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"Tie your shoes and pray for the Hughes" |
Dear Friends,
In our last prayer letter we mentioned starting an
evangelistic Bible study with “L” a woman in Soroca. After the first lesson with her, she was out
of town for several weeks. Since her
return, she has not missed a week of our study.
At the beginning of December she first came to a midweek service and has
not missed since then. Three weeks ago
she came for a Sunday service and attended the past two weeks also. While some things regarding her motivations
are still not clear to us, we are grateful for her growing attendance. As you pray for her, would you also pray for
God’s clear direction for us as we share with and minister to her?
Our ministry at the children’s home has been
stopped for now. Higher-ups in the
organization were at the center one day and heard our Bible lesson. After that the local director got word that
the “religious instruction” would have to stop.
She tried to fight the decision, but management would not relent. On one hand, we miss the kids and wish for
the opportunity to teach them the Bible.
On the other hand, the kids’ interest in the lessons and in our program
in general had been waning and it had been difficult to get them to
cooperate.
During the holidays we are hoping to build on the
momentum from the Bible school we held in Bulboci this summer. We are planning a one-day Christmas program
at the village library with “The Greatest Gift” as our theme. Along with kids, we are inviting their
parents and grandparents. We are unsure
what to expect, as we’ve never done an all-ages event quite like this before,
but we are encouraged by the interest shown so far.
The following day we are organizing a Christmas
program at the penitentiary in Soroca for the officers and their families. A man who ministers there (but lives in
another city) wanted us to be involved so that the officers could get to know
us since we live in town. We’d
appreciate prayer that it will be an enjoyable event for these families and
that the Lord would work through the preaching of His Word.
In His service,
Jacob and Viola Hughes
For Prayer:
1. Christmas program in Bulboci on January 4th
2. Christmas program at penitentiary for officers
on January 5th
3. Special studies in Visoca, Evangelistic Bible
study starting in Soroca
For Praise:
1. Studies continuing with “N” (Bible and English)
and “L” (evangelistic)
2. More work done on our house so that it is
keeping us warm
3. Visit with Viola’s sister and her husband at
Thanksgiving
