Tyotya Luba

Hey, pray for me, I just had a run in with Tyotya Luba (Lika's mum). She hates me, which I knew, but it has gotten worse over the last week and today I was on the phone and she came out of their room and was making faces at me and mumbling under her breath (I couldn't tell what she was saying because I was on the phone).
Anyway, afterwards I went into the kitchen and asked what I had done to offend her and she was like, "What did I say! I didn't say anything!" all angrily. Anyway, I went away but she kept coming and checking on me, muttering all the time. I had to go back to the kitchen so I went and smiled at her and she muttered under her breath, "Pig!" and some other things which thankfully I didn't understand/hear. I tried to talk to her, I know that she is just feeling insecure because Lika talks to me and not to her about the apartment and some of her problems, but Lika is just trying to protect her.
She's a very insecure, jealous, bitter woman and I know that I haven't done anything to justify her hatred, but nevertheless hate me she does and I am going to have to live with this kind of attitude and abuse for another three weeks or a month! Pray that I'll have grace and show her Christ's love. It is particularly difficult for Carmen and Lika, she behaves better in front of them, but still is often rude or unpleasant which mortifies them. :(
Pray that somehow they would see the love of Christ through me, all three of them.

Course Work: Doctrine

We are presently working on editing the doctrine course. I value your prayers for this. Doctrine is always a tender issue and we are trying to make an unbiased presentation of some of the key schools of thought out there. I have recruited some help from some fellow missionaries here, but I am not sure how much they will be able to do, simply because of time constraints. They have their own ministry and this is basically a favor. It's something that could take weeks to work through. Please pray that they are able to make a significant contribution as it would take a lot of stress off me and enable me to focus on my other work. It would be such a blessing to have it well edited.

Mission's Fests

Over the next month there will be several Mission's Fests in Canada, in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg and I believe Toronto. My dad will be leading some workshops at these as well as manning a booth. Kostia, our translator here in the office, is also going and will also be leading some workshops and helping with the booth. Please pray for them that God would use them and make this time fruitful for His Kingdom.
Kostia flies out early Monday morning, he'll have to travel from Rivne during the night to make his flight and then fly out to Calgary through Frankfurt (a nasty airport!--bad layout). He'll be spending a month in Canada traveling with Dad and sharing with people there about the ministry here as well as challenging them to live the Christian life through discipling 2-3 other people. Kostia has never been to N. America before, so please pray that all his travels go smoothly and that he has no problems with customs/immigration when he arrives in Canada. Pray also for his health as he (and I) have been struggling this week with migraines (weather changes). Pray that his health would be good and stable during his time in Canada and that he would not have nosebleeds there or on the flights (to and from Canada and he'll also be doing a fair amount of flying in Canada).