Praising God for His continued blessings and favor on our missions trip to Lviv, Kiev, and Kharkiv. He provided so many opportunities for us to share the Gospel. Thanking God for each person we had divine appointments with. May God be with them, guide them, and continue to draw each one closer to Him.

Tonight we are on an overnight train from Kharkiv to Kiev. We will arrive in time for breakfast and then off to worship with the church here in Kiev. We leave Monday for home in the USA. Greg will go to Lviv to start his service as a missionary. Thank you all so much for your prayers and support!! We love and miss  you all. God Bless!!

Hey Everyone,Thank you for all of your prayers! God has been working. On Saturday we did an outreach at a park in Kharkov. We had an opportunity to do some evangelism and skits. There was one woman we met who was going through so much. She needed comfort and she found it as she gave her heart to the Lord. On Sunday she came to church. We are so thankful for the fruit that we have seen. Today we spent the afternoon at an orphanage. We met kids who were so happy to see us. It was hard to leave as we saw the children's faces... they were used to people leaving. A lot has happened and we're looking forward to seeing what else God does this last week here in Ukraine.

Posted by Al Roesner on Monday, May 6, 2013

Our third week here started with Easter Sunday, as per the Eastern Orthodox calender observed here in the Ukraine. Great news abounded. The lady who prayed to received Christ at the park on Saturday came, and after church, had a lengthy conversation with Nate and Diana and indicated a strong interest in growing spiritually. PTL! Another person who has attended a few times in the past prayed to receive Christ. PTL again! Two Muslims that we met at the park on Saturday also came; although they remained outside and did not attend the service, they had a lengthy conversation with the pastor and others and seemed to be open to the gospel. Another PTL! Please pray for open hearts and the Lord's will in all of these people's lives.

In other news, Marcia conducted Sunday School with the six children that attended. After church, the entire congregation stayed for Easter dinner and fellowship. Our palatal adventure continued with an Ukrainian meat and cheese sandwich, an Ukrainian salad, sushi, a side that had some sort of a crab meat mixture inside a 2 to 3 inch diameter pastry shell, and for dessert, Ukrainian Easter bread. Hopefully, we'll be able to post pictures later.

After church, we went to Pastor Victor's house, mainly just relaxing, hanging out, having devotions and discussing church-related issues, and eating pizza.

This week's plans include visiting an orphanage today and Thursday, doing and outreach in a school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Evening activities include a women's bible study (during which time the guys may go bowling), baby sitting for a parents' night out, and midweek service. Also on the agenda is an opportunity to go shopping.

A great first night and morning in Kharkiv with Nate & Diana Medlong. Thankful and praising God for the many blessings He has given us through out this trip.

Well it is Monday!  This trip has been moving by, for some slow and for some of us fast. The relationships that we have formed cannot be undone.  God is so good.  God is doing great things here in Lviv  Through this week we have been in town handing out fliers, playing music and meeting many new faces.  The people here take fliers like they are candy.  We have noticed an increase in attendance and many questions about what we are doing.  Saturday we started the day off with a group breakfast and devotions in the Apartment.   We had some of our new friends come and hang out with us during devos and breakfast.  After devos we headed to the church and they host what is called Superbook.  This is a time for kids to gather and learn more about Jesus and His endless Love for us.  The kids received balloon animals and Chick-Fil-A cows.  They loved being around us.  That afternoon we went to the local chocolate shop here where they make their own chocolate.  It was very good.  We will be making another trip today!!  Just before worship on Saturday night we all split up into groups and headed out to street evangelize.  There are plenty of stories about this for another post.   Saturday night we ha had a koinonia night.  There was coffee, worship and Mike Pratt taught from the book of Genesis.   Sunday we had a time of worship at the Church.  The place filled up with many joyful faces as they praised and worshiped our God.  For lunch we went to a Mexican restaurant.  surprisingly, the food was good.  we hung out downtown for a few and then went to a shop to listen to Joshua Prat play his music.  Overall this trip has been great.  Thank you all for praying and keeping us in your thoughts.  we miss you all at home and again thank you!

Thanking God for New Horizons church in Lviv.  Our team spent the day in downtown Lviv passing out flyers with some of the people from the church for their Saturday night outreach coffee shop and music along with great Bible teaching. Praising God for the divine appointments he orchestrated in such amazing ways. Please pray for the people we spoke with today, may their hearts be softened and open to coming to the Saturday night coffee and music night and for them to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus! We can't wait to see what God has planned us tomorrow! Please keep praying for us :)

Our Ukraine team has arrived in Lviv, Ukraine and are working with Mike & Michelle Pratt & David Snead this week. We went today to a public school and then to an orphanage. Here are some pictures from our trip so far. Thanks again for your prayers and support as we go!