News from Europe / Eurasia


news from albania 

We are pleased to report the baptisms of M, N and E in very difficult circumstances; they need our fervent prayers as they embark upon the life in Christ.


POGRADEC
We are still remembering with joy the visit of Liz, Ben and Abi to us here. We have many more people interested in the Gospel. We are preaching to the high school children here.
Bro. Adem & Sis. Bukurie


news from azerbaijan 
Our Iranian Brother and Sisters are still here awaiting a UNHCR decision. They thank you for your prayers. The sisters have been ill and are sick with worry, but are strong in the Faith.

Group discussion at the Indian teachers gathering. Sis. Mary Jane Abel explains about Visual Aids and Activity Sheets.
news from belarus 

BARANOVICHI
Sadly I can’t come to the Bible School this time, but I have some people here interested in the Truth. I need more copies of Bible Basics to give to them.
Sis. Larisa

BORISOV
I have been left by my husband but I realize for sure that God is with me. I will try to attend the next gathering in Minsk.
Sis. Anna

LUNINETS
Brother Sasha is in hospital, in great pain because of the ulcers. I am sorry for not writing to you all, I have had so little time, but I love you all in the Lord.
Sis. Natasha

MINSK
We are continuing to produce our magazine here but we have some financial difficulties. We pray for you all.
Bro. Gennady

STAI
I have little new in my life here. I continue to be surrounded by people who live by bribes and alcohol. I earn only $30 month. It is very hard for me to travel much. I am praying strongly for you all.
Bro. Ivan

TERESHKI
I am surrounded here in this small village by the problem of alcohol. Many pensioners spend their pension within a few days on alcohol. They are then weak and ill for the rest of the month. There is much theft, and constantly I am nervously broken down because of what may happen to me at the hands of drunk people. Even very old pensioners are getting drunk, and the younger people will never find good work because they drink. I am getting older and weaker, the Lord is my strength. I pray only to endure each day.
Sis. Anna


news from estonia 
I was just reading 2 Tim 1 v 15: “This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes”. Can you imagine how hard it was for Paul when the whole area of Asia (modern Turkey) turned away from him? I believe it was quite a challenge for him, but he did not give up. He knew God was on his side. We probably have the same feelings when some betray us in one way or the other.
Bro. Aleksej

news from israel 
BEER SHEVA
Viktor has been very weak lately, we are holding on to our lives only just about, so it seems. We so want the Kingdom to come. The situation in this country cannot go on much longer, this is our reason for thinking that perhaps we shall live to see the second coming.
Sis. Nina

JERUSALEM
I would be very interested to receive literature in Thai and to know if there is any ecclesia in Thailand. Thai workers in Israel seem to be very stuck in their ways and need a new direction.
Bro. Anthony Hinchliffe

TEL AVIV
Now our hot summer has ended here, it was hard for me to endure it this year. I am keen to distribute Bible Basics to people here. I pray there will be big ecclesias everywhere.
Bro. Jhosef

May God bless all the efforts to take the word of God to every corner of this planet. We are very much with you in this. We had a wonderful meeting when Bro Jesse Warner was here. It was a true spiritual celebration for us here! I am going back to Russia and Ukraine soon for some time and I am determined to do my part in spreading the word there too.
Bro. Vladimir
news from jordan 
You know how weak we are in facing this hard life alone, but what does encourage us is the fact of what we are in Jesus Christ, indeed if it wasn’t for him we couldn’t continue in the way, I do feel weak sometimes and unstable minded because of the circumstances I face, for sure He is in control, but when you haven’t got any power to face that, or you feel like that, then that would be another story, but at the end we have victory over any thing by Jesus Christ, to him be all the glory for ever Amen .
Bro. B
news from kazakhstan 

ALMATY
We here are worrying how we will survive this winter. Our clothes are worn out and we need boots. We do not know what to do. Please pray for us.
Sis. Nina
Comment: We have sought to arrange for this need to be met.

