First Blessings

This semester we have put some emphasis in the ministry. This month God has already given us a special grace to see some progress in two of them.

A weekly meeting

One of the first emphasis was achieving local students of Odessa. Basically we share the Gospel with students in dorms, as they are more accessible, but it narrows our vision - to reach all students in Odessa with Gospel. We held few meetings to recruit local students, and God has given us success. We have a company of students from Odessa National University. These guys are open and come to our events consistently.

Sharing the Gospel through pictures

 

Another emphasis was to find ways for a longer-term impact on students and building relationships with them. It has also become a blessing. We have tried to make friends with students, to spend informal time with them so that they get to know us closer and see what our faith means for us in our daily life. Through these relations we stopped being "narrow-minded fanatics” (as many of them imagine us) and became interesting people who believe in God. And it is not somewhere "deep inside" and “too personal to talk about it” (as Orthodox imagine faith), but also evident and true. The guys went fishing together and shared their faith more deeply. We went to the dorm and watched Christian movies right in the rooms of our students. (Before that, we made some great pancakes together=).  

Fishing with CRU

Please pray:

 - For new guys and girls to turn to faith in Jesus (I'll add their names and pictures) They started coming to our meetings regularly. Pray that they would have a spiritual interest.

Misha

Katya and Nastya

Nadya

Dima and Oleg

Nastya

Sergey, Vanya, Oksana, Lyonya

Jenya and Marina

Andrey

Hleb

Artyom and Alyona

Anya

 - Monday, October 8th, we will have a week of English. Pray that we would be able to form three groups of students and create a good atmosphere for spiritual conversations.

 - A week after the English Club we are taking students to Lviv. This is one of the final strategies of evangelism. After this trip we hope to start a Bible study group for the new believers. Pray that they will come to God and have a desire to read the Bible with us.

Thank you for your prayers! They are much appreciated!