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bravely continued the journey in very low
temperatures with her child - no fun trav-
elling with a young child for a day over
1300 km, let alone in such cold weather
after being roughed up at the border.
Bro David Corbin and his daughter, Sis Da-
vian, came over from the Brooklyn eccle-
sia in New York, USA. David gave us many
good studies about Jonah and Bible
prophecy, and he was impressed at how
folks took careful notes, eagerly dis-
cussed the talks afterwards and even
disagreed about things with him. Some of
these brothers and sisters were first given
a Bible by us over 20 years ago as they
emerged from Soviet atheism; to see
them so fluent with the scriptures is a
wonderful testament to the Lord’s contin-
ual working through our efforts to bring the
Bible and Bible teaching to those who seriously
want to hear it. We thank you for all your
prayers and donations which have enabled the
distribution of so much literature over the
years.
We were very pleased to baptize Marina from
Kharkov. Our new sister had had her passport
stolen, and you can’t travel on trains without
a passport. She decided at the last minute that
she would come anyway, and hitchhiked (in
those very low temperatures) the 500 km from
Kharkov to Kiev to be baptized, arriving on the
Sunday morning when the school was coming
to an end. It was really a pleasure to baptize
her in a bath tub there.
Bro David Corbin writes of his experiences at
the Ukraine Bible School:
“My daughter Davian and I were among the
first few to reach the venue around 5:15 pm
on the 24th of January. The local taxi opera-
tors were very friendly and helpful at the air-
port and assisted us in getting to where the
Bible school was held. While the taxi opera-
tors were warm and friendly the same could
not be said for the Siberian type weather.
Once inside the facility we only got a modest
reprieve from the onslaught of the very cold
weather because of the poorly heated build-
ing. We tried to keep as warm as possible with
our clothing and the blankets we were given.
I would just say that the food was designed to
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Sis Marina’s baptism