God promotes courage

Despite the dangerous situation in the country a group of Americans still decided to come and help us with   English clubs. It was a true miracle as other groups have refused to enter the country in such a dangerous time. And God blessed them for their courage and faithfulness. We had 280 students registered for our Clubs; we accepted 100 and 80 people were coming to us every day for two weeks. This is a record number of people at English clubs for us. I'm sure that God particularly worked in and through us at this time answering our prayers and supporting us.

 Every evening we discussed a story from the Bible discussing with the students such topics as:  the meaning of life, spiritual food, eternal life and salvation in Christ. The last night we shared the Gospel with them using 4 Spiritual Laws booklet.

Randy is sharing about a life
 that is pleasing to God

 After English clubs we continued on with our strategy – Pem (Personal evangelistic meeting).  Each student was asked to meet for a cup of tea and talk about how English clubs  influenced them. For us it was another opportunity to share our testimonies and Good News in a personal conversation.  And for them it was an opportunity to talk to someone in person asking questions without fear of the big group. I had 5 personal meetings with the girls after the English Club and I particularly remember meeting with Zhenya. We have similar life situations related to the family. God gave us a beautiful heart-to-heart talk and I was able to share with Zhenya about forgiveness of my father, relationship with relatives and God’s love.

 After the English we were took a group of 30 students hiking in the Carpathian Mountains. And again we needed courage and trust in God. Before we went hiking only in Crimea and the Carpathians were like «Terra Incognita" (unknown land) for us.  But knowing how students can be impacted by the grandeur of the mountains and ongoing communication with the Christians for three days we decided to go. And the Lord blessed us in abundance. It was a very nice hike. We encourage students to pray for our country, trust God the future of our country. In the end we got great feedback from them. Some having gone hiking being atheists left with a recognition of the existence of God, some students thought about their life meaning , and someone recognized that lives " wasted “ life, which a great start to search for meaning in God.

                                        Please pray:

 -  for all the students who were at the English club and in the hiking trip with us. God is actively working in their hearts, but the enemy does not sleep. Let them trust Him and follow him. After all, our country will change if God changes each student from the inside out!

 - And of course please continue to join us in prayer for peace and stability in Ukraine. May 25th is the elections. May all the riots don’t stop this event from happening. Ukraine needs some strong, godly and wise leaders to take our country from the pit.