The Four Loves Quotes...

   The pics below are of a young man whom Mike met three years back when he first came to Ukraine.  At that time he was 16 years old and a confessing Christian and told Mike he was starving for fellowship with other believers.  Since then Mike has tried to stay in touch.   After some thought, prayer and guidance of the Holy Spirit, Mike was able to contact V. a few villages away and thankfully he came to visit this past weekend.   
     Below is a quote from the book The Four Loves, by C.S. Lewis......it seems appropriate for this post.

The Four Loves Quotes 

“In friendship...we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years' difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another...the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting--any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you," can truly say to every group of Christian friends, "Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another." The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

........getting reacquainted with us and the guitar.  
V. also knows a little violin. 

....a belated birthday celebration.
V. just turned 19 a few days before he came for a visit.