We have been living here on very little for the last months as we still can’t find anyone to rent our spare room from us which is our main income. My heart is also bad now. We miss you all.
Sis. Lena

KOKSHETAU
Here we have some news in that Sis. Zhenya has now married Bro. Henryk in Poland. I am working on the problem of getting our ecclesia here registered, it is problematic. Don’t forget us here!
Bro. Yuri


news from latvia 

BALVI
I have had two brothers and a sister living with me temporarily, as they have nowhere stable to live just now. I am continuing my work of translating, but life is such a struggle in every area, we can only struggle onwards with God’s help.
Bro. Petris

JEKABPILS
We are just grateful beyond words for the help given to our mother to have a cataract operation, she can see clearly again in order to read the Bible daily, and we realize that we, too, have been helped from darkness to light by the Truth you have taught us.
Bre. Sergej & Sasha

JELGAVA
I am hoping to come to the next meeting and I have invited my mum although she is busy with her work, as she has a job caring for a graveyard. All things are in God’s hands. In my preaching I am only doing what I have to do as a believer.
Bro. Janis

LIEPA
I continue to lie here sick, I am praying, I am reading, it is all I can do, I put my trust in the doctor and the commission but I also know not to put my trust in the sons of men who can do nothing without God.
Bro. Viktor

PILTENE
I am learning that the world is full of troubles and many people have more troubles than we have. I am 77 now but I am indeed happy.
Sis. Olga

RIGA
When I cannot come to the meetings I always make the breaking of bread at home. I assure you I read each day with you from the Companion. It is such a joy to me to receive a letter, I am rejoicing for some days because of it. I so love you all.
Sis. Aleksandra

I deeply thank you for teaching me and baptizing me. I am still struggling to make it a daily routine to read the Bible, the things of life and of my work are hard to displace. I remember that my mother who is long since dead was a believer, I should have listened more to her rather than coming to Jesus in later life.
Sis. Margarita

I am very glad to get letters, it reminds me that I am not alone in this world. I wish every one of you God’s deepest blessing.
Bro. Anatoly

TUKUMS
We were really so sorry to hear about the death of Bro. Ivan in Kubuli, our home village. But with us here all is OK. Didzis is working and we continue in Bible reading together here.
Sis. Larisa

VECMOKAS
As the season has finished I have now ended my job of gathering apples in a nearby village, so again I am struggling for survival. I have some relatives whom I believe might respond to the Truth and I would like you to send Bible Basics to them as this is to me the best way to get them to the Truth.
Sis. Vaira

VENTSPILS
I thank you for the warm clothes that you kindly sent to me. The receiving of a big parcel was an occasion for me! It arrived safely and I have been moved to tears. The clothes will be applied wisely and with prayer. Thank you for everything you are able to do to help make the world a fairer place for us. God bless you and keep you safe.
Sis. Olga

VILANI
I feel under a lot of stress here, there are so many problems for a Russian old man living here. The heating in our block will not function this winter, so I worry about that. I worry too about my grandson and his problems at school here as a Russian speaker. I am considering carefully the offer to move in to the housing project. I pray to God about this. I read the Bible daily and try to hear His voice to me in all things.
Bro. Fyodyor


news from moldova 

CHISINAU
I am in a bad situation with work, I have nobody here to help me find work. Please pray for me, I have so many problems, and at times I even feel my connection with God gets damaged by my worry about them all. May God bless us all.
Sis. Elvira

I have recently been in Moscow with my young son Evgenij, he is deaf and there was a possibility of having an operation done which might restore his hearing, but it would cost $25,000 and there is no guarantee it will work. Here in Moldova there is very little facility for educating deaf children. I don’t know what to do. I believe the Lord will guide me.
Sis. Svetlana

DUBOSSARY
Through the magazine I want to thank all Brothers who work so hard to feed us spiritually, I promise that I read all the articles and exhortations sent to me, this is more for me than my daily food. I am praying for the Brothers persecuted in Pakistan.
Sis. Tamara

NISPORENI
I am so happy to be baptized! There was always something lacking in my life spiritually, a sense was always with me that in that area I was so lacking. Now I am reading the Bible with new eyes. My favourite verse for the moment is Is. 41:10: “Do not fear, for I am with you”.
Sis. Valya


news from morocco 

We thank you so much for your love and all you do for us. We know that you are dear to us. Here it seems at times to all be a closed door. If you see the TV news of Morocco you will know a lot about this country. So you will see that it is not an easy thing for us to live here. You can’t imagine how sad is our feeling to leave Morocco and live outside and leave the preaching here. Christadelphians must support themselves and we don’t want to apply to you always for money. All you can do to help us is to pray for us.
Bre H, I and R


