The worship service lasted from 11:00 until about 12:30. In all honesty, I understand practically non eo fit. But knowing that God's name was being prclaimed was enough for me. And right after the music, they had a time for people to stand up and praise God. We heard "Slava Bogu" (praise God) throughout this time, and as each person finished, the congregation of about 60 - 75 people would respond with an enthusiastic "Slava Bogu!"
How wonderful to hear our God's name here in the city where we found both of our sons.
Want to hear something else awesome? Tanya knows the director and staff of Elvis' orphanage and they do work with them on a regular basis. We prayed that someone had exposed Elvis to the name of Jesus, and we thank God that these people have.
Here's a picture of where the church meets, as well as the transitional home.
The door on the right end is for the church - the other door is for the living center. This home takes in children that have aged out of the orphanages, and provides them with a place to live while they get vocational training.
Here's a picture of the worship service.
After church, Tanya served us some delicious borscht, garlic rolls, and cake.
We also enjoyed these yummy chocolates.
And after that, William played futbol with some of the boys from the transitional living center, as well as a few of the boys from the church.
3 comments:
God's so good! How encouraging to know that so far away the name of jesus is being proclaimed and you were able to be a part of it!!!
Your new little man is quite handsome too!!! Nathan just laughs when I show him the pictures because we can't get over that adorable hat- the colors change, but not the style! And he totally ROCKS it! Please have him continue wearing hats when y'all get home!
We're so happy for you all, encouraged by your stories and filled with just an awesome respect for you two traveling & throwing yourselves into a (really cool) culture for these precious boys!! how deep the love of god truly is... And how beautifully you both show it! Thank you for sharing!
-alicia & nate
I should have thought to mention this group to you. We also attended services there a few times. It was wonderful. A young American couple was serving there during our trip to Ukraine, so they also showed us around a bit.
God is good!
We prayed, too, that someone would share the love of Jesus with our future child(ren), so it was pretty cool when we ran into an American missionary in a pizza place and he told us that his denomination's church there in town had been ministering regularly at the baby house. Awesome how God works!
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