{"id":422,"date":"2011-09-12T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wordpress\/?p=422"},"modified":"2012-04-30T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T09:32:27","slug":"baptism-in-sahanskoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/baptism-in-sahanskoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism in Sahanskoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\">This past Sunday I had the privilege of participating in a baptismal service for brother Ivan from the village of Sahanskoe. <\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-gyPAVqw3yxo\/Tm23KEwhhzI\/AAAAAAAAHRQ\/4ZQAUNP7ZcM\/s1600\/DSC03087.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-gyPAVqw3yxo\/Tm23KEwhhzI\/AAAAAAAAHRQ\/4ZQAUNP7ZcM\/s400\/DSC03087.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The service was conducted on the shore of a small lake a few miles outside of the village.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CT1KTEaFBrY\/Tm23KCWJmeI\/AAAAAAAAHRY\/d5sHUFayfaE\/s1600\/DSC03100.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CT1KTEaFBrY\/Tm23KCWJmeI\/AAAAAAAAHRY\/d5sHUFayfaE\/s400\/DSC03100.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Thankfully, the sun came out and warmed things up just a bit for the baptism.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oApeu2qKckI\/Tm23KbDfyCI\/AAAAAAAAHRg\/QmcLsXFPTrc\/s1600\/DSC03118.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oApeu2qKckI\/Tm23KbDfyCI\/AAAAAAAAHRg\/QmcLsXFPTrc\/s400\/DSC03118.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Vasiliy Poznyak from our church in Odessa baptized Ivan.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-y8Nnh1numVM\/Tm23KUlTeAI\/AAAAAAAAHRo\/8OMzwFcu0yo\/s1600\/DSC03122.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-y8Nnh1numVM\/Tm23KUlTeAI\/AAAAAAAAHRo\/8OMzwFcu0yo\/s400\/DSC03122.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g3MjuQ53NUE\/Tm23Kgfz-GI\/AAAAAAAAHRw\/AtuUUxRUWeM\/s1600\/DSC03151.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g3MjuQ53NUE\/Tm23Kgfz-GI\/AAAAAAAAHRw\/AtuUUxRUWeM\/s400\/DSC03151.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">After the baptism we had communion. Vladimir, a pastor from a nearby village prays for Ivan.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KqY0zKgC9hw\/Tm23KtqnX7I\/AAAAAAAAHR4\/E6olCvKzZN0\/s1600\/DSC03162.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KqY0zKgC9hw\/Tm23KtqnX7I\/AAAAAAAAHR4\/E6olCvKzZN0\/s400\/DSC03162.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Blessing the cup and the bread for communion.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0D6YG-ANtOI\/Tm23K9NWzkI\/AAAAAAAAHSA\/cO1hHiP_PZ0\/s1600\/DSC03179.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0D6YG-ANtOI\/Tm23K9NWzkI\/AAAAAAAAHSA\/cO1hHiP_PZ0\/s400\/DSC03179.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">This is the group from the village of Sahanskoe<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JB9g02wUBsQ\/Tm23LL_eWOI\/AAAAAAAAHSI\/-lB66kuqLB8\/s1600\/DSC03213.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JB9g02wUBsQ\/Tm23LL_eWOI\/AAAAAAAAHSI\/-lB66kuqLB8\/s400\/DSC03213.JPG\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Brother Ivan and brother Mikhail<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4uAWzo_MV5o\/Tm23LMqt5II\/AAAAAAAAHSQ\/f0qZt6dMwZM\/s1600\/DSC03220.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4uAWzo_MV5o\/Tm23LMqt5II\/AAAAAAAAHSQ\/f0qZt6dMwZM\/s400\/DSC03220.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px\">I think every church service should end like this!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday I had the privilege of participating in a baptismal service for brother Ivan from the village of Sahanskoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[79,72,61],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry","tag-baptism","tag-church","tag-village"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-6O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":553,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/2011-in-2min-11sec\/","url_meta":{"origin":422,"position":0},"title":"2011 in 2min 11sec","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"December 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank you for all your love and support in 2011!January\u00a0-Kids camp-Good Soil in Kremunchug\u00a0February\u00a0-Missions course at CMI\u00a0March\u00a0-Women's conference\u00a0-Preachers training\u00a0-Good Soil in Odessa\u00a0April\u00a0-Ressurection Sunday\u00a0 Pictures\u00a0Video\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0May\u00a0-Village OutreachesMakarovo\u00a0Sahanskoe\u00a0Lemani\u00a0June\u00a0-Men's and Women's Fellowship\u00a0-International Children's Day\u00a0July-Student Mission trip to Moldova\u00a0Pictures\u00a0Video\u00a0August-Church camp\u00a0-Village outreach in Shamanovka and Nova KubankaSeptember-Baptism in Sahanskoe\u00a0-\"Why we are here\"\u00a0October-Training the Trainers\u00a0-Harvest Celebration\u00a0November-Missions Roundtable\u00a0-Peter's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Video Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Video Updates","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/video-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":245,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/sahanskoe\/","url_meta":{"origin":422,"position":1},"title":"Sahanskoe","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"October 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Today I took the team to visit another small church in the village of Sahanskoe, just about 25 minute drive from Makarovo. 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