news from norway 
It’s nice to hear a lot of people are baptized. I read in the Gospel News quite a lot are baptized in Latvia. That’s very fine. Soon will be seven years since I was baptized. Time is flying. A lot of things happened after this. I read the Bible according to Bible Companion. In August there was John Benson and Ray Willets from Oslo, and the sister from England. So we were reading the Bible together and breaking the bread.
Sis. Helena

news from pakistan 
I am very excited to inform you that our team has been working on a (secret) project for producing audio cassettes. We selected some parts from Bible Basics, and then we encouraged each other to produce it in other languages. This morning we have achieved our goal. Now have we five audio cassettes in my hand, Punjabi, Urdu, Balochi, Sindhi and Persian / Farsi. Urdu and Punjabi were prepared long before by Sis. Esther, but we kept silent until the other languages were ready. I have asked Bro. Farooq to make one audio CD to post you all these five languages. We will then try to make duplicates for nominal price distribution and also free copies to very poor families. As you know our ministry is still among lower class people, many of them cannot read and write, but now they can listen to the doctrine and teaching. This has been our vision, to have as many tools as possible to reach people easily. This is a most wonderful project that we have done with the Lord on our side. Be sure the Lord is on our side and He will continue to use us for His glory leading towards the establishment of His kingdom on this Earth.
In His unfailing love,
Br. K and team

Greetings and prayers. I just got back from my five days trip to Nawabshah. Wehad a meeting with 12 men and three ladies. They have been reading and answering the lessons from the Bible Basics book. Brother F have been taking questions and our doctrine and beliefs from them. Two Brothers A and I, and one Sister N of 22 were secretly baptized by me in presence of Br. F and some other baptized Brothers and Sister. 23 Bible Basics were distributed there and we will make frequent trips to them to encourage those who got baptized and those who are interested to know more. Meetings were conducted twice a day, 2 to 5 pm and 8 to 10 pm. In the mornings we held unscheduled meetings with those who were interested and shared the gospel according to our beliefs. We introduced www.bbie.org website and you may start receiving responses from there.
Bre. F and K

According to the Bible “no man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon”. Yes, my dear brothers, I want to say this to you, that I cannot serve God and mammon. I can serve only God.
Sis. S


news from russia 



The Esperanto team meeting in Poland (Bro. David Budden, Esperanto Linkman with glasses in the Centre) The Esperanto effort has brought a number into the Truth from various Countries.
We are pleased to report the baptism of OKSANA (Abinsk); may she hold to the hope of the Kingdom until the end.


ABINSK
Our Brother Vladimir has been teaching a young man, a teenager, and I am hoping to baptize him soon. I have so many problems here. But this has brightened my experience each day, to teach another who seeks for God.
Bro. Sasha

EFREMOV
I just received Gospel News and with such eagerness I always read it, all the way through, to know of my Brothers and Sisters and to grow in my knowledge. I still recall the things we were taught at the last Bible School although it is some time ago now. Although I don’t have as much time as I would like for studying, I know that my life has changed very much since my baptism.
Bro. Oleg

JOSHKAR OLA
It’s strange for me to make the breaking of bread alone. I am surrounded by people from other churches and I am hoping to be able to persuade some of them of the Truth. I am very much with you all. I remember the Bible Schools. I hold on to the promise that we will all be together in the Kingdom.
Sis. Lena

KALACH
I have received copies of Bible Basics and I have given them out to people in hospital and elsewhere. I am now in the habit of reading by the Companion and I break bread on my own on Sundays at 11 as suggested in Bible Basics. I know that after all the years of being deceived by people, I have truly got the truth now and I can face death calmly.
Bro. Nikolaj

KAZAN
I am praying so much these days, for there to be peace, for the service of the Gospel to continue, that more may come to joy and fellowship in Christ. I am so glad that Sister Ludmila has been baptized now in St Petersburg. I had much correspondence with her and I am so happy for this.
Sis. Ludmila K.

