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Prayer Requests As Promised

– For God to provide an English speaking doctor for this baby
– Health for Angela (we donย’t want any repeats of the last pregnancy and going into labour early)
– The perfect home for our family for the long term (we are tired of moving!)
-Guidance in visa issues (Ukraine is changing their visa process and we arenย’t sure how to go about getting one and being able to register here long term
– Rest for our soulsย… We are weary.
– For God to revive our hearts this month, He is our strength.
– That we could really connect with people far away on a heart level because we miss people and it has been a long time without good internet access.

 

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A Month of Joys and Challenges

We have been in Georgia this past month with a team of bible teachers. We had very little internet access so that is why we haven’t updated this blog in a long time. Please forgive us. The picture to the left is a team dinner we had to celebrate Harald and Marjo’s 10th anniversary.

Joys: Our team included our co-leader Valya, Luba and a family (Harald, Marjo and their two kids Micah (5) and Grace (3). Our kids had lots of fun with their kids. Teaching in two different churches every week meant much more of an impact than a short seminar. The Georgia Ywam team was hospitable and fun. A park close by that our kids loved to play at. Lots of prayer, coffee (and tea), helping with teaching, and lots of sleep at night.

Challenges: Difficult to set up lots of teaching opportunities because it was the first time we had been there. We lived in a small apartment with 6 adults, 4 young children and a 75 year old Grandma who wanted us to keep her apartment perfect (good luck with 4 kids!). No hot water for half of the month. Very little internet. The challenge of raising kids in that kind of environment. Plus to top it off, Angela was very tired (due to the pregnancy) for most of the month.

Thank you for praying for us. Our team has gone on to Armenia and we have come home to Kyiv to get ready to welcome the 4 teams back for debriefing. We have big plans for this month, please see our post in a few days from now for some prayer requests.