Looking back at May:

Discipleship Seminar:
The discipleship seminar that Arkadiy was asked to teach was rescheduled and occurred on the 10^th of May instead of the 26^th of April. It was not that bad as it gave Arkadiy and Zhenya (Missionary Training School intern) more time to prepare. Zhenya had been through the discipleship course that Arkadiy taught while at training and Arkadiy thought it would be a good possibility for his growth to ask him to teach 20% of the material Arkadiy would use at this seminar. Zhenya was a little bit anxious at first but after going through the material together again, he was able to prepare for it and was excited to use this opportunity. He did a great job! Praise the Lord. The seminar went well. Students were excited to learn and that was a blessing to see. It is always wonderful to work with people who want to grow spiritually and who want to be better stewards of what the Lord has given them especially when it comes to discipling others and teaching them everything that Christ has taught them while becoming fathers (mothers) to them.

Looking back at May:

Vanya:
God has brought a wonderful young man into Arkadiy’s life named Vanya. He is committed to serving Him, has a hunger for God and is very teachable. We discussed the opportunity of getting together and helping one another grow. He has a huge potential and Arkadiy is grateful that the Lord has given him this opportunity to disciple Vanya. Arkadiy offered Vanya to join them and attend the seminar on discipleship that they were teaching at, and he agreed. It was great to have him with us and he learned a lot! We had a wonderful time of worshiping God together through singing and sharing His Word on the way to the seminar location and on the way back to Odessa (the village where we taught is about 2 hours away driving). It has truly been a wonderful time. After we came back Vanya walked up to Arkadiy and whispered into his ear: “If you will go and serve somewhere again, please take me with you!”. The Lord has a wonderful way of encouraging us as we do His work. Vanya and Arkadiy are getting together on a weekly basis now to help one another change and become more like Christ.

Looking back at May:

Upward Ministry:
Upward ministry is also going well. The Lord has been bringing around 15 kids each week. The kids seem to enjoy playing soccer a lot, and not only kids , the team involved in planning and running the ministry is excited to play soccer as well. It is also a wonderful opportunity for our Church members to share the Gospel with the kids and to serve them through organizing and running the Saturday Upward event. We want to thank each of you as well for being part of this ministry through prayer! We could not do it without you!!!!!

Looking back at May:

Orphanage Trip

































On the 16th of May we took a group of young men and women from Church to the orphanage in Pridnestrovye (Transnistria). It has been a good trip. It is wonderful to see how the church members grasp the idea of serving these kids more and more with every trip. They have done a wonderful job of loving those kids and sharing the eternal message with them. Being there was a good opportunity to spend some time and encourage two of our interns Lesya and Marina. They will be serving at this orphanage for another 2.5 months. It had been two and a half weeks of their service in the orphanage when we arrived. It was good to debrief with them and to encourage them. They are doing a wonderful work there, teaching the Bible to the kids and sharing the Gospel with the staff of the orphanage (most of them are unbelievers).