Belarus Mission!

A group of 8 people (three staff and 5 students) went to Belarus to help and encourage the local team in building spiritual movements.

This trip was a true blessing for us and it was a special time in many ways.

I will share with you what we did and what God did through it.

Day 1 - driving from Odessa to Minsk (took as 18 hours)

Day 2 – distributing invitations to the film festival and meeting with students from Belarus for prayer and orientation for our strategy.

Minsk University

Day 3 – giving out more flyers and film festival in the evening

Day 4 – a follow up meeting after the festival with pizza and the Gospel=)

Using pictures to share the Gospel

Day 5 – witnessing in the dorms of Minsk Universities

Day 6 – sightseeing

Day 7 – driving back home

Buffalo – a symbol of Belarus Hockey team

For me this trip was an illustration of how God is leading His people and protects them from evil. Once again I experienced the power of prayer. 

1. Right after leaving home about 15 miles from Odessa we had a tire issue and thought we would need to have a major repair. We prayed – it took us 15 min to fix it at the gas station. 

2. Closer to the border with Belarus a policeman stopped us (in Ukraine it means you need to bribe him otherwise he will write you a ticket for a big amount of money). While Dima was talking to him we prayed. When he heard we were Christians (he realized there’s going to be NO bribing) he just let us go without any ticket.

3. On the border frontier guards didn’t want let one of our guys. He didn’t have a certain document on him to prove he is not AWOL from the army. We prayed. They said he could cross the border.

4. Due to a very bad snowy weather our Toll road device didn’t work. They said on the way back we will have to pay a 150$ fee. We prayed for God to do a miracle. Leaving the country they didn’t say a word to us about the fee. 

5. In Belarus law any Christian groups aren’t allowed to rent places and gather somewhere besides church. We had to do an outreach in the seminary (for non-Christians it’s a taboo place to go to) We prayed and there was a huge fog that night. You could see the building but crosses on it weren’t seen. Most people didn’t even realize at first what facility that came to. Thus they stayed and didn’t leave right away.

6. We prayed for opportunities to share the Gospel personally with people. God gave us 38 students to share the Good News with.

This trip helped our students experience what it means not to have freedom for evangelism. They said they were encouraged to use opportunities in Ukraine and not take them for granted. And we all grew in trust as we could see how God delivered us after every single prayer.

May His name be praised in all the nations!!!

Please pray:

1. For those students who heard the Gospel. May they continue their search and come to local student ministry.

2. Pray for our students to share their passion and impressions with the rest of a student team here. May this trip influence their dedication the witness in their own country.

(This video is about our trip (sorry it's in russian)

3. PLEASE PRAY FOR UKRAINE!!! If you are following the news you are probably aware of our country being on the edge and we might end up having a civil war if things don’t change. Please pray for our government not to hurt their own people. May the conflict get solved without violence.