We have so much to be thankful for in Ufa!  God has blessed us in so many ways.  Please pray for us this week as we will have many opportunities to share God's love with people as we talk about and celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Last week we got started early with the November women's club.  This month we had a Thanksgiving theme.  We had lots of wonderful food,  fun games, and Eileen talked to us about being thankful to God.  She talked about the practice in the Old Testament of building altars to show thankfulness to God.  On each table was a basket of rocks.  We went around the table and each person had the opportunity to say something for which she was thankful.  After sharing, each lady took a rock from the basket and placed it on top of the pile on the table.  After everyone had shared, we realized we had built our own altar.  It was really neat to see this visual reminder of God's graciousness.  Even the nonbelievers in the room acknowledged that these blessings they had received came from someone bigger than themselves.