Planning
Soon after the Soviet Union dissolved into the current states managing themselves more or less independently, the Zaporozyhe Bible College was founded to help fill the vacuum of untrained pastors, missionaries, children’s workers, musicians and other church-related workers. One way to move this process forward dramatically was to invite western professors to come and teach by way of interpretation so as to not need to be Russian language speakers. Dr. Jed Snyder, President of Jesus Every Day Ministries was among those invited to go and teach. He has been there several times and is invited to return this fall, September or October of this year, 2012. He plans to make the trip and teach aspiring pastors and others the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. Please pray that he can get about 30 lectures and two exams ready over the next several months. Outlines and exams need to be translated for them to be used. So there is much work to do to achieve this goal of going and teaching in Ukraine. Your help will be deeply appreciated. All the western professors must cover their own travel and living expenses and bring a gift of $2250 to assist with the costs of the students themselves. Thus, the whole trip will cost between $4000 and $5000 depending upon airfare this summer. Jesus Every Day Ministries has set up a short-term missionary fund to receive donations for this ministry. If you can help, your gifts will be used to bless others. All gifts from US taxpayers are tax deductible, of course. Just indicate that the gift is for the short-term teaching ministry of President Snyder.
In other news, Jesus Every Day Ministries is pleased to have added Chapin Furniture in Chapin, SC to its list of merchants who want to share their faith by DVDS and literature. Joe and Gladys Grimaud are devout believers in Jesus Christ and are having a very positive impact in the Columbia region and more broadly around the world by supporting CityLight. If you live near Columbia, run on out to Chapin Furniture and say “hello” to them or their son. And if you can, please give a gift to help us purchase DVDS to distribute along with tracts, gospels and other materials. We give these freely to merchants who in turn give them freely. But they are not actually free to us.
This past month the prayer meeting, the Bible studies, much counseling and some preaching has continued. It is your prayers that support the eternal impact of these efforts. God is good and He certainly is sustaining the work.
Ken and Lilia Rose continue their outstanding work in the Philippine Islands. Their support has been quite low for the last two months at least. Please ask out Lord to send them more and if you can help to answer your own prayers, please receive our gratitude.