Sunday, October 12, 2008

From Heaven Above....

Today I was surprised with a wonderful blessing from the Lord! I was a little later for church than I intended to be and when I got there, the place was packed! A new (additional) Pastor was being officially installed today so all the congregation was there to witness this event. The blessing for me was that standing at the back of the church was Natalia, (a wife of one of the leaders of the Bible School) who very graciously offered to stand at the back of the church with me and translate the service. I have been to church these past 3 weeks but had no one to translate - which has been fine - I would read the scriptures they were preaching on and God led me in what He wanted me to know....I used worship time to practice my Slovak pronunciation by singing all the hymns. Beautiful words and music sung to the Lord are a balm for the soul no matter the language! But to have this special blessing of Natalie telling me what the Pastor was saying made today's church time with God even more special!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Mary!

It was very uplifing to read your blog. How exciting! What a wonderful experience for you and the kids you are teaching. They are truly blessed to have you.

I miss talking with you!

Lew is moving to Afghanistan 11/1/08. He took a new job with a Turkish company and very excited about it. So, looks like I will be staying at home for a while longer.

Talk to you later.

Take care.

Janie Osborne
10/13/08

Missionary Mary said...

Hi Janie!
It is so good to hear from you!!! I miss talking to you too! I am glad that you found the blog though and we keep up with each other here!
I'm happy for Lew that he is happy...but I am sad for you that he will not be home for awhile longer. Will you go to visit him while he is there? Oh - you should come to visit me while I am here!!
Are you still at Wells?

Let's 'talk' again soon! Email me, ok?