I received greetings after my baptism from Brothers and Sisters in England, USA, Australia, Russia etc, it made me realize that truly I have Brothers and Sisters and am part of a much greater family. I believe I will live with you in the Kingdom of God. This is my message to you.
Sis. Lilija

We are so sorry for not communicating for some time. Things are much better with us as we are now both working and are settled. The greatest joy for us is that our mother Gulnara was baptized by our dear Sister Ludmila!
Sisters Anna and Lilija

I was reading recently from the Acts of the Apostles. I suddenly realized the huge effort Paul made, the effort he expended, and how he endured. I felt I was reading for the first time how he entered hostile synagogues and preached. I am hoping to come to the Bible School.
Bro. Ramil

LIPETSK
I enjoyed reading the latest Gospel News and also the booklet by Bro. Pearce, ‘God’s Living Proof’ which was printed by Bro. Podgaisky. I have been feeling myself very unworthy to be a Brother of Christadelphians, yet I believe also that I am redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. I pray especially for the Brothers in places like Pakistan.
Bro. Sasha

MOSCOW
I am so looking forward to coming to the Winter Bible School, such meetings really give me such strength. I am now working here in Moscow and renting a room with Bro. Vitaly. I am trying to pray for all people I know, so that their eyes are opened to the truth.
Bro. Igor Pr

NOVOUGOLNY
I am so looking forward to trying to come to the Bible School to meet with my one true family. I have so many problems. The Government are now trying to tell me that my pension is not legal for me to receive as I am a Georgian refugee. I continue to trust in God.
Sis. Ekaterina

OKTYABRSKIJ
I am very happy to hear of so many others coming to the Truth. I now am not alone here as Sis. Tamara is now my baptized sister in Christ, and we meet together very often. I remind myself of 1 Cor. 15:58, that we must not be weary in our deeds for the Lord, as there will be a reward.
Sis. Larisa

I’m so grateful for the literature sent to me after my baptism. As a 65 year old widow these things of the truth are the most important for me in the world. I am so grateful to Sis. Larisa for introducing me to you and so to the Truth.
Sis. Tamara

POKROVKA
Thank you for encouraging me to give you addresses to whom we can send Bible Basics. I have three people I have been writing to and this offer came at the right time. I remember the parable of the sower, how we sow and God will give the increase. The winter has already begun here. I always worry how to survive this time of year.
Sis. Svetlana

ROSTOV
I have others here in this area who would like to receive Bible Basics. Whatever wounds we receive in our ministry, we are comforted to know that the end is very near and getting closer.
Bro. Andrej

SARANSK
My baptism truly changed the whole direction of my life. Now every time I get a letter it moves me to tears to realize that someone else in our true family thinks of me, and that I am not alone here. I believe we are really on the right road to the Kingdom of God and that we will get there.
Sis. Aleksandra

SAINT PETERSBURG
I am very much thinking of you all in these hard times and am always eager for your news.
Bro. Valerij

SHANINO
It is now hard for me to communicate with you. I can only do it when my daughter goes out of the village and can post a letter. I continue to pray for you every single day. I realize now that many Brothers and Sisters have an even worse situation than me. My dream is to come again to the Bible School but I am unsure if it will work out now.
Sis. Tamara

SHCHYOKINO
I greatly respect your risking of your life in taking the message to dangerous places, I want to thank you from myself, because it is inspiring to me as I sit here trying to also give my life for the Truth. I pray so much, I would like to know if they really help people or not.
Bro. Boris

TULA OBL.
I feel a great eternal debt to you for so caring for me. Now I must try to repay it by a new life. I pray for you. I want the Kingdom to come soon. I am hoping to get out of my bad situation here by moving to live with a relative in another Oblast.
Sis. Ekaterina

 

At the second Ukrainian Bible School in Poltava, 2002

ULYANOVSK
I am reading the Bible each day since my baptism, also I am breaking bread regularly. I see now how I wasted my time for 30 years as a member of the Communist party, learning Marxist-Leninist philosophy that in the end cannot give salvation. I am learning a lot from my study of the letter to the Romans. I see the moral demands made upon me personally by all that God did for me in Christ.
Bro. Viktor

VOLGOGRAD
After a gap of 1.5 years I am planning to visit the Bible School again, I so miss my fellowship with my Brothers and Sisters. I continue to study each day but without fellowship it is so hard.
Bro. Viktor

ZELENODOLSK
Here we are feeling that our small ecclesia is really growing. We are meeting regularly and Sister Ludmila comes from Kazan to help us. She is really a good teacher and we are very serious about our studying of the Bible. We love you all.
Sis. Valya
 


news from serbia 

We are pleased to report the baptism of NENAD and the receiving into fellowship of his close friend ZHELJKO. We pray for these two Brethren as they seek to spread the Truth in this dark land.
God bless you and your Christian families. I have just sent a Bible to a woman in Nis who is interested. May God bless her.
Bro. Nenad

