Pray for...
Our first car
After all years of carless life we finally got our first family car. This was a necessity of life here since we really live far away from shops and outer world in general, so this car is something that we needed for a long period of time.
Thank you for all your prayers since we were asking for prayers about car a few times and now see the respond. The car is not used too often at the moment - neither of us have driver license, but Irina is studying right now and I really hope that she will get license soon. So far she is training here on the base, training her weaknesses as parking, and just using to the idea of driving car. Stefan and Matvej are loving this car and they would probably sleep in it if they could.
Thank You Lord for this car!
Our Finances
A few times already we asked for prayer for our finances and this is yet another time - For life in Sweden as a family of four, we need to have at least 10000 SEK which is around 900 EUR. This is not much and is not for luxury but for normal food/cloth/rent needs. We have now about half of those money and would like to raise more.
Going back to symbolism?
A few centuries ago, Martin Luther has protested against of symbolism in church which has taken place of the living faith. People where doing certain deeds to get certain privileges, as they thought, before God. This deeds where walking certain distances on your knees, or keeping silence for a time, or not sleep for a few days, well, there are so many things that, were thought, bring people "closer to God". Some people used symbolism to show their holiness in public, for example some where walking always with bended head. There are so many things that listing them would take days, and that wouldn't be a full list.
Guess what? after a few centuries, people are still replacing true faith with the symbolism. Even in modern, so called, living churches there are so much of symbolism present. I dont even need to list, just remember, how do the person behave when "spirit" is in the room? Or how do we suppose to pray? I have a question - are there any rules about this in The Bible? are there any description of "true prayer"? I meet people who dont even know Jesus as personal savior but they enjoy so called "spirit" visits during worship time. Some of them are even getting revelations and then preaching some "truth" in tongues, but at the same time they live with sexual partner without marying one, or smoke the cigarette, which actually came straight from pagan worship. If you say to me that there is nothing about cigarettes in Bible, I can tell you that cigarettes taking it's start from pagan worship and still practiced in idol worship, the same thing can be told about sexual partnership outside of marriage.
So, where do we go? To the end: "God's kingdom is like yeast that a woman works into the dough for
dozens of loaves of barley bread—and waits while the dough rises." Matt 13:33
Our health...
This is prayer of request and prayer of thanksgiving. For last a few days, Stefan got very sick - ear infection again. This time he couldnt move himself and would scream when we tried to help him. But... thanks God for antibiotics, he is doing better now. While he was sick Irina also got a little problem - she scratched her finger and it got blue after two days. I have never seen such color of human body before and hope to not see it again. We tried many things but I believe that prayer was the main medicine, and today the liquid from the finger came out and Irina feels better now. Thank The Lord for His healing actions.
Our finances
Dear friends, I cannot say that we are doing bad financially in these days but we are four now and need a prayer for our future support. We need to raise 3-5 thousands kroner until the end of 2009 That is one year to go from now, but prayer support is never a hindrance. Let us pray together for 3000 kroner till August 2009 and 2000 kroner more till the end of year. God is great and He provides everything we need at this time, so, let's pray for the future.
Gods provision
Our God has everything that we need and I believe in His provision.
Right now we want to ask you to pray together with us for this provision.
- please pray for car for us, since we live a little remotely from the shops and other places, and to go anywhere by bus with two kids looking a little complecated;
- Pray with us for the washing machine, we really need washing machine since the one that we use (belongs to the base) is not working correctly and often we have to rewash the laundry;
- pray for our health, Irina has some pains in her back;
- pray for a new organizer for Yury, I can really see effectiveness of this thing
Thank you!

Thank you very much for your support to us. You have been a big blessing for us during all these years of our commitment. God is really showing His faithfulness to us through your support.
Against violence in SA
I wont repeat the story that happened yesterday on our base, you can read it in the News section for the 20.05.2004 but I want you to support us in prayer against violence in this country. The life here costs nothing. Also pray for police service to be more operative and effective in the crime fight.
For Russians
I don't know exactly why, but I tried to get more information on Computer Science studies in several Universities in Norway and England. This research was kind of successful if we talk about information but also I found out that as a citizen of Russia I have "special" status: I have to have 1-2 years of University in Russia and sertain HUGE mount of documented money for getting permit to stay in country for studies. It made me a bit angry and dissapointed - believe me sometimes it looks complecated to be born in Russia. Pray for us to find out soon our next destination in life. Pray for justice for Russian people.
Hosting problem
Some of the people who asked for my advise for hosting, have got problems with their hosters now, of course they asked me to help them out and those problems are giving me a lot of tiredness recently. I had to send too many emails and fight a lot of invisible people from tech support who forward me to each other. Pray for the good rest for me after all this and also for the quick solution of the problem.
