Updates from Kyiv and Ostrog

Time flies so fast. It’s been already two months since we started working with students and so far we have been able to have a few successful outreaches all over Ukraine. Our country is divided into different zones (green, yellow, orange and red) and the total quarantine restrictions come to the city only when it's in the red zone. Most of our ministry locations were either in yellow or orange, so we were able to gather students and have a lot of one on one meetings too. 

I have been enjoying investing in Ira and Luba from Ostrog immensely. They are both very capable and dedicated to God girls. Both of them disciple other student leaders too. There’s a big lively group а Christian students in that tiny little town in Ukraine but they are trusting God to do a lot through them! This year each student volunteer has a goal to engage a new student in the discipleship process and involve them in the spiritual movement. I am leading a group for Ira and Luba about discipleship each week. 

Along with investing in students, we keep working on training our churches to start reaching out a younger generation. Three Sundays in the row one of the churches in Kyiv went through the training how to start a WHO AM I project that we use as an outreach to help teenagers and students have a deep dialogue about their worldview and life purpose. 

Please pray: 

1. For the ministry among the students of Ostrog. And May God answer the desire of their hearts to each have a new disciple this year. 

2. For my discipleship of Ira and Luba. It’s both a blessing and a challenge to mentor over distance. I need a lot of wisdom and discernment to invest in them not being around them a lot 

3. For our health. Johnny has been diagnosed in Ukraine with an autoimmune disease connected to his thyroid inflammation. He has not been feeling well. Please pray that he gets better and the medication he is taking helps. I also had some blood test done and need to be on a more strict diet for a little while