Special Prayer Request

My sister, Donna

Please pray for my sister, Donna Pratten, who had surgery on June 10 and a cancerous tumor was removed from her body. The tests results came back and there was no cancer found in the lymph nodes or other tissue. The cancer was contained in the mass they removed. The doctor said her cancer was stage 1C. Please pray for my brother-in-law, Steve and my sister as they will be seeing doctors and making decisions regarding any future treatment. We believe that God has already answered prayer on my sister’s behalf. Please pray with us for her complete healing.

Calvary Ladies Summer Team

On July 22-29 our church will be hosting a summer Vacation Bible School for the children in our neighborhood. Please pray for the wonderful ladies from Calvary Church who will be leading our VBS and hosting a ladies conference. Their names are Donna, Hennie, Dawn, Nancy, Roberta, Betty and Iris. Hennie will be the main speaker for our ladies program. She will be sharing her testimony and the theme will be, “Jesus is the way, and the truth and the life.” We already had the skits translated and recorded into the Russian language. We are still working on the translation of the VBS songs. Pray for all the preparations taking place for this special event in the life of our church. Pray for the children and ladies who will be attending to open their hearts to Jesus.

Ukrainian Visa and Car Registration

Praise the Lord for my new Ukrainian visa and my car registration for another year. I had a really nice visit to Krakow, Poland. I was able to visit Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. It was a very humbling, educational and sad experience for me. You can read more on the site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp

While I was in Poland, I met a missionary to western Ukraine who was able to get a three year visa. Lord willing, next year I can try to obtain a longer visa. Upon returning to Ukraine I visited the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew my car title. My last step in this whole  process is to have my new visa registered with the government after I have been in the country for 90 days. Thank you for your prayers and for those who wrote and asked how things were going regarding the visa process.

Christ is risen!!! He is risen indeed!!!



Ascent Church Celebration



Ukrainian Easter Eggs



XB stand for Christ is risen!

I pray you all had a blessed Easter! It is always a special day for me when we celebrate Christ’s resurrection. We serve a living Savior! Christ Jesus lives today! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart!!!





Easter Ukrainian Style



Rooslan’s Ordination Service

Rooslan was ordained on Sunday, April 10 and it was a blessed day! Thank you for your prayers for this special event and for Rooslan to find a job. He started a new job around the second week of May. Valentina is doing well in her pregnancy and they found out she is having a boy. Please pray that the rest of her pregnancy will go well. The baby is due around September 21. In August, I am planning a baby shower for them.

Easter Evangelism in Village Loubataievka



Oleg teaching memory verse



Valentina, Sergei and Rooslan

On Saturday, April 9 we had an Easter egg hunt for the children in the village Loubataiekva. The weather was rainy, windy and cold and we thought we would have to hunt for the eggs indoors. However, the sun peeked through and the ground dried up right when we needed to hide the eggs and just in time for the children to begin the hunt. Our main theme for the outreach was that Jesus Christ died for sinners and that He rose from the dead. We shared a Bible story about Peter’s denial of Christ; we memorized Luke 24:4b, we sang a song about Christ’s resurrection, we shared the Resurrection eggs and showed a children’s film about Christ’s death and resurrection. Please pray that the parents and children who heard the Gospel will come to know Jesus. A special blessing for me was to be able to work with Rooslan and Valentina for this outreach.

Easter Evangelism in Odessa

On Saturday, April 16 at Ascent Church we had over 40 children attend our Easter outreach. God blessed us with really nice weather and we repeated the program that we shared in Loubataievka. It was a great opportunity to share the love of Jesus with the children and the many parents who attended this event. We know that seeds were planted. Please pray with us for a harvest.