MDI News of 2007
MDI leadership experienced exciting growth in 2007. Steve Lorenz, CEO and Chairman of the Board, announced the promotions of Martha (Marti) Rogers Scudder, co-founder of MDI, to the position of President, as well as Jeff McCandless and Jim Burton to the positions of Vice President, and Linda Burton to Chief Financial Officer. Joining the MDI Board of Directors were Mr. & Mrs. Woody Camp and Mr. & Mrs. Don Orr.
Radooga is expanding throughout Ukraine. The five summer English/Evangelism camps were attended by 835 Ukrainian youth, with approximately 80 Americans participating as teachers. Five hundred youth committed their lives to Christ! Radooga also provided team building seminars for ministers of youth/children and pastors from 40 churches across Ukraine, and conducted youth conferences in all four of the geographic regions of Ukraine – Kiev, Donetsk, L’viv and Odessa. Terry Warren is serving through MDI in working with Radooga on their internal staff management and project planning.
Invalid Ministry: This ministry, through New Life Center, serves invalid children and their parents throughout the city of Kiev. They provide day care, therapy and field trips for children with disabilities. MDI has been asked to help this ministry develop a strategic plan to expand this ministry. Please pray with us to discern God’s will and direction for our involvement.
New Life Church Building: Great progress has been made this past year! A very generous donation of land, right in the center of Kiev, has been given to New Life. Please pray that God will provide a partner to help them develop this land in a way that will provide a worship facility and a place for outreach that will bring glory to God. We have been praying for years for this church. Let’s continue.
MDI Women’s Conferences: In April, MDI took 16 people representing four different churches to Ukraine to host women’s conferences in Kiev and L’viv, which were attended by 450 Ukrainian women. Donors sponsored scholarships for the Ukrainians to attend the conferences, and we solicited hand made scarves to take as gifts. Knitters from several states supplied more than 700 scarves! We were blessed to give scarves to every woman who attended the conferences and the support staff, as well as other women in ministries that we visited, workers in hotels, and many more. The theme of the conferences was, “A Woman’s Journey,” with Teresa Sugar as the keynote speaker.
Loza: Loza, a Center for Christian Thought, in Kiev, Ukraine, serves the church at large, inviting Christians and non-Christians to discuss issues of the day and ask questions about life, the world and God. MDI partners as an advisory board with Ben Robinson. In January 2007, Woody Camp and Terry Warren joined MDI in the kickoff weekend for Loza. In November, Woody Camp, Steve Lorenz, Jeff McCandless, and Marti Scudder, spent a week visiting places with a similar vision in England, Slovakia, and Austria. Out of this research, a vision and strategy for developing Loza will be determined. Woody Camp is heading up this project for MDI.
Radooga is expanding throughout Ukraine. The five summer English/Evangelism camps were attended by 835 Ukrainian youth, with approximately 80 Americans participating as teachers. Five hundred youth committed their lives to Christ! Radooga also provided team building seminars for ministers of youth/children and pastors from 40 churches across Ukraine, and conducted youth conferences in all four of the geographic regions of Ukraine – Kiev, Donetsk, L’viv and Odessa. Terry Warren is serving through MDI in working with Radooga on their internal staff management and project planning.
Invalid Ministry: This ministry, through New Life Center, serves invalid children and their parents throughout the city of Kiev. They provide day care, therapy and field trips for children with disabilities. MDI has been asked to help this ministry develop a strategic plan to expand this ministry. Please pray with us to discern God’s will and direction for our involvement.
New Life Church Building: Great progress has been made this past year! A very generous donation of land, right in the center of Kiev, has been given to New Life. Please pray that God will provide a partner to help them develop this land in a way that will provide a worship facility and a place for outreach that will bring glory to God. We have been praying for years for this church. Let’s continue.
MDI Women’s Conferences: In April, MDI took 16 people representing four different churches to Ukraine to host women’s conferences in Kiev and L’viv, which were attended by 450 Ukrainian women. Donors sponsored scholarships for the Ukrainians to attend the conferences, and we solicited hand made scarves to take as gifts. Knitters from several states supplied more than 700 scarves! We were blessed to give scarves to every woman who attended the conferences and the support staff, as well as other women in ministries that we visited, workers in hotels, and many more. The theme of the conferences was, “A Woman’s Journey,” with Teresa Sugar as the keynote speaker.
Loza: Loza, a Center for Christian Thought, in Kiev, Ukraine, serves the church at large, inviting Christians and non-Christians to discuss issues of the day and ask questions about life, the world and God. MDI partners as an advisory board with Ben Robinson. In January 2007, Woody Camp and Terry Warren joined MDI in the kickoff weekend for Loza. In November, Woody Camp, Steve Lorenz, Jeff McCandless, and Marti Scudder, spent a week visiting places with a similar vision in England, Slovakia, and Austria. Out of this research, a vision and strategy for developing Loza will be determined. Woody Camp is heading up this project for MDI.
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