Steve's Birthday, New Life's 20th Anniversary & Lots of Dear Friends...

Steve's birthday has been celebrated again and again. Personally, I believe it's a sign of how much people love and respect him. At New Life Church in Kiev yesterday, Steve was honored for his birthday with traditional Ukrainian Clothes (see photo to right). It was a day of celebrations as it was also the 20th Anniversary of New Life Church in Kiev. It was such a blessing to be there to celebrate with them.

Steve's birthday was also celebrated at the Radooga offices today, where he was given a beautifully symbolic painting made by Lena Vasilevsky's sister (see below). We had such a great time with the staff at Radooga and personally, I felt that you could see the energy of that team just by being in the same room with them. We are so excited about the new programs that God has been stirring in their hearts.

We've also had a lovely time with Sveta & Taras Boiko, Sveta is the Director of our MDI Ministry Center in Kiev, and we were encouraged and excited at God's goodness from our meeting with Oleg and Oksana Magdych, who are leading the youth at New Life Church - Kiev.

It's been a busy several days and poor Steve is still not sleeping well, if at all. Please pray for rest for all of us, but in particular that Steve would get a full night's sleep tonight. Also, pray for our meeting tomorrow with the Regeneration team at New Life in regards to the upcoming Christian Morals and Ethics Conference in Ukraine. If you are unfamiliar with this amazing project, or that God has opened the doors for Christian Education in the public schools in Ukraine, then click here for more information.

We are also meeting with Anatoly Kaluzhny, pastor of New Life Church tomorrow afternoon. So please be in prayer for all these meetings and for our travels on Wednesday as we drive 6-8 hrs to Odessa.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers for our trip. We so greatly appreciate all of you!

Heather Karls

Operations Manager