Dear Co-laborers and Fellowservants,
Only a few days left until we get on the plane. We leave KC early Tuesday morning – a day later than planned. It seems that Aeroflot decided to move our flight from Moscow to Simferopol back a day, so we made changes to adapt. That seems to be a pattern for our lives! We are almost finished packing and have many last minute items to attend to, as you can imagine. Please pray for us fervently and specifically over the next few days and weeks for the following:
for safe travel, connecting flights, and baggage to arrive with us for God to supply us with a place to live in a location that He ordains for God to supply us with a vehicle to drive for a smooth transition into the life and culture of Crimea, in order to get into ministry involvement as soon as possible. We are basically starting over in a new location, so, we will need to set up house from scratch.
for a good working relationship with the Russian Pastors – Andrei, Vladimir, and Misha. It is important that we see each other as brothers in Christ trying to achieve the common goal of reaching and teaching Russian speaking people.
for Anita, Lydia, and Annabelle to find their niche in ministry and for all of us to be used by God mightily for opportunities and divine appointments to spread the Gospel to people we come into contact with for all of our family as we separate once more for the sake of the ministry. Pray for Sophia and Josh and they continue their lives here in the US and for Lydia, Annabelle, Anita, and me as we are separated from our family members for the first time.
Now let me update you on Brother Al King’s condition. Al had surgery in December for an infection that had developed in the incision on his head (from when they removed the cancerous tumor in September). He had to have part of his skull removed due to the infection, and they also noticed the tumor had returned. He is on an IV of antibiotics for the infection for the next few weeks but he and Dolly plan to return to Simferopol in February. You might look at his circumstance and think his future is uncertain, but is there such a thing as a certain future? As Christians, we know that when we pass from this life we will be present with the Lord. But shouldn’t our attitude be like Paul’s when he wrote, “to live is Christ, and to die is gain”? Cancer or not, none of us have the guarantee of tomorrow, but every moment we have we should live for Christ! Please continue to pray for Al and Dolly.
I hope you have had the chance to visit our new web site (www.teamnebel.org). It still needs a little tweaking but it is coming along. We all have blogs and you can even post comments. There is also a link of particular interest to the ladies (and men, too). My wife has spent countless hours over the past few years writing a Bible study titled “Visualizing You Full Potential”. We have joked with her about entire forests of trees being cleared to supply her with the paper she used to write and re-write her notes and rough drafts. But it has been a labor of love and she is excited to have it in completed form. She has posted it on our website for anyone to view or download. Just go to the site, click on ‘Anita’s blog’, then click on the title on the right hand side of the screen. I hope you are blessed by this – glory to God! “Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea (Crimea); and that my service which I have for Jerusalem (Simferopol) may be accepted of the saints;”Romans 15:30-31
Again let me say how much we thank the Lord for your faithfulness to Him in praying for us and supporting us in the ministry God has called to, namely reaching Russian speaking people with the blessed Gospel. We hope and pray that after we get established in Ukraine the Lord will direct many of you to come over for a visit and share in the ministry firsthand.
Pressing toward the mark,
The Nebel Family,
Missionaries to Russian Speaking People
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