We
are very grateful to you for all your care and support through these years! Here
are our news and prayer requests for this month.
Aviv
Center
There are still minor
repairs to be done in Aviv Center. The director of the center, Max, was
just married in the Ukraine and is going to return soon to resume his work.
Please pray that we will be able to resume our schedule as before – with each
team doing their job on their day in the center – and that the addicts
who have attended our Bible studies regularly in the past will begin attending
again, this time in the new facility.
The
Negev
We
are grateful for the development in one of our major Bible study groups in the
Negev - in the town of Dimona. There are about 60 people in this group, and it
has potential for growth with new people. The problem we have always had in
Dimona, however, is the lack of a local Russian-speaking leader. Several years
ago a ministering couple from Holland came and settled down in Dimona to partner
with us and help our believers in the town. Theyare doing a
great job as they host mid-week Bible studies in their home, but they do
not speak Russian. So we still needed a local Russian-speaking leader (potential
future pastor) who could translate and also learn from the experience of our
friends from Holland. Now a mature believing Russian-speaking couple from
Bat-Yam who has been helping me for some time in TelAviv has decided to move to
Dimona. So we hope this will be the answer to our need for local leaders! Please
pray.
We
have spoken with a representative of a Christian organization in Jerusalem that
helps victims of domestic abuse about a possible partnership in Beer Sheva. And
we keep thinking about opening a rehab center for drug addicts in Beer Sheva.
Please pray for guidance and wisdom from God.
Thank you for your
prayers and may God bless you,
Dov and Olga
Bikas
