i have more photos of the service, but not time to post yet. Here are some of the kids:
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harvest
Posted in Life in Ukraine, church life on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
evangelism
Posted in Ministry, church life, evangelism on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
yesterday, Vitaliy went to the village of Radinka and spent some time with his Bible-institute-days friend Olexiy, who is the leader of the prayer house in this small, almost-forgotten village.
They had good talks together.
Vitaliy also went out witnessing. Two early-teen guys prayed with him after he presented the gospel to them.
A bunch of us drove [...]
baptism 2
Posted in Ministry, church life on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s part 1.
Vitaliy F., Vitaly S, and our elder pastor entered the water and prayed.
Then people entered the water one by one to be baptised:
This man is an invalid and uses crutches.
After the baptising, we started our service on the beach; we sang, and a few earlier-baptised people gave testimonies.
All around, a great day. In [...]
baptism 1
Posted in Ministry, church life on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last Sunday we had our yearly baptism.
We then drove to the beach. Here are some setting-up shots:
Zhenya putting the flower decor in the water
More setup:
Vitaliy and Sasha witnessing to onlookers
Then we photographed everyone
Those being baptised were addressed by the elder pastor:
Vitaliy’s ordination, pastor-evangelist
Posted in Life in Ukraine, Ministry, church life on September 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In Ukrainian churches, they ordain a man as a pastor-teacher or a pastor-evangelist or a pastor- . . .
Sunday, August 30, Vitaliy was ordained as a pastor-evangelist.
Our two pastors and Fred Bennett from TITUS (our mission agency) laid hands on Vitaliy.
It was a very special and emotional service.
Fred Bennett gave the first challenge; he talked [...]
my heart throb
Posted in Ministry, church life on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Heart Throb loves a challenge, loves risks, loves athletic-type things, and is all-around amazing.
He loves evangelism, too. He recently attended an evangelism training based on Evangelism Explosion but modified for Ukrainian culture, and he’s found himself. He’s already prayed with numerous people and several have repented. One boy at church, for example, Kolya, seriously [...]
It’s Sunday evening
Posted in Family, church life, special things on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sasha, a guy in our youth group called me at 6:30pm asking if the youth group could come over in less than an hour for their youth meeting after volleyball. Sure! So I ran home with the girls–ha, walked fairly slowly is more like it–we cleaned the house fast, and they started coming.
while they met, [...]
Posted in Life in Ukraine, church life on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like these photos. This is baby Maria. I was at her birth about 2 months ago now.
birth
Posted in Family, Learning about Birth, birth advocacy, church life on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
just got home today from a beautiful and deeply satisfying home birth.
Thank you, God!
Vitaliy is the silent hero, being a fantastic dad while mommy is away.
ladies, ladies, ladies
Posted in Life in Ukraine, Ministry, church life on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Rachel’s mom was here visiting for a few weeks, and when she first arrived we did a little 2-hour seminar for ladies–dinner and her speaking.
The ladies asked for another meeting, a follow-up where they could ask questions. So we arranged an informal Saturday morning fellowship around Rachel’s table.
Her name is Nancy.
L2R: Natasha, Natasha, [...]
