Please pray...

Very early this morning, Conor, Jake, and a group from our church, headed out to the other side of Ukraine. Earlier in the summer there was terrible flooding in Western Ukraine. The waters have receded and now there is need for clean up. Olya made contact with the pastor of a Baptist church in the area. He was extremely emotional and said that help is greatly needed. He was so happy to hear that we wanted to drive out and do some work. There was a lot of damage because of the flooding, people not only lost their homes, but they lost their gardens as well. All of the fruit and vegetables they planned on preparing for the winter months have been lost. It will take a long time to restore the area and a lot of help is needed in the smaller villages where there are many elderly people who can't do such hard work on their own.

Please pray for the group: Conor, Jake, Anya, Marina, Vlada, Valya, Mira, Olya, Adre, Greg, and Dominic. Pray for protection as they make the ten hour drive. Pray for direction as far as where to help and wisdom for how to help. Pray that a lot of fruitful labor would take place and that people would come to know Christ.

The plan is for the group to return early Sunday morning. I'll let you you know how things progress. Thank you for your prayers!

Black Sea Vacation

It was a blessing to get away for the week at the Black Sea. Our vacation was restful and the kids had a great time in the water. Thank you for all those that were praying for us to have a refreshing time. The Lord blessed it!

Voice Pictures (As Requested)

Little Lions

Here's some video of the youngest group at our kids camp. They were called the "Little Lions."
We advertised the camp as a place where kids could learn English.
Here the little lions are trying to repeat a few words and they couldn't be cuter!

Tired, But Good

This morning we finished our last children's festival. We have a few hours till we head back to prepare for our last night of Voice. Everyone is pretty tired, but we're really looking forward to tonight. I will let you know how it goes and try to write more about the whole week soon.

Big Fish

My friend Roma just sent me these pictures. He's always catching the big fish without me! This is one he caught yesterday, right here in our very own Desna river! He told me I could post this as long as I didn't tell you where he's catching all these monsters!

Great Gal's

Since this outreach began all I've been hearing is how great the gal's in our church are.
Well, I'd like to say something about that... I could not agree more! We are so thankful for you all! You are such an encouragement and blessing to the body of Christ! We love you guys!
(Here are some pic's of a few of them that I took before Voice tonight.)