Prayer Letter: August 2016

Dear Praying Friends and Family,

We have been blessed this month in safety, strength, and health, and we thank you for your prayers and support. Starting out the month, we had a great time of Bible Institute. Due to work and travel distances, the week-long institute is only held bi-annually, in winter and summer.

In addition to classes, we also had evangelism in the afternoons and a service in the evening. This year, we were able to have missionary Chris Rue from Odessa teach and preach during the evening services after classes. With the Lord’s help, we would eventually like to make these classes available in a correspondence course format for Russian

speakers around the world. Many courses and books of the Bible have already been taught and recorded in Bible Baptist Church, and our desire is for Russian speakers to learn and love the Bible.

Thank you for your prayers regarding a vehicle. We were able to buy our car this month and complete all the necessary registrations, which was almost a bigger challenge! It has already been a tremendous blessing getting us around the city, and we hope will carry us for many years in the future around the country.

Please be in prayer for our future trip to Berdiansk, Ukraine (pop. 120,000.) Berdiansk is located in the southeast part of the country, about 440 miles from Kyiv. A small group of believers contacted us about starting a church, and we will be spending the first week of September in the city helping them get established. Our prayer is that a solid local church will take root in the area and that we will be able to continue to travel to

encourage them. Please pray for our travels, and for the group of Bible believers there.

Again, thank you for your prayers and encouragement. We are grateful for your support and shared desire for Ukrainian and Russian speaking people to be saved and learn more about our great Saviour.

Love in Christ,

David and Naomi Lohman