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Entries from May 2005

Book of Acts: Stephen’s Commitment

May 2nd, 2005 · No Comments

I have started reading Acts in my daily Bible reading. Today I read the account of the early church choosing leaders to serve the widows and how Stephen was chosen along with six others. In the sixth chapter we learn that Stephen was full of grace and power and that he was performing [...]

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Tags: Life where I live

First day of May: Easter and May Day celebrations

May 1st, 2005 · No Comments

Two holidays were celebrated today in the former Soviet Union, which Kazakhstan was a part of in case you didn’t know. May 1 is May Day and Easter happened to fall on May 1 this year. Many people here have said that Easter came really late.
I must admit that I don’t know too [...]

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Tags: Trying to understand Culture where I live