Sunday, June 26, 2011

Prayer request and updates . . . .

Hello and GOD bless! Sorry for not writing more this year but we have been very busy so I’ve just been trying to put up lots of photos so you all can see some of the wonderful ministries the LORD has allowed us to be involved in this year. We are so thankful for your prayers and we can see the LORD at work here in a very strong way so please keep praying hard for us. Here are a few more prayer request for upcoming ministries.

· June 27-29th – last days for English classes in schools.

· Monday nights - girl’s movie night at our apartment / Basketball for guys.

· Tuesday nights – English Club / SMS club

· Wednesday nights – Sports night in Saudy Adin

· Thursdays – Chutivo village ministry –Children’s day camp.

· Fridays – Children’s hospital / orphanage ministry

· July 4 – 7th – Upwards Soccer camp in Poltava, we will assist Mike Ray from the International mission board with teams from the U.S.A. Also Bible schools in Chutivo and another area of Poltava, Bethlehem Church Start.

· July 9 – 16th – Robby and Tuesdae traveling to Georgia (the country) with a team from Salvation Church to hold a week long youth camp for teens.

Last night we were able to have an appreciation dinner for all the teachers we have been involved with through the years. Several came to the Christian Center for a meal and time of fellowship. We had a great time, we played some of their favorite English language games from classes, had a power point presentation with photos from years past, some movie clips, and we were able to share the Gospel with them through testimony. We were also able to present each one of them with an ESV – English Bible with devotionals and salvation literature. One clip we showed is called “The Bridge”or “The Most”, it’s the story of a man who had a terrible choice to make . . . . concerning the death of his son or the salvation of all the passengers on a train in which he was the bridge master over. I have attached the video above as you can see. We were able to talk about this short clip in reference to John 3:16 and the PRICE GOD PAID for our SALVATION; how in JESUS case it was not a mistake but GOD'S plan from the start, how HIS life was given for us.  One teacher was in tears by the end and has many questions about JESUS. Felesha is very close to this teacher and was able to talk a lot with here last night as well as one Ukrainian pastor who was also able to share more with her after the program. Please pray for her, she is supposed to come to Church with us today and we are very excited for what the HOLY SPIRIT is doing in her life. Please pray for no distractions, problems ect . . . all those things that come in Spiritual warfare.
Again thanks for all your prayers!!!!  I will try to do better with the updates ect . .  . GOD bless!!!!!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Children's Hospital 6-23-2011

 Be still, and know that I am God;  I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth  !Psalms 46:10









Thursday, June 16, 2011

This week in Poltava went great!!! Please keep praying for us!

 
We have been really blessed this week in ministry, the LORD has opened up many doors and we are so thankful to HIM to be able to be here again for another summer.  We were able to share with about 200 different people this week through several different ministries such as Sports, English in schools, English Club, A hospital orphanage, and one Alcohol rehabilitation center.  We are finishing up with one private English school we volunteer at and we were able to have a big sports day with them today.  It went great and we were able to give each student a Russian Children’s BIBLE as well as BIBLES for the teacher’s children.  It is a very great open door and we are so thankful for all the great relationships the LORD has allowed us to have with many teachers in Poltava.  Please pray for the students as they begin to read the WORD, it’s so wonderful to know that it will not return void in their lives or anyone else’s.  Below are some photos from this week at various schools ect . . .   Please continue to pray hard for us, thank so much for all your support!!!