. Visiting is hard work when it’s pioneer gospel work but very rewarding for sure.
 March 7
 We didn’t rise too early.  My wife did some very necessary cleaning of our clothing and the apartment here.  I did some extra reading and got ready for tomorrow.
 We then went to Luba’s and got the three of them and went to their village where the Grandmother lives. We had a very nice visit.  It was very very cold there and almost died with cold. She is a sweet old lady, I do believed she got saved a year or so ago, and and as soon as we got there, she wanted us to tell her something about Christ.  She said I love the Lord,.he is so good to me and yet she lives in poverty. We brought back 2 bags of potatoes for Luba and some bottles goods.  People here live on the potatoes. 
 We came back to the apartment for  a shower and got ready to have a visit with Oleg and Ola. He is the man who takes care of the clothing boxes when they land here. We had a very nice visit but I’m afraid that he is sliding from reading and praying as he ought.  He is doing very well in business for sure but growing in the Lord’s things he is not.   After their visit we came home and finished preparing for tomorrow as it will be a early rise and a long day.
  March 8
 We rose early for the long drive to Lviv and back.   Yaroslav came to the apartment here.  We then went to pick up Luba and the Leanna and her daughter that lives nearby.   The drive to Lviv went well as the traffic is down very very much because of the very high prices of gas. It  is over double from last year.  We arrived early at the building in Lviv and had coffee.  The weather is a little warmer today, there is no snow not a speck but still a chilly wind. 
 The worship meeting was a nice one, I was praying for that as it was Leanna and her daughter’s first worship meeting. Some of the local men have grown well and their worship was very nice for sure. I had the word after the meeting and continued on with The Person – Christ , The Place –In His Name  and  now -----The People … redeemed of the Lord and made ready for the PLACE.   It is great to know and be in the right place here on earth to Worship and Work and then to be ready for the HEAVENLY rest in our Home in Heaven.   The Saints were very kind to Leanna and her daughter. We had 18 in the meeting to worship and 8 visitors. Then they had sing and verses for the children and one of the local men had a story. The time between meetings were very short but I went down town Lviv to meet a Jewish man and change money, as exchange at the bank is very poor compared to when we came, then the Long journey back to Ivano Frankisk.
Leanna told some in the evening meeting in Ivano that they loved the meeting in Lviv and felt like they were among one big family. This is a good testimony for the Christians in Lviv.
The meeting in Ivano was larger than last week with no advertisement and  being a womans day holiday. We had 35 to meeting and it was great to have some new ones.  This means that some there have been asking others out. We had some regular ones missing as the day for woman holiday and this took some away.  Went to supper after meeting and took Tanya with us. She is a nurse from the Hospital we visit and has been attending meetings well. We came home after and was ready to crash in bed which we did.  Leanna came to the night meeting after traveling to Lviv and back. We would ask special prayer for her and her 16 year old daughter that both would be saved even this time while here.  They will come with us tomorrow for some of the time. Labours together for the LORD.

Eric and Margie Fowler  ...Ukraine March 2015.....