Prayer Letter # 3

Hello again from Ukraine! Things have been going well this week! By Wednesday or Thursday everyone finds their niche for what works best for their class and this really helps with students feeling more comfortable and being courageous to speak English.

So what have we been up to? Monday evening we had an evening with nothing planned so the team was able to rest up a little bit after their first day of camp. Tuesday evening we listened to Pastor Alexander Gross explain all of the exciting ministry opportunities taking place here in Ukraine. He spoke mostly about the Bible College that just completed its first year. This evening (Wednesday) we have a team prayer meeting. 

 We have had a lot of positive feedback from the team about their students, classes and experience. Many of the students are really excited to be in the class. As we said in the last prayer letter we have many students who have returned again this year. For the students here in the village this is a really special opportunity to be able to participate. There is not much to do in the village which is the reason many of them return. As our head translator Olga says, “The kids in the village don’t have much. They have school and cows. They don’t have much opportunity to be part of any thing extra or special.” 

We had a meeting with the school principle today. We discussed many things about the school and camp. The principle said that children start asking about the English camp in September!

This is our fifth time coming to Ukraine. We have seen over the years how our relationships with our hosts have grown and it is a special connection we have with them. We can see how the Lord is growing the ministry in Ukraine and we are so glad to be a small part of what He is doing.

Each year team members come and go. This year our team is a good mix of people with different backgrounds and ages. It is great to have a diverse team. There is so much we can learn from each other. 

The kids are doing well. Their bodies have fully switched over to Ukrainian time and they are sleeping well.They are even sleeping through the roosters and dogs making noise at 5 am! Elisabeth has been quite the cranky pants. I'm not sure what the deal is but we are hoping it will change soon.  

Well we must sign off for now! Talk to you soon!

John and Nichole