TUESDAY IN ADYGEA

AFTER MEETING WITH COSTYA AND HIS FAMILY WE WENT TO THE VILLAGE OF PONEZHUKAI TO VISIT WITH ALLA. REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT REACHING THE ADYGEANS, WE SAID THAT SUCCESS WOULD BE MEASURED IN SINGLE DIGITS NOT IN HUGE NUMBERS. FOR THAT REASON WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE COME TO CHRIST, IT IS A HUGE STEP FOR MINISTRY HERE. IS A DEAR LADY WHO LIVES IN THE AUL OF PONEZHUKAI WHO IS NOW A CHRIST FOLLOWER AND FRUIT OF THE MINISTRY OF LEONID AND ANGELA HERE. LEONID WAS ABLE TO LEAD HER TO SALVATION AND NOW ANGELA IS DISIPLING HER. SHE IS THE ONLY BELIEVER IN THIS AUL, THOUGH HER GRANDCHILDREN LOVE HER DEARLY, AND ARE LISTENING NOW AS WELL.

WE SAT IN HER LIVING ROOM AND SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER PARENTS. WHAT SHE TOLD ME CONVICTED ME. SHE SAID THAT THE ONLY THING THEY KNEW WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP WAS ISLAM. THEY NEVER, EVER HEARD ANYTHING ELSE. WAS NOT EVEN ANY ORTHODOX INFLUENCE, ONLY ISLAM. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS SURE THAT HER PARENTS HAD NEVER THE GOSPEL AND UNTIL LEONID BEGAN TO SHARE WITH HER CHRIST, SHE HAD NEVER KNOWN. KINDA BITTERSWEET. I'M SO GLAD SHE'S COME TO CHRIST, GLAD TO BE PARTNERING WITH LEONID IN THIS GOOD FIELD. BUT SO SAD THAT IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET THE KINGDOM WORD OUT THAT HER PARENTS DIDN'T HEAR. WE GOTTA BE ENCOURAGED TO DO BETTER.

SPENT THE EVENING WITH LEONID AND FAMILY. WENT TO TOWN AND WATCHED A NEW FOUNTAIN DANCE. IT'S THE BIG SHOW IN TOWN. ACTUALLY KINDA NEAT. THE NIGHT WAS COOL AND WE ENJOYED THE FELLOWSHIP.

AS YOU ARE READING THIS, WE ARE TRAVELLING FURTHER SOUTH FOR A SURVEY TRIP. THERE ARE TRAVEL WARNINGS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'LL GET INTO BUT IT'LL BE INTERESTING.

PRAYER. SOME GOOD THOUGHTS ON PRAYER FROM JOHN PIPER.

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.