Kyiv, January 18, 2013
In November & December, we visited Texas and Florida churches, as well as Mississippi churches – 17 in all! We also visited seminaries, individual supporters, and IIIrd Millennium Ministries, where I gave some filmed interviews for future video classes. It was a delight to be in Jackson for the holidays, visiting old school buddies and spending Christmas with my mom and family, and visiting family in Texas and Memphis. It was especially fun to watch our 5-yr-old and 3-yr-old granddaughters experience the joy of Christmas!
After the holidays, however, we received the shocking news of the death of our missionary colleague, Cindie Pike, in Ukraine. We went to Colorado Springs for the memorial service, and God granted us precious time with her husband Mel Pike. Please pray for God’s continued comfort and guidance at such a time.
From there, I flew directly to Kyiv. I just finished teaching our seminary course on “Leadership and Communications” – 34 hours of class in one week! But at the end of class, one student pastor responded: “We need to provide this as a seminar for more of our pastors! Seminary is about more than just theory!” Indeed.
We have 6 inches of snow on the ground, so we’ve stayed in one building all week! It’s really like a monastery! It has been great to see our seminary staff and students again, and to hear of people signing up from around the world for our new online Bible College. We even had a Russian student sign up from the USA!
Please continue to pray for the family of our Dean of Students, whose daughter Amy is suffering from Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), which is seriously disrupting their family life and ministry. If nothing is resolved, they will have to leave the field. We love them and greatly need their help!
I’ll be here another week, while we have Staff meetings and a meeting of the Board. But I’m praying for a few hours of quiet after such a hectic and draining time in our lives.
Next week, I head back to the USA for a full schedule of travel – leaving immediately from Mississippi for Alabama, Tennessee, SC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, NC, and Georgia! WHEW! If I can ever retire, I’ll never want to travel again!
We are raising funds for ourselves and the seminary, and we are recruiting more professors for seminary! We need your prayers for safe travel and for effective visits. Thanks for upholding us in our wild adventures!
Yours for the Expansion of the Kingdom,
Clay Quarterman
