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| "Tie your shoes and pray for the Hughes" |
Dear Friends,
In
October our team began a weekly outreach to a place we referenced while back on
furlough. In Cosauti, a village about 15
minutes from Soroca, there is an Austrian-funded home that functions as a
multi-purpose center. Their main
activity is caring for the small number of children and mothers with children
who live there. Both the center’s kids
and others from the village have come for singing, games and a Bible
lesson.
Also
in October, Viola organized and taught the first women’s Bible study for our
church. For now, they plan to meet
monthly, having lunch together and discussing how to effectively study the
Bible. Viola has been encouraged by the
attendance and the other ladies’ responses to the study.
Back
in September our team assisted a medical missions team that served for a week
in Bulboci, a village in our region. At
the clinic, people were asked if they would like to receive a copy of the
Bible. For the past several Sunday
afternoons, David and I have been visiting the village to fulfill that
request. It has been encouraging (and a
bit surprising) to see the openness and eagerness with which people have
accepted the Bibles. Once we finish
distributing, we hope to visit more with the people we’ve met.
A
couple other weekly tasks are English classes and coaching basketball. On Tuesdays Viola and I teach English
classes, after which we offer a Bible study for those interested. We have one lady that consistently
stays. At the request of some friends,
we help run a basketball practice one day a week for girls in Cosauti. I love playing and teaching the game and
these types of interactions allow us to know others and get a glimpse of their
needs. Our prayer is that by building
relationships with the girls we can address their spiritual needs as well.
You
may remember that our house project has been at a standstill due to a water
main running directly through our property.
I eventually found a contact for the other owners on our street (no
houses there yet) and they obliged by adding their signatures to a group
request to the water company regarding the problem. I turned that request in two weeks ago and am
waiting on an answer. Thank you for
reading about our ministry- would you also take time to pray for us?
In His
service,
Jacob
and Viola Hughes
For
Prayer:
1. Our
hearts and the hearts of those to whom we minister
2.
Distribution of Bibles in Bulboci and visits to follow
3. Our
house project, and specifically the answer from water company
For
Praise:
1.
Open doors in Cosauti and Bulboci
2.
Good start for the first two ladies’ Bible studies
3.
Residency permits for the next two years
