We’ve been traveling a good deal this summer. Darlene and Clay visited our works in Izmail and Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. On one bus, Clay’s pocket was picked in the push of the crowd, but we’re thankful we only lost $50 and a credit card, which is being replaced. Mind your wallets, folks!

Clay has been preaching a good bit this summer. Latest sermon: “The Resurrection of our Bodies” from 1 Corinthians 15:35-45. Although we talk a lot about the Resurrection of Jesus, we often neglect the doctrine of our own BODILY resurrection. What does it mean that we will have a PHYSICAL existence in the afterlife? For Paul, this was an important doctrine, and it should fill us with hope.

The visa situation in Ukraine is still very tenuous, and the laws are set to change again in September. Please pray that they will not make our work here impossible.

In the meantime, we’ve had to make short-term trips out of the country to renew our papers. The most recent was to Turkey during July. We were able to cross paths with the Apostle Paul on his First Missionary Journey, traveling to Antalya, the place he landed on the way to Antioch and Galatia. It is a beautiful area, set against the Taurus Mountains, and we even saw Cleopatra’s castle in Alanya. Sometimes, necessity isn’t all that bad!