Spring knocking on the door...

Hello everyone, all is well here as spring is actually knocking on our door, and let me tell you the entire city rejoices at the absence of snow. It has been the shortest winter I believe record here. Today we had a great service in our temporary hall as we have not found a permanent place. But a perfect peace rules in our heart as we know that the Lord loves His church. Yesterday I had the privilege at teaching at CC Toshino, as pastor Chris and Sasha are in the states visiting friends and relatives. At our 24 hour prayer a couple of weeks ago had a good group with even two (almost) teenagers Dima and Sveta, and their teenage sister Veronica. It was a sweet time at our favorite retreat center. Please pray for Sasha, he is the one lying down on the bed, he is undergoing and operation I believe tomorrow. Sasha whom I mentioned in an earlier email has tuberculosis of the spine. The doctors will be operating to remove the infected area that is affecting his nervous system. Dr. Tom pictured next to him has been sharing with him about the Lord. Tom himself just underwent surgery on his lung as the doctors removed a growth. Tom has been sent home for 6 weeks and will return to have hip replacement surgery. Vova our worship leader and my roommate just left tonight on the train for his home town Tombov. Vova received word from his mom that his dad was very sick. Please pray for his father to be open to Jesus Christ, and that the Lord would touch his physical body. That God would use Vova as he spends time with his Mom. I talked to Geno the other night, he sends his greetings to all, Geno has been rapidly learning the Hebrew language, Geno no doubt will one day be a fluent speaker as he has a gift for foreign language. Also Geno has been having a difficult time with having his Sunday service in the common hall. He has been some what persecuted for their gathering and look upon as a sect but the Lord has His hand on the situation. Geno told me that one of the administrators of the prison came to talk to him. They had heard Geno plays the guitar, and they wanted him to represent their prison among many others in the prison system because they are going to have a talent show competition between the prisons. Geno told them that he would be happy to represent them but first they needed to resolve the issue of the time for their Sunday meeting time. which the administration is now willing to do. God is good!