{"id":425,"date":"2011-09-24T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wordpress\/?p=425"},"modified":"2012-04-30T09:23:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T09:23:19","slug":"church-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/church-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Church on Saturday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\">Yes, church on Saturday. My kids were a bit surprised we I told them we were going to a church service and it wasn&#8217;t even Sunday yet.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hq0h7fFRdUQ\/ToHTAOTd1fI\/AAAAAAAAHTs\/szgtMLx6rXQ\/s1600\/DSC03318.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hq0h7fFRdUQ\/ToHTAOTd1fI\/AAAAAAAAHTs\/szgtMLx6rXQ\/s400\/DSC03318.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\">We visited the village of Lemani were Pastor Anatoliy and his wife are hard at work in a brand new church plant. They conduct the main worship service there on Saturday so that Anatoliy can get back to Odessa for services at the other church he pastors in town on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ogWU-pu2Mk4\/ToHS_xUSxJI\/AAAAAAAAHTc\/ChBJv0CcUmA\/s1600\/DSC03311.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ogWU-pu2Mk4\/ToHS_xUSxJI\/AAAAAAAAHTc\/ChBJv0CcUmA\/s400\/DSC03311.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Naomi, Mishael and Noelle each recited a different bible text of 6 verses!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUWDXrRmb14\/ToHTAELbuXI\/AAAAAAAAHTk\/MSfOmh4fTOQ\/s1600\/DSC03312.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUWDXrRmb14\/ToHTAELbuXI\/AAAAAAAAHTk\/MSfOmh4fTOQ\/s400\/DSC03312.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A few of the village kids.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wxXTSUkQm08\/ToHTAbO8jcI\/AAAAAAAAHT0\/jnHCBfUJMRU\/s1600\/DSC03340.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-wxXTSUkQm08\/ToHTAbO8jcI\/AAAAAAAAHT0\/jnHCBfUJMRU\/s400\/DSC03340.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">It seems like there is a friendly babushka in every village.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sL1REba42Mg\/ToHTAfmo0cI\/AAAAAAAAHT8\/-gNPxbqB3pE\/s1600\/DSC03345.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sL1REba42Mg\/ToHTAfmo0cI\/AAAAAAAAHT8\/-gNPxbqB3pE\/s400\/DSC03345.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">People enjoyed eathing the grapes that grow in the church yard after the service.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-G_F41foq8yQ\/ToHTArutWII\/AAAAAAAAHUE\/FyioI6pcOtU\/s1600\/DSC03363.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-G_F41foq8yQ\/ToHTArutWII\/AAAAAAAAHUE\/FyioI6pcOtU\/s400\/DSC03363.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Anatoliy showed me around the church building. They are working hard to fix the buildling up but they still have some work to do.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RThemW8R1oY\/ToHTA8xdM6I\/AAAAAAAAHUM\/_0XrR4MJ5hA\/s1600\/DSC03370.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RThemW8R1oY\/ToHTA8xdM6I\/AAAAAAAAHUM\/_0XrR4MJ5hA\/s400\/DSC03370.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A look down the brand new well they had dug.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mPk3wFeslb0\/ToHTA5UDPXI\/AAAAAAAAHUU\/u3kI1B2fZE0\/s1600\/DSC03373.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mPk3wFeslb0\/ToHTA5UDPXI\/AAAAAAAAHUU\/u3kI1B2fZE0\/s400\/DSC03373.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Pray for Anatoliy has he pastors two churches!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GRnpwb_QSdk\/ToHTBbddmcI\/AAAAAAAAHUk\/C-OsA-pwI6w\/s1600\/DSC03407.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GRnpwb_QSdk\/ToHTBbddmcI\/AAAAAAAAHUk\/C-OsA-pwI6w\/s400\/DSC03407.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;\">The kids enjoyed a little walk along the shore after the service.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, church on Saturday. 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