[written October 14, 2008]

ERSU Graduate Dima Bintsarovsky (2007) began studies at Kampen University in the Netherlands in September. Pray for him and his wife in this year in a new culture, during which he will be earning a ThM degree.

ERSU Academic Dean Jos Colijn traveled to Central Asia in September, teaching seminary students and exploring ways we can help educate the persecuted church there. We may be able to host a teacher candidate in our study center in Kyiv for some specialized studies.

In October, ERSU held classes jointly with our sister school, Ukraine Biblical Seminary (UBS), which our president Clay Quarterman had assisted in the 1990s. We greatly enjoyed this fellowship with students from across the former USSR, as well as with other Ukrainian pastors who are students of Reformed theology.

PTL for our newest students, allowing us to open a new class this fall: Nikita, Slavic, Oleg, Ondrash, and Zholt. They are beginning their study of Hebrew under our most recent graduate, Andrei Dilyuk, who has come down from Belarussia to teach them!

Pray for new ERSU student Attila, whose unborn child was just found to have died in utero. Pray for God's comfort and care in this deeply trying time.