Another great day of ministry...
It began with a late start. We all were really struggling to get up and get going. The previous three days were incredible, and incredibly tiring as well. I did the devotional this morning, and tried to encourage the team with Isaiah 40 and Galatians 6. Isaiah shows us the majesty of God's power and faithfulness to uphold His children when they look to him for strength, and Galatians is encouraging one to perservere in doing good works, especially to those in God's house. I couldn't decide which passages to focus on, but this morning I felt that I really needed to just encourage the team with those passages. God has greatly encouraged me through those verses... God's been providing strength these past few days, and it's been such an encouragement to see those verses show God's faithfulness to uphold us!
VBS went really well. I realized today we only have one more day left, and I got sad. It's been such a joy to serve at VBS! I got to learn a bunch of Russian words from my little friends today. I had a Russian/English dictionary, and the kids loved looking through it and trying to teach me words. I literally wanted to just crash so many times, and God really encouraged me by having my little friends teach me words, give them piggy backs and so on. One little boy asked me if I was friend, and I said yes, and he just made me follow him all day. Everyone was run down, and it was so amazing to see God giving everyone the strength to serve. You know that it's not of us, but of Him!
Tonight we added a longer intermediate class. It went well from what I heard. Lindsay, Kristin and Derek have really adapted well to reinstating their class after it was cancelled when we got here. Please pray for them, though. It's rough redoing the curriculum, and they want to establish relationships with the new students and not lose the relationships that they formed with their other students. Chris gave his testimony tonight. He shared about trusting God through trials. Well, it's late.
Thank you for your prayers! How we appreciate them! It's a huge encouragement to us when we think about all of you praying for the ministry and the students who are coming to hear the good news! We are a team for God's glory.
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i tried to post a commment yesterday but i guess it didnt work out. tyler i am glad your ankle is doing better/ kristen schrader you are in my thoughts and prayers/ to ther rest of the team continue to pursue God in all that you do/ i will pray for your strength, persistance, and stamina/ i found out yesterday that the word blessed means to make happy and the word burden means given by God/ you are giving blessings as well as recieving them/ and also the burden that you may feel belongs to God, dont be afraid to give it back/ i will continue to pray for all of you/
This is Justin... if anyone is reading this... Matt zonked out and I don't have his blogger password, so I posted a quick update at http://kazteam.blogspot.com
Sorry we don't have more for you... keep on praying!
Wow, Matthew must be tired! We are praying for you all. It is so exciting to hear all of what is going on in Almaty. Thanks for keeping us posted!
Errington family :)
Hang in their everyone, God will use you in great ways! Hearing about everyone being tired reminds me of a couple of those toasty afternoons last year when we would crash for that brief period in the afternoon before going to english class...and then be revived by the sweet nectar that is ...juicy cool!
-Greg
hi all!! i am so glad to hear that God is doing great things and that everything is going well!!! Linds! i miss you tons!! i love you so much! i can't wait until you guys get back. i will come back on later to say hello again later! i am praying for you!!
-sarah-
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