HEADED TO DESNAGORSK

GORDON!!!!!!!!

TODAY I TRAVEL TO DESNAGORSK, TO THE REHAB CENTER THAT WE BUILT THERE. COLYA WILL BE GOING WITH ME. IT'S ABOUT A 2 HOUR DRIVE. HOWEVER WE HAD MORE SNOW LAST NIGHT AND NOBODY IS CLEANING THE ROADS, SO IT MAY BE 3 HOURS.

I UNDERSTAND YA'LL ARE HAVING WEATHER THERE AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS. BREAD AND MILK. EVEN IF YOU DON'T NEED IT. IT'S MANDATORY TO BUY.

YESTERDAY, I WAS SITTING HERE IN TELEPORT(COMPUTER CAFE-TYPE PLACE) WRITING TO YA'LL AND GUESS WHO WALKS UP??? PAVEL! YES, PAVEL. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE MOVED BACK TO SMOLENSK AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS IN PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT A SURPRISE. I WAS GLAD TO SEE HIM. PAVEL IS A UNIQUE PERSON IN THIS UNIVERSE, BUT FOR ALL OF THAT, HE WORKS HARD AND GETS THINGS DONE. HE IS WORKING BACK AT POCHINOK CHURCH AND I WILL BE GOING TO CHURCH THERE TOMORROW. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

GOT A NOTE THIS MORNING FROM JOHN CREMEANS. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM.

HEY, BUILD A FIRE. GETS SOME COFFEE/HOT CHOCOLATE/APPLE CIDER AND ENJOY THE DAY. I LOVE SNOW DAYS.

TODAY'S SPURGEON IS ESPECIALLY SPECIAL(CAN I SAY IT THAT WAY, GRAMMAR POLICE?):

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest. (Genesis 28:15)

Do we need journeying mercies? Here are choice ones—God's presence and preservation, In all places we need both of these, and in all places we shall have them if we go at the call of duty, and not merely according to our own fancy. Why should we look upon removal to another country as a sorrowful necessity when it is laid upon us by the divine will? In all lands the believer is equally a pilgrim and a stranger; and yet in every region the Lord is His dwelling place, even as He has been to His saints in all generations. We may miss the protection of an earthly monarch, but when God says, "I will keep thee," we are in no real danger. This is a blessed passport for a traveler and a heavenly escort for an emigrant.

Jacob had never left his father's room before; he had been a mother's boy and not an adventurer tike his brother. Yet he went abroad, and God went with him. He had little luggage and no attendants; yet no prince ever journeyed with a nobler bodyguard. Even while he slept in the open field, angels watched over him, and the Lord God spoke to him. If the Lord bids us go, let us say with our Lord Jesus, "Arise, let us go hence."

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