Church
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Twenty Years of Partnership For the past few months, our home church in Budapest has been walking through the book of Philippians, and recently we landed near the end of the letter, in chapter four, verses ten through twenty. It’s a passage about how unique the Philippian church was. They didn’t just send Paul off…
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It has been two years since the war began – here is our family update!
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Thank you to everyone who came to hear about our year of transition from a war zone to Budapest. If you couldn’t be there, we hope you will take some time to watch the video below. You can even speed it up and listen while you are doing dishes 🙂 That is our favorite way…
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We are on the Leadership Team with YWAM Kyiv. That means involvement with all sorts of aspects like creating operating policies, making decisions on staff and leading them in ministry. Two years ago we had a team come from Kilcona to serve YK by doing repairs around our property but mostly redoing the exterior on our…
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SBS (School of Biblical Studies) is a very intense 9-month program that takes students through all 66 books of the Bible, reading the whole Bible at least 5 times. Its not for the faint of heart but with such a challenge comes a depth of understanding of God’s Word. This is one of the most…
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We started Easter with a sunrise service – yup – even the kiddos climbed out of bed at 5am to be downtown to celebrate with our church when the sun came up. Why do such a thing? Because the very best thing in our life, the presence of God, was made real by the innocent…
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This is the grand unveiling. It probably goes without saying but we are so very blessed to have this gift. Thank you, all of you, who have given so that we have a home here on the YWAM property that we can live in and minister from. Here in the picture you can see the…
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On of our teacher intern teams was sent to Asia this fall, here is a part of an update from them. Keep in mind that because of the nature of our work we cannot post explicitly the names or places where they minister. Time is flying, more than half of the outreach is already over. Let us…
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Our DTS at YWAM Kyiv will soon be heading out on practicum. One team is headed out to Albania where they will share the gospel, love people and bring God’s kingdom in new ways. They made a video to introduce their team so we thought we’d share it! Enjoy.
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Here is an update from one of the teams that we sent out to Paraguay. Imagine you come to a place as a stranger and after a week you leave friends behind. That happened to us in Indepedencia. The contact with the German family happened so randomly. We went into a shop in the Mennonite…
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On of our outreach teams went to work in Greece. Here is a small update from them: We are now already for a week in Greece, Athens, and started teaching the Bible overview to Afghan Refugees. They are amazing. These people are so hungry to hear more about God. Some of them come from their…
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The foundation concrete is all poured and drying. There is plumbing running through it that will soon hook up to the septic field. Imagine two floors above this of windows and walls and you have the soon to be ready home for the Doerksen’s. We are really looking forward to this after already a month…
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It is great to be back in Kyiv! Our friends welcomed us at the airport and today we made it to the property where DTS and Titus programs are in full swing. You may notice the boat behind us in the picture. One year ago a team came from Kilcona that renovated the exterior of…
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Supporters- Mission Overview and Schedule 2014-2019 Of course, you can never really know what the future holds, most of us have seen that in our lives. We have too but that doesn’t mean we don’t make plans. It means we make plans and then submit them to God – whatever his will is, that is…
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Hospitality comes from two greek words: Philao – φιλό is one of several words for “love” in Greek. Being a more precise language than English, classical Greek has a few different ways to express the word “love.” In this case, the word that is used means “brotherly love” or “to love like a brother”. Xenos –…
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Getaway! Retreat! First time in 6 years we’ve both been away from our kids for more than one night. YAY for those that helped make it happen – family and friends! So what was a highlight for us? It definitely wasn’t the mosquitoes that could even put holes in stop signs (see pic). Just joking,…
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One of our friends recommended this series for teaching kids about sex. There are two sets of 5 books, one for boys and one for girls. The series begins with “Why Boys and Girls are Different” for ages 4-6 and then goes on from there. Click for the first book for boys and for girls.
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Our team in Ukraine will be kicking off an indepth Bible Study Program in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. This is an incredible program that will grow your mind and your love for Jesus! In case you’re wondering the program will run in Kyiv.
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Some friends have been asking what course I will be taking in Calgary in a few weeks. I’m really going to study under a professor, a man by the name of Tremper Longman III. Why is he so special? He wrote the book on the wisdom literature. I’m really excited to learn from him, even…
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