Lviv News Letter from Edmund and Agnes Johnston.

LVIV NEWSLETTER-Edmund & Agnes                                                                             NOVEMBER 2017

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23v1                                                                            

Open air meeting - Carpathian mountains

During July and August we enjoyed a very hot summer with temperatures reaching +38deg.  This gave opportunity to visit often different villages in the Carpathian Mountains.  It is on these occasions we give God thanks for the time to share the Gospel with these dear people and witness the love and the grace of Christ to give His life and provide so great salvation.  It is a privilege to” sow the seed” and leave the results with God. 

Also in the summer months we were back with the gypsy community visiting 6 families who reside deep in the forest in self constructed plastic covered shacks.  We are always made welcome and we are delighted to help these people with a little food and clothes and of course also sharing the Gospel.  They always make us very welcome and we are happy to be with them, although the conditions these people live in are terrible.  On our last visit we tried after preaching the Gospel to interact a little with some questions and discussions about Life, Death and Eternity.  Please pray for them as they read the Gospel literature, bibles and texts of scripture.  Our hearts are touched as we see the beautiful children (no shoes and dirty faces) listening to God’s Word and trust they will be saved early in life.

It is always a joy to welcome visitors to Lviv.  In early October we had a visit from Laura and Beth Milliken and Clarke Kane from Armagh and Ballintoy assemblies respectively from NI. Then at the end of October we enjoyed a visit from Heather Anderson USA, Lawerence McHugh NI, Eric and Margy Fowler Canada, Doug and Debbie Yade, Canada who all came for the assembly conference.  

It is very encouraging for us to see the interest of these believers in the work of the Lord in Lviv and other parts of Ukraine.   We really appreciated their practical and spiritual support and the help of the brethren as they preached the Gospel in the orphanages, children’s meetings and gave wholesome ministry and teaching in the assembly.

Lviv assembly conference

On the 27^th/28^th October we held the 7^th annual Lviv assembly conference.  Over 75 attended this year from Slovakia, USA, Canada, NI and many parts of Ukraine.  The opening meeting on Friday evening was Gospel when L McHugh( NI) and Paul Ostrolucky(Slovakia) preached searching and challenging messages.  Saturday morning commenced with prayer before the bible reading conducted by Doug Yade on 2 Timothy 2 looking and considering “7 pictures of   the believer”.  God gave help with much practical teaching for everyday Christian living.  After lunch the Ukrainian children from the Sunday school and children’s meeting came to the front and sang a few choruses before receiving good prizes from Dina a Slovakian sister who had kindly brought these gifts with her.        

Then three brethren ministered the Word of God, Daniel Mojzis (Slovakia) spoke on “Fellowship”, Eric Fowler (Canada) gave a message on the God of Peace, of Glory, of Love etc, and Doug Yade concluded the conference by speaking on the book of Ruth - the leading and guiding of God. The Lord richly blessed with an excellent time of singing, study of God’s Word and fellowship with fellow believers.

We sincerely value the prayers of the Lord’s people and appreciate all the support and kindness shown to us over the last months and years.

With warm Christian love,

Edmund & Agnes

......they rehearsed all that GOD HAD DONE with them.....Acts14 v27