news from belarus

We are delighted to announce the baptism of SASHA, and look forward to him attaining the Kingdom when the Lord returns.

BARANOVICHI
I continue trying with the people I write to in prison, some can only receive letters every few months. Yet I believe some of them are sincere and this maybe is my calling from God to write to these people.I am still in touch with Pavel, a very serious man who is in prison at Novosady. It is such a pleasure to write with him. I pray much for all your good work for the Lord.
Bro. Leonid

We are hoping to be able to go to the Bible School. I am studying Beyond Bible Basics and doing the questions there. We are all well here and send our greetings. We’re concerned we may not be able to make the next Bible School, health, work and the children all make Winter travelling hard for us. But we are with you all.
Sis. Larisa

SENO
We are very happy to be able to call you ‘brother’, this is a new experience. Our home very much needs repairing, and we fear the coming of Winter. We are reading the Bible every day.
Bro. Sasha

STAI
I have had a huge catastrophe this year with Colorado beetles. They have destroyed my potatoes, which is what I am planning to live off this Winter. I was looking at them, and I admit I wondered why did God create Colorado beetles? This is very serious for me. I summon all my faith to endure this blow.
Bro. Ivan

TERESHKI
Here the Summer has been hot, but we have been blessed with good harvest, which we are now preserving so we can eat through the Winter. We recently held a small gathering of the brothers in Minsk which was very good. Every second Sunday of the month we are trying to gather in Minsk for the breaking of bread. These meetings really help on our lonely path to the Kingdom of God.
Bro. Vladimir

Please pray for my son as his blood pressure is so high. I try to talk to people here, but who will listen to an old woman like me? all are worried about money or their crops. I notice though that people do like to read religious literature these days, and I am trying to distribute as I can.
Sis. Anna

VITEBSK
I am always thinking of all the work being done to spread the Gospel and am praying for it. I see what you are doing as similar to what the apostle Paul did, with the same problems he met. I am interested in the chicken raising project and also am interested in raising rabbits for meat.
Bro. Ivan

VYAZMICHI
I pray for all brothers and sisters for their health. For us we pray for health because we have no money to buy medicine and we also have to work all the time in the field for our food. Nobody here is responding at the moment to my preaching but I am hopeful they will.
Sis. Nina