March
2013
Dear
Praying Friends,
The gray haired Russian grandmother approached me
after my lesson with a question. I
showed her two passages in the Bible that gave her the answer she was looking
for. She nodded her head and began to
grin from ear to ear. “Fifty-five years ago when
I was a girl, our pastor asked the church this question, but no one could
answer it. Now, I finally know the
answer!”
The last two weeks of February, I had the privilege to
travel back to Lithuania and Latvia to teach the students of the Bible college
as well as pastors and Christian workers from all over the two countries. I taught a total of 31 hours, preached three
times in Lithuanian and Russian Baptist churches and taught a youth
meeting. We had around 75 take part in
the classes and it was a joy to see this vital ministry flourishing in spite of
the Satanic attacks against it.
Another great blessing for me back here in Portugal
was that during the two Sundays that I was gone, Lenildo Monteiro, a Bible
institute student that we have had the privilege to teach for the past two
years, preached for me in our church in Lagos.
He did a great job and we are so thankful to have this faithful man serving
the Lord here in southern Portugal. We
are praying that in the coming years, the Lord will increase the Bible
institute here like He has done back in Lithuania and Latvia.
Thank you for making it possible for us to serve the
Lord here in Europe.
Thanking God for you,
Mark Hale
Mark teaching in Vilnius
Bro. Lenildo leading the services in Lagos
