January, 2004

Rejoice with us for all blessings that God has given this first month of the new year.

Cherkassy. Halleluiah! On January 11th there was the first service of the new (second) church in Cherkassy!!! It started with the Christmas carols that the worship group from the church was singing going around apartment buildings and inviting people to the service. There have already been three services and the team is planning to start small groups that become main outreach of the church.

Sympheropol. In this city a new church will also be born very soon. Sergei Koida is already developing a new leadership core team for the new church and equipping new leaders. But the existing church is growing in Spirit and in number. There was a baptism on January 18th. It became a real celebration for people especially because one young man that everybody has been praying for accepted Christ right during the service of baptism.

Kherson. One more heart opened to accept Christ on January 20th in Kherson. Lena Novikova attended the English group and together with other group mates studied the Bible. God touched her one day and she decided to give her life to him. Now Nila meets with her every week helping her to grow and find the answers to hundreds of questions. They pray together, sing songs of praise and have fellowship. On Sunday Lena came to the church.

Odessa. The English school in Odessa that took place in October was very fruitful. This is a new city and the ministry has just started but they already have 8 groups. God blessed them not only with groups but with a new church. The team is very encouraged and eager to keep working on Kingdom building in this city.

Lviv. On January 9-17 the English school took place in Lviv. Out of 70 people who participated in English project 50 expressed desire to continue to study Bible and English weekly. That is a great result! 5 new groups have been established after the school. 12 new groups were started in Lviv in the past 6 months! We are thankful to God for allowing us participate in His work.