A Quick Overview

I just want to give you a quick over view of the last few months.  We have been very busy.  While I was suffering greatly with my back, we were having more and more doors opening up for us to teach on missions, as well as pass on the missions addiction.  We really need to infect the Ukrainian church, from the top down and the bottom up.

We have had opportunities to do this as we have been training a Jewish Messianic mission team for a trip to India.  We have also had a chance to preach on Missions at Kiev Messianic Fellowship and I have been teaching at one of their daughter ministry’s pre-evangelistic outreaches.

In the next few days we will be meeting with Pastor Dima of Grace Evangelical Church (a Charismatic Baptist congregation) about send a Ukrainian mission team next year.  We are planning a Ukrainian mission trip to Egypt for next march and are currently selecting team members for that.  I preached the Father’s day sermon at ICA (the AG International Christian Assembly).  I have a great testimony about that, which I will save for a separate post.

I have also been invited to teach/preach on missions a pastor’s conference co-hosted by Global Infusion in India this fall.  Whether I am able to attend will be dependant upon our upcoming fundraising push.

Our expenses have been increasing but our income hasn’t been (actually it has decreased).  We believe that the Lord is going to really bless us soon however, in congruence with the wonderful doors He has been opening up for us to fulfill His calling on our lives.

We recently received an earmarked gift of $5,000 for a car.  We hope to add some more money to that fund during our fundraising campaign.

We have great desire to host a missions seminar for Ukrainian Pastors. We want to use it to instill in them the vision for missions, but also help them to make practical steps for the development of the mechanisms they need for selection, training, equipping and sending of their missionaries.  As of this moment this is practically unheard of in Ukrainian Churches. Please pray about these things with us.