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| Oh, yes!A lot of time have passed since the time i wrote smth here.Now i don't even know what of all the things have happened i should write about here. God blessed me by helping me to get all the necessary moneyed assistance for the winter conference we had.Then with his help i managed to take an exam which ought to be 3 days later for our group but i had to take it earlier since on the following day we were going to Moskow. For me to pass all the exams and start packing was such a relief!!!
The conference itself was "estupende". Except Russians and Belarussians there also were some people from Korea and a few from Ukraine.The funniest thing which happened with us after registrating is that Dasha Litvin and i happened to be in the same room with Korenian guys, who hardly could speak English. Sasha C said later-" now understand why so many guys entered your room again and again!" But finally we solved the problem when their leader came. Honestly i had heard of how Korenians pray and worship God but i would say it also had an impact on me in some way when living and praying with them.We also had nice seminars and meetings, especially because of one leader who was really cool in teaching us. But i think i won't be mistaken if i say that the biggest lesson for me on that conference was our lector, probably not even his lectures but his belief, the way he lives in spite of all troubles he faces with, the way he serves God(ukranian leader,to say the least). But in general that conference has not influenced much on my practical life, the way i try to serve God, but on my inside thoughts and fears, i would say(mainly because of the example of the lector).
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| I take it as a big blessing to have such a close and understanding friend as Tanya Maiko...
P.S.: one funny thing-today we had a party for girls(especially for unbelievers) at Natashka's. we played some games and one of them was to answer some tricky questions. When it was Tanya's turn to answer she got a question like - what person you'd like to talk with? While the poor thing was thinking and we all proposed her some versions as she could not decide, i dropped such a phrase - i knew what my answer would be, it'd be an apostle Paul. Tanya laughing said it was that she intended to say. The main idia isn't absolutely that our thougths coincided at that moment and my personal impression of the talk we had afterwards why we do love reading his books, but that i feel that she undertands me and i can understand her at many points, in many cases and similar problems we both have sometimes. I won't forget the time, when we were at the summer conference and i was to come to help her with some kind of testimony(we used to have it in the morning, just to tell other people what God has shown to you) Don't be scary i was asked just to help her to formulate what she was going to say and choose some verses. We talked into again and then got down into some topics which were close enough to our hearts. The result was tears. Once...Though we were having a lesson she was the person who quickly sat near me to hug me,when i felt like crying telling about my needs to the rest of the group (we prayed for each other then). Probably our relationships are not like that of David and Jonathan's ones but Tanya is probably that what comes to my mind learning the chapters ,where David and Jonathan are involved. Yes, she is truly such a huge encouragement blessing, personified advice and example for me. | | |
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| Maybe some of you have already known that Illiah Dovidovitch and Ania Scherenkova entered our university. But not everybody knows that it was Illiaj who launged prayer-meetings at the university. Honestly, i have supposed that there are lots of believers in our university and i even knew some, but especially after the winter conference, when i wanted to be active in the place i studied, i din't inderstand what exactly and how i could orginize the meetings we had been heard of at the confernce. But it's Illiah who has done that. 15 people are involved in. Everyday prayer meetings.. wow..we really need this. He made me smile today and feel kind of pride of knowing him as a believer , whose heart is burning for Christ. It was so pleasant to hear from him such words like,"you see the stickers on my bag, i decided to wear them, so that other people could see them and ask what it means, the university is very blessed, all we need to do is to dig dipper to find people." It's that i'm eager and trying to do , but i' m convinienced everything- our strenghts, our spent time and all our efforts will be in vain without God's help, His guidance and His power, our close relationships with Him and our altogether unity.
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| As i have noticed the funniest thing about xanga is that when i feel like writing smth i don't have time, but when i do have some i don't know what to start with as lots of things could have happend and everything is mixed up in my mind. So may days, so many feelings, expressions, duties, words which can either hurt or encourage you...Only God and His Word reamains unchangeble and it's that what helps us not to be very overwhelmed. You know what.. I'm having three days off as i've got a slight chill. It's really a slight chill, so i'm excited of reading the Bible more properly, doing less things without being in a rush, sleep more and earn some money.. It's surely kind of unpleasant and perplexing things to be set upon studing when a bit ill. I have tried though but to my surprise with the help of God i've turned to be on a sick leave.
A week and a half ago i went to Polotsk with our Students' Missionary. It was a nice day. We spent there practically the whole day. It was very sunny, we did a lot of sightseen,walked, visited different museums( the convent of Efrasinya Polotskaya), churches(the cathedral of Sofia Polotskaya) and the church which at the beginning was the first Luteran's church in Belarus ( if i'm not mistaken),we had two testimonies, sang worship near the church and in the bus itself. I take it as a useful thing for unbelievers,which we had been supposed to take with. Unfortunately, Helen failed to go with us and i was sad, to put it mildly. To be exact, i was even a bit shocked as she had told me about it the day before the excursion itself. I was very sorry as i didn't see the reason, also i understood it wouldn't be pleasant news for Natasha Rybinskaya as we ought to give an exact answer a week before(and Helen agreed then).I prayed for her and for the trip itself,for us to be used by Father, so when he refused i just didin't undertand what was going on.
Actually i think it's time for me to finish. :) Er...One more thing which is important for me to mention.I do wonder how God shows Himself through the Bible, showing His feachers of character, His wisdom and power. I do wonder when He says me this or that thing what touches my heart as it's really important for me to be reminded and encouraged by this.
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