Today, we had a group of Iranian men come to cook lunch for us. Pastor Ali (far left) and Abbas (far right) cooked. Abbas was offered a job as the chef in the Iranian embassy but turned it down knowing he would be under constant surveillance since he is now a Christian. It took Abbas six years from the time he first heard the Gospel to accept Christ. Pastor Ali has started a church and has about 15 Iranians attending. All of them have been converted and are witnessing to other Iranians in the area. There are thousands of refugees in Kiev.
We also presented them with 200 complete Bibles in the Farsi language for them to distribute as well as 24 MP3 players to distribute. The MP3 player has the entire Bible on it in the Farsi language, as well as testimonies from these Iranian believers. They are set to where you cannot delete the content on them.
In this picture is (from left to right) Pastor Ali, Myself, Sam Slobodian, Pastor Nikolai Velichko, Dr. Larry Oats, and Abbas.
After lunch, we went to a village about 1 1/2 hours from Kiev. A man from the seminary went to this village 6 years ago to plant a church. He and his wife live at the church. Here is their picture. There are only about 300 people in this village and the church runs about 20 or so. God has also blessed them with a large piece of land to build a new building on. She fixed us a wonderful meal in their home. This village has never had American visitors.
Sounds like you are having a great time. May the Lord bless and guide each of you as you travel and minister for His glory!
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