Business Conference Success!

MDI team members Steve Lorenz, Marti Scudder and Rich Swanson returned home safely yesterday after speaking at the “New Ukraine - Business is Missional” conference that was hosted by New Life Church in Kiev, Ukraine.

Over 130 businessmen and women attended the conference, which featured speakers from three different countries. This conference was heralded as the "best conference ever given for businesspeople at New Life and Sobor." MDI and Garden Project ministries jointly presented a new business mentoring and investment program. Over 25 businesses applied to become part of this new project!

We are excited to see the doors the Lord has opened through this conference and pray for momentum in the lasting affects.

Thank you all for your prayers!

Journey to Freedom: Executive Director...

Introducing Jason Hancock, the new Executive Director for Journey to Freedom Ukraine!! Jason has been very involved with JTF and we look forward to his leadership in 2012!

Jason has already assembled a new Board for Journey to Freedom Ukraine with committees focused on strategic planning, communications strategies and fundraising.

Jason is also leading an equipping and encouragement team to Ukraine, April 17^th-27^th, 2012. This team will lead two conference in Odessa and L’viv for Journey to Freedom Ukraine. The team will participate in leadership training, small group encouragement, strategic church expansion meetings and vision planning for the ministry.

If you are interested in serving on any of these committees, the JTF Ukraine Trip or would like to join the JTF Ukraine prayer list, please click here: heather@mdiweb.org.

MDI Business Team Leaving February 8th!

Please pray for MDI’s Team leaving today to speak at the “New Ukraine - Business is Missional” conference hosted by New Life Church in Kiev, Ukraine this week. MDI’s speakers, Steve Lorenz, MDI CEO; Marti Scudder, MDI President; and Richard Swanson, Project Gardens Founder, will be speaking on business as a sphere of influence for Christ.

This is a great opportunity to motivate business owners and those interested in starting business to be devoted to ministry in their business and strategic in supporting each other to transform Ukraine. Topics include:

1. God’s Plan for Ukraine and His church in Ukraine

2. How Work Relates to Who We Are

3. The Christian Advantage to Competing in Business

4. Building a Missional Business: How your business glorifies God and lifts Ukraine.

Our team is flying out February 8 and will return on February 15! Please pray for safe travels, health and rest and please pray for them specifically on February 10^th and 11^th as they speak at the conference. Pray for the Lord to speak through them, the message that he has for the business men and women of Ukraine. The team will also be working with leaders in MDI’s Leader to Leader: mentor.consult.equip ministry.

We praise God for the opportunity!

2011 Tax Receipts...

MDI has mailed all 2011 tax receipts for all donations over $100. If you did not receive your tax receipt and would like one, simply click here and we will mail one to you. Thank you so much for your continued support!

MDI's Night Out:

join us for
PIZZA & BOWLING

Monday
February 27
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Tickets only available IN ADVANCE:

$25 - Individual
$75 - Family of Four

Includes - 1 game bowling, shoe rental, pizza and drink

To purchase tickets, go to:

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