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Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank my God, Who set me free,
And saved my mortal soul.
Even when suffering, cruci fixus,
He did not wince nor cry aloud.
Paying my debt, my Lord Invictus,
His head was bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears,
I’ll find my place in His parade,
And so the menace of the years,
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
Christ is the Master of my fate,
And the Captain of my soul.
Adapted from Invictus by William Ernest Henley, a poem written in 1875.
We had another AMAZING team here last week. They came here from Clayton Baptist Church in Georgia. They were here for 10 days, served MANY families with financial difficulties by buying groceries and visiting them, went with us to a village to help build some missionaries’ house, and celebrated Thanksgiving with us. Here are some pictures from that:
In other news, David’s phone broke. We’re looking for a good, quality replacement, because David uses his phone constantly for work as a “second computer.” He needs it to be a good audio / video recorder and handle a full day’s worth of emailing, word processing, and other office work. Please pray for that! Thanks!
Winter holds a lot of meanings for people. Some associate it with Christmas, New Year, Thanksgiving, and a chance to make new resolutions for the next year. For others, winter is harder, bringing back some bad memory of a family member that was lost on a particular holiday, or it makes them think of some sort of lonliness.
Winter is a mix of all of those things here in Ukraine for most people, I think. It’s hard to begin Christmas celebrations here without thinking about the thousands of soldiers that are fighting on the Eastern Front right now to ensure our freedom to celebrate.
It’s also hard in a way, because this is the fourth winter we’ve had war and revolution here in Ukraine. The war started in 2013, when Victor Yanukovych, the then-president of Ukraine sent police to beat down a small group of protestors downtown, and that war is still being fought in Donbass (Eastern Ukraine).
I was listening to a song today while on the bus called “Злива” or “Downpour”. I didn’t know that it was about the Revolution and war in the East. When I realized what it was about, I almost started crying there on the bus. As I was preparing for this post, I had to fight back tears.
This is our fourth winter, and the war still isn’t over.
The song that I was listening to is below. I’ve roughly translated the chorus (corrections appreciated), which is beneath the video clip.
God save Ukraine.
Pour down, Downpour!
Wash all the filth away, Summer Rain!
We are more tired than ever from this winter
Pour down, Downpour!
I’ll probably never be the same as I was before
I asked someone for the May rain
Oh, that the rain would come and wash away winter
So excited for this conference! Please pray for us in Ukraine and we seek to make our churches and organizations more and more Christ- and Gospel-centered. That’s what this conference is about. Please also pray for David, as this conference is in Russian, and he doesn’t speak or understand Russian very well.
David & Katya 