On the 2nd day of Christmas… We recognize how blessed we are to be able to live and server here in Ukraine. We have been here for almost two years now.  We can communicate fairly well, now  We are learning to converse about deeper topics than just the weather and simple daily doings. God is […]
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Over the next 10 days, we will be posting 10 things that God is doing in our lives right now and how you can be a part of it. On the 1st Day of Christmas… God allowed us to move to Ukraine to serve the people here. Â We had our plans, we had our ideas,
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The last several days have been tricky with the Littles. Â They have been especially restless, rebellious and disobedient. Â We find ourselves saying MANY more negative words than positive words. Â And we don’t like that. Four of our Littles are adopted. Â Technically, not our children (in the biological sense). Â Yet, they are children
As we invest in peoples lives here, there is joy. Â There is also sometimes sadness. As we get closer and closer to people here, we find out about the difficulties that hide behind their smiles. One of our new friends (I’ll call her “Oksana” but that’s not her name) is truly searching for the Lord.
School Days If you’ve missed the news, I (Chris) will be teaching elementary music, middle school choir and high school choir this year at Kiev Christian Academy. Â This is the school Hannah attended last year. Â She, Bethany and Seth will all be attending this year. Â It’s not something I went looking for. Â
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About 4 months ago we purchased our first 175 of these Storybook Bibles. Â Originally it was published in English, but has since been translated to several languages (Russian and Ukrainian included). Â We began passing them out immediately. Â Some one on one. Â Some to groups. Â Here’s some of the comments we have gotten…
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Yesterday we spent the morning at the park.  We had a great time playing with the littles and also we got to meet a woman named Nadezhda (means “hope” in Russian). You can read more about this special God-moment in our newsletter by clicking here.
We don’t know for sure or exactly, but we see places where is IS working and we know He’s inviting us to join Him in that work.
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Focus. Â I am really trying to reorient our focus right now. Â As I have said many times before, we came with great plans to serve God. Â We even put it into a bullet list and once it’s written down and people have seen it, you have to stick to the list, right? As I was
For most of my life, I thought of this Scripture as a good anecdote to life—specifically about my future.  But now, it’s our lifeline.