Current Matters June

Us 3:
We are doing fine and despite all of the business we still get to spend some good time together investing into one another as a husband and wife and investing together in Mikael.
Last week and a half has been crazy because Mikael has been assigned for clearing the tear ducts procedure but in order to do that we need to turn a whole bunch of analyses in. We needed to travel into a few different locations in the city with Mikael trying to get them done. The problem is also that analyses are valid only the certain amount of days (3-7) and if it is too old you need to redo them. We need to have all of them done by Wednesday. Please pray that we would be able to accomplish everything in time. Also , Mikael has got a running nose today so please pray that he would get recover before Wednesday so that the procedure would not get postponed.

Current Prayer Requests- June

Please pray:
o For wisdom to see the opportunities to share the Gospel with the guys from the guys’s night
o For our Church to take an active part in preparing for the camps outreaches this summer
o For Vadim, the little guy from the orphanage I talked to.
o For Mikael’s health and for the procedure to go smooth this coming week.
o For wisdom for us as we try to communicate the nature of God to the Church as we teach the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith
o For wisdom and discipline to continue to devote ourselves to one another as spouses while having very busy lives.

Greetings!

Greetings!
The spring is settling in after the long winter here and we all enjoy the warmer weather now. It has been another blessed month of serving the Lord. So, here are the details…

Looking Back at April

Association of Missionary Churches of Ukraine:
On the 16th of April I had to attend a board meeting in Kiev of the Association of Missionary Churches in Ukraine in order to be interviewed as to our Church joining this Association. I was not concerned about the fact whether or not our young Church would be accepted since two of the 7 guys with the vote are my good friends for over 8 years now. However the procedure had to be completed. I had to sit though an 8 hour long meeting and to tell you the truth it felt like 15 minutes. All that the members of the Association talked about was ministry! It was wonderful to be with people who’s hearts are on fire for God and who want to serve Him whole heartedly. And, yes, now our Church is officially a part of the Association. Now we can move further with the registration.

Looking Back at April

Hike:
On the 1st of May quite a few people from our Church along with our ministry partners Zhenya and Mark left for a 4 day hike in Crimea. They got back on the 6th all excited. The unbelievers who went enjoyed the hike quite a bit and one of them has come to Church and the Bible Study after the hike. His name is Pasha and we are praying for the Lord to keep drawing him closer to Himself. Pasha is a great guy, who is on the way to hell, so would you please join us in praying for him and for our Church members to continue to be purposeful as to sharing their hearts and faith with him. We are grateful for what the Lord has done so far and are excited to see what He will do.

Looking Back at April

Guys night:
Last guys night went well. We did not have a lot of people come but we had a good time. There were 9 of us total, three are unbelievers. It was a good time of building relationships with those guys. One of them will go for a hike that our Church is organizing. We will see what the Lord will do there…

Looking Back at April

Church doctrines:
We are still in the “Doctrines” series as the Church works together on formulating the Statement of Faith. It is exciting to preach and to listen about our God, ourselves and God’s plan for us. We are enjoying this time thoroughly. We will be busy with the doctrines series till June.