Summer Joys

With my whole heart I can say that this summer was very joyful for me in many ways.

In June God has blessed me with my trip to USA where I was able to see a lot of people, reconnect and pray together and get a lot of encouragement from my dear friends and supporters. I was also able to witness the beauty of God's creation but visiting the Grand Canyon in driving through beauties of Arizona and New Mexico.

In July I had a privilege to attend our summer SpeakOut project in the west of Ukraine in Truskavets. This project united around 300 people students staff and volunteers from all over Ukraine and our teachers from USA.

 At the first part of the project we were passing the vision of CRU in Ukraine, learning about multiplying discipleship and praising God for what He's doing in Ukraine with our student volunteers. 

The second part of the project helped us apply the theory into practice. We had three projects at the same time:
 1.American camp- when we were witnessing to non-Christian campers who came from all over Ukraine and to local youth; I was attending this project and we were sharing the Gospel with students of my group. 

2. Ukrainian camp where we organized outreaches for local people and visitors of Truskavets. 

  3. Sports camp where the Gospel was shared during the soccer tournament.

Creative way to get attention of people  
- festival of paints "Holi"

During this project we were able to share the Gospel with the around 1200 people through many different methods. God has blessed us to get the permission of local authorities to make multiple city festivals  right on the main square. We had dancing flash mobs, open air English lessons, music festivals, games for families etc. While the crowd was entertained we were meeting people and engaging them in Spiritual conversations. I think Truskavets has never seen so much activity before we came to this little city and will probably not see anything like it in nearer future=)
 We were partnering with the local church and after we left they had a follow-up program for those who were interested in receiving more information and getting plugged into the body of believers in Truskavets. 
Here you can watch the video about this blessed and amazing project.

My joy of August is learning all about this new mysterious city I get to live in - Kiev. It is huge, hard to compare to Odessa, but it definitely has its charms.

This is my new team that I'm going to work with - the national student led movement team. This week we are seeking the Lord for guidance and starting our strategic planning for the next year of ministry in Ukraine. 

Please pray that God would give us wisdom as the team what we need to continue doing, what we need to change and where He calls us in this part of history of our country.

Pray for my adaption: so I would find a good church to attend, build new close relationship with people in Kiev and follow His lead diligently.