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| "Tie your shoes and pray for the Hughes" |
Dear
Friends,
If
given the choice, I always want to hear the bad news first. Since I can’t find out your preference,
that’s what I’ll share first. In our
last prayer letter, we mentioned hoping to start Bible studies. We were disappointed when neither the couple
nor the college student agreed to start a study. No one has given us a hard “no” so we pray
one day they will change their minds.
I
wrote about “V” last time- a young man who had been attending midweek services
for almost a year. His work schedule
changed in November, causing him to miss most weeks. My prayer is that his desire for spiritual
things will not wane during this time.
We’ve stayed in contact with him and have other ways in mind to meet
with him and encourage him.
Attendance
has been down in both Soroca and Bulboci.
A strong believer in Soroca left in December to visit her family in
Russia. A believer from Bulboci moved
away from the village. Another believer
is in Chisinau with her daughter for the cold months.
The
oldest believer in Bulboci has had health issues that have kept her from
services for a couple of months. Her
story is a good segue into the good news I have to share. While she is not back to full strength, she
has recovered enough to again stay in her own home. The sister in Christ that is staying in
Chisinau had been on a ventilator in the hospital with Covid and double
pneumonia, but the Lord is bringing her back to health and she has been out of
the hospital for a few days now.
There
are several things we are excited to either resume or start up in January. Barring another Covid case at the children’s
home in Cosauti, we should be able to restart our kids’ weekly Bible club
there. Later in the month, we plan to
reopen our doors for English classes.
Also, we are scheduled to begin an evangelistic Bible study in Bulboci
on January 21. Two people have
specifically expressed interest in attending and several others have been
invited.
Something
else new is a group Bible reading project.
In both Soroca and Bulboci, we are attempting to read the entire Bible
this year as a group. Each person will
be encouraged to choose a book, read it, then pick another that has not been
read yet. This Sunday we will be asking
people to pick their first book.
The
Lord has blessed us with good health, a mild winter so far, and a pleasant and
meaningful holiday season. We enter the
New Year wishing some things were different but hopeful that the Lord will work
in those areas in 2021. The LORD bless
thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious
unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace.
In His
service,
Jacob
and Viola Hughes
For
Prayer:
1.
Evangelistic chronological Bible study every Thursday starting January 21
2.
That “V’s” interest in spiritual things would continue to grow
3.
Contact with the kids and workers at the children’s home and with our ESL
students
For
Praise:
1. A
few visitors to services the last couple months
2. “Z”
attending services in Bulboci and planning to come to the Bible study
3.
Wiring is being done at our house
