{"id":563,"date":"2012-03-27T17:08:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T17:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wordpress\/?p=563"},"modified":"2012-05-07T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T09:18:21","slug":"guests-from-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/guests-from-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests from Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHvHm5eKXwI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"justify\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>2 Firsts in 1 Month!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Your prayers helped me finish teaching Basic Bible Doctrines class this month and now you can keep praying for those students as they work on their class projects.\u00a0 This was my first time to teach a CMI class in Russian, thus your prayers were much needed for me and for the students!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nThis month we also started a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeforpeople.org\/news\/397\" target=\"_blank\">nursery ministry<\/a>\u00a0in our church.\u00a0 Our church is young and for the past couple of years there have been at least half a dozen babies born each year! That makes for a busy foyer with parents strolling their children around during the service.\u00a0 Thankfully, we were finally able to fix up the room that was disignated for the nursery and on March 17th we officially began using it.\u00a0 Nickolas was one of the first customers and he just could&#8217;t contain his joy when he saw the toys and balloons!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Praise for succesfull completion of Basic Bible Doctrines<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Pray for students as they work on their class projects<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Praise for opening of the nursery<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Guests from Jerusalem<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">This week the biggest class of the year started at our CMI headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine. The class, \u201cHistorical Background of the Bible\u201d, is being taught by a couple who has lived in Israel for over 20 years. Hearing from first hand experience is a great way to help our students grasp a better understanding of God\u2019s Word and will translate to more effective preaching and teaching in churches across Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The class concludes tomorrow (Friday, march 30th). For pictures and information checkout the CMI&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/cmi.eurasia\" target=\"_blank\">facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cmiukraine\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Pray for stamina for students and teachers as they finish the class this week<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Pray that students would gain a better understanding of God&#8217;s Word<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Praise for a healthy turnout of students<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Evangelism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">There is almost nothing more central to church planting than evangelism and the beginning steps of discipleship.\u00a0 This is the last class of the school year and we are hoping for another good group of students.\u00a0 The class starts on April 7th and I will once again be teaching part of it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\nWe have decided to make the &#8220;Good Soil&#8221; evangelism and discipleship seminar a requirement for this class. I will be teaching this part of the class on two Saturdays, one in April and one in May.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Pray for students to finish the year out well<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Pray for me as well as the two other teachers<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Pray for God to make this course practical in the lives of the students<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>20 years<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s been 20 years since Christina&#8217;s home church in Cherkassy, began! Christina&#8217;s family was amongst the first to join the church in the early days.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be heading up to Cherkassy for Easter and to be there for the 20 year anniversary of the church on April 15 and 16.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Pray for safety on the roads<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>Praise for 20 years of ministry at Gospel House Church<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>2 Firsts in 1 Month!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Your prayers helped me finish teaching Basic Bible Doctrines class this month and now you can keep praying for those students as they work on their class projects.\u00a0<\/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":[35],"tags":[44,10,45,43],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-updates","tag-cmi-2","tag-evangelism","tag-leadership-training","tag-newsletter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-95","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":248,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/cmi-facility-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":563,"position":0},"title":"CMI facility update","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"October 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We know that many have been praying concerning the purchase of a new facility for the Church Ministries Institute here in Odessa. 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