We were all just standing around after the service chatting with each other, it’s a small village church so I know mainly everyone there except for one or two new faces.<\/p>\n
As we talked the man came up to us and told us that he had just put his faith in Christ and would like to pray with us!<\/p>\n
That caught me off guard, I didn’t expect it!<\/p>\n
I know that I should expect people to repent, it’s God’s work and He is fully able. It’s just that sometimes when you’re in a little village with 20 people gathered you sort of “lower” your expectations of what God will do.<\/p>\n
God reminded me that often he as at work in places that I least expect it! Praise God for one more soul whose faith has found the Savior!<\/p>\n
You can watch the video above to see how we spent our Sunday in the village of Makarovo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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