Issues Plus Praise

We were more than a little surprised when one of our regular attenders told us recently that she wouldn't sit in the service with the rest of us because of the fans that were going in 90-100 degree weather. She said she got sick the next day every time she came because of our fans blowing on her. (It is a common Ukrainian belief that wind blowing on you will make you sick.) We felt the biggest compromise we could make considering the rest of our congregation was to use just one fan instead of two. So that's what we did with no more comments. She sat in the hall for one service and was back the next. Thank the Lord!!

Our Mazda's warning light about low water was coming on more and more frequently. Especially for this last VBS we needed to be able to travel in two directions. The problem wasn't the head gasket that we have changed before. The radiator was leaking but some stop leak seems to have helped that a LOT. So we can still use it. Thank the Lord!

When we went to pick up some children, the lady of the house told me a neighbor wished to talk with me. When we took them back, the lady came out and asked me to come see her. They complained that the first lady and her children were being beaten because the children were coming to service. The same woman has filed a complaint against her husband with the police before because of his abuse. We gave them transportation to the police station where each wrote a complaint. The mother told us to come back and still pick up the children. Tonight when we let the children off, two police were talking to the couple; two police were talking to neighbors. We don't know what the end result will be.