September 23 update

I have little time to write today.  But, I wanted to share a few prayer requests for the family needs and ministry events.  Kim and the children just finished their fourth week of school.  Kim is enjoying teaching fourth grade at Kiev Christian Academy.  This year she has twelve students representing a number of countries such as the United States, Canada, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Ukraine.  Most children at the school come from missionary families. But, some come from embassy, diplomatic and military families.  Kim asks your prayers as she seeks to teach and influence international children with the love of Christ. Austin is a senior at Kiev Christian Academy.  He is very involved in leadership and sports and is busy taking college entrance exams and researching his next steps after graduation.  We ask your prayers for God to guide this process and lead him to where he should go.  Karyn is a freshman in high school.  She is doing well in her studies and is becoming more involved with friends and school activities.  She has been going through the process of getting braces and glasses.  We ask your prayers for growth, development and guidance as she pursues her high school years.  Kaitlyn is currently in kindergarten.  She is talking and interacting more with classmates and teachers.  We ask your prayers as we have some vision correction procedures done soon.  Now, let me share some about myself and the ministry.  I have been very active in ministry.  I continue to pastor the church and lead various ministries.  As you probably already know this summer my church hosted a short-term mission team of 15 and performed 3 separate mission projects.  What you may not know is that I also faithfully hosted a mid-week Bible study for about 10 to 12 people for the last 4 months.  I was blessed to have seen so many Ukrainians interested in studying the Bible.  Together we studied through the books of James and 1 John.  We have several new ministries planned for the coming

weeks.  This Saturday, September 28, we will host a marriage seminar.  So far, more than 40 couples have registered for this event.  We ask your prayers for our guest speaker, David King, and for the couples who will attend.  Please pray for God to use this time to strengthen marriages among the Ukrainians and a few internationals who will attend.  In October we will restart our weekly English club outreach ministry.  We ask your prayers for the volunteer teachers, helpers, musicians, organizers and leaders.  We expect to reach from 35 to 45 students during the months of October through December.  Also, I would like to ask your prayers for safe travel to an International Baptist Convention conference October 22-26 in Sofia, Bulgaria.  This will be my first time to attend our convention conference.  Pray also for Kim and the children during this time as they will have to manage transportation to and from school without me.  We live not too far from the school.  But, traveling there on public transportation will involve more time and hassle than driving to school.  Anyway, we appreciate your continued prayers and support as we seek to share the love of Christ with international children and with many Ukrainians in our various ministries!