Thank you for coming here and helping us spread the Gospel to our neighbours!
Bro. Zheljko


news from tunisia 

Our Brother here has been persecuted badly and reports that he is now shunned but hasn’t yet been thrown out of his home. He needs our prayers


news from turkmenistan 

We are delighted to report the baptisms of two Sisters here amidst very real persecution. They need our prayers; one has already been fired from her work as a result of Bible reading.


news from ukraine 
BILA TSERKVA
After my grandad’s death in 2001, I spend most of my time caring for my ill grandma, that’s why I don’t have much free time. I’ve translated ‘Moses My Servant’ by Bro. Harry Tennant. At the third Ukrainian Bible School in Poltava there were 100 visitors present; 13 Brothers and Sisters had come from the UK. There were two speakers, Bro. Stephen Palmer (Cardiff) and Bro. Andrew Walker (Milnsbridge). Bro. Stephen talked about Peter – disciple’s portrait – and Bro. Andrew spoke of Joshua – entrance into God’s Kingdom. Five ladies were baptised into the saving Name of Jesus Christ by Bro. Palmer. Everyone enjoyed fellowship and spiritual unity. I eagerly pray and wait for our Lord’s return to this wicked earth.
Bro. Alex. Tischenko

KHARKOV
I am hoping to come to the Bible School God willing, along with Bro. Anton, he is a pensioner but he so loves to be there and will do all he can to meet with the other Brothers and Sisters.
Sis. Ludmila

KIEV
I am here in Kiev at the moment staying in the flat of Sis. Elena. It is so nice to have some spiritual fellowship with others here. 2 Cor. 7:4 encourages us that God will always comfort us in our tribulations and this has happened for me in this way.
Sis. Tamara

I thought I would just say ‘Hello’ Marcus, as you were my very pleasant tutor more than 10 years ago! My great love to Brethren Andrew Longman and Jeremy Skinner too. They baptised me in April, 1993.
Bro. Henry Ouspensky

POLTAVA
We pray for your wellbeing and hope that we meet again very soon or in the Kingdom when Jesus is back to set it up. (I can work with you to translate the Truth’s literature).
Bro. Yestov Gennedy.

Not so long ago I met Bro. David Vimes in Kyov. He liked my idea of presenting flowers to the newly baptised Brothers and Sisters after their baptism. He took a photo of me and promised to write an article about it in the Magazine but I don’t know whether he has done it or not. Our world is full of evil, and we must support each other in faith and in love in these last days. We pray about the soon coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, when the language differences will be in the past. I send you big greetings from our Poltava ecclesia and from Veronica, Gennedy and Antony. Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son in truth and love.
Bro. Vladimir

The time I spent in your company at Moscow Bible camp was so great. And your lessons that you’ve been telling us are so interesting and helpful (because your explanations were so clear!) The things we learnt about our newly baptised Brothers and Sisters in other countries who were punished by the religious police was so sad that I cannot even tell you about my feelings. The thing that I cannot help them in any way is awful. They suffer too hard, as none else.
Bro. Anton

We have people here who are interested and I am hoping some will be ready for baptism. I pray for them.
Sis. Ludmila

I am teaching my pupils some Christian songs in English, I have taught them “All things bright and beautiful” and other songs. We have been able this Summer to get many apples from a collective farm that now has no manager. So we are happy to have them.
Sis. Veronika

I have been thinking much about the theme of Angels, and want to do more research on this. I have some people here who are interested in the Truth and I am working with them.
Bro. Vladimir

Because of financial problems and the need to buy medicines I was unable to get to the Moldova Bible School, this was a great blow to me. I have been feeling rather low recently.
Bro. Gennady

ROVENKI
I have been really sad because I lost a very good Christian friend. I have another friend who reads the Bible with me sometimes and I have given her Bible Basics to read.
Sis. Tamara

TAVRIJSK
May all Brothers and Sisters in Iraq and Iran be kept by God! I am praying for them and am always eager for news from them. May there be blessing and peace for us all from our Father.
Sis. Nana
news from uzbekistan 
TASHKENT
I see that what the Truth is all about is life with God each day, prayer, loving our neighbour, spreading the word to others. I am sick and each year I am interviewed to decide whether to give me a pension and I am praying that I will continue to be granted this, I have no other help apart from God, and yet I have learnt that money doesn’t solve all problems.
Bro. Oleg

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