Sliding fun

Our favorite outside cafe just put in a slide for kids. Abigail's new goal in life is to see how many times she can go up and down the slide in a 2 minute period.

Abigail's new friends

Myrna Gregory and Sabrina Lewis, UPWARD representatives and good friends of ours from the States, were in Ukraine for an UPWARD camp in another region and were able to get to Mukachevo for our end of season celebration. They were a tremendous help to us as they took great pictures of the celebration and made sure that Abigail didn't get into the cake that she so desperately wanted to have! They also allowed me to participate in the service by watching our precious girl. We praise the Lord that they were able to come!

End of season UPWARD celebration

Tonight we had our end of the season UPWARD celebration for our soccer outreach. We had been praying that the boys parents would attend. We had 5 parents come out - a huge answer to prayer. Parents aren't that active in the lives of their children here in Ukraine and we were so excited to have these folks come to our church. Oleg was able to clearly present the gospel, we had an excellent book on Christian child raising to give to them - that also clearly presents the gospel, and then we just had a good ole time playing games and enjoying each other's company. The boys really enjoyed the Wii game and will be coming back to our church this fall for a youth club that will meet on Tuesday nights. Please continue to keep our children's outreaches in your prayers as this seems to be the most effective inroad to getting to know the people of our community.

Jesus Film Evangelism

Thank you for praying for the showing of the "Jesus" film in the courtyards surrounding our building. We had about a total 300 people come out to see the film the 4 nights that we showed it this week. We had invitations to Holy Trinity's Friday night Bible study to give to each person who came. We had many opportunities to witness and interact with the people who attended. We didn't have a great turn out at Bible study this week but we are praying that next week's evangelisms will draw more people to our services. Please keep us in your prayers as we try to start a new work with people from our community.

Abigail singing the ABC's - 2 yrs 4 months

Holy Trinity Baptist Church

The Lord gave us a wonderful rental property to begin work on Holy Trinity Baptist Church! It is in a great location with parking - surrounded by thousands of apartments. We even have a cleaning lady! Please pray for us this coming week as we show the "Jesus" film in the courtyards surrounding our building - inviting people to our Friday night Bible study - beginning at this site on Friday, August 28th at 6pm.