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“Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.” – Francis Xavier “Answering a student’s question, ‘Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?’ thus, ‘It is more a question with me whether we who have the Gospel and fail to give it to…
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I post this on Canada day. I love Canada day, I love celebrating my country. I am among the world’s top 1%! Wow! Yet I still find it so easy to compare my life with those around me. Nicer homes in newer neighbourhoods, people who vacation to wonderful hotspots, folks that win the lottery… None…
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“Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.” – David Livingstone “Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions” – Leonard Ravenhill “Why do we insist…
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“I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third places and teaching the fourth.” James O. Fraser
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“If you are sick, fast and pray; if the language is hard to learn, fast and pray; if the people will not hear you, fast and pray, if you have nothing to eat, fast and pray.” – Frederick Franson
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When was the last time you lost your keys and had to break into your own house? Wait a minute, I didn’t lose the keys and we sure didn’t break in. Actually, it was an innocent mistake. Have you seen Cassie lately? She is so innocent! She talks so sweet, she smiles like a princess;…
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“The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.” – William Cameron Townsend
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“I have but one passion – it is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ.” Count Zinzindorf “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s…
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We are in the final stages of leading the School of Biblical Studies here in Kyiv. We have just over a month left and it is exciting to watch the students as they make it through the prophetic books in the Old Testament. 4 out of the 8 students will be taking part in Titus…
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We like to introduce you to different people we meet, since that helps you understand our life a little more. Today I want to introduce Vicka. Vicka is a student in our bible school. She is Ukrainian and has a passion to teach God’s word. She will do Titus Project this fall to get stronger…
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“An autotelic person needs few material possessions and little entertainment, comfort, power, or fame because so much of what he or she does is already rewarding. Because such persons experience flow in work, in family life, when interacting with people, when eating, even when alone with nothing to do, they are less dependent on the external…
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Well, I recently wrote a great blog on this movie entitled “The Island”, but it got deleted along with our recent stuff … and I just can’t remember it. But its an interesting movie, that for me raised a lot of questions about the Orthodox Church here in Ukraine. We’ll bring our copy home in…
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I accidentally deleted our website… and we have only here and there backups …. I’ll be working on it this week, so sorry!! My wife has almost forgiven me. :)
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A few posts ago, 9 of Them, we mentioned wed like to feature some of their stories. Here is the first one. One of the students in Sweden is from Ukraine, Dima. We met him and his wife, Zhenya, while we were still there running Titus. Theyre really an incredible couple, intelligent, passionate believers, from…
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Its been almost 3 weeks where have we been? Let me tell you. While we were in Sweden (one month ago), we were informed that we would be moving out of the classroom weve been in we just didnt know where. The move has been in the works since around Christmas, but in the…
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Jay, youre such a wonderful little guy! You just started signing back to us when you want more, if you want milk or when youre done. Youre walking everywhere, have been for 2 months now. Were really proud of you! Hope you really enjoy the soccer ball, well play lots this summer! Happy Birthday!
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The last two weeks have been full of activity (we just posted some new pictures). We travelled to Sweden to teach in the School of Biblical Studies (SBS) there. That is where we were for nearly 3 months last year for Titus Project. It was really kind of them to invite us back to teach…
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We just finished hosting a team of Bible teachers from Taiwan. It was great, we got to see a couple of our friends and they brought some Bubble Tea too – Bubble Tea is probably one of our favourite drinks of all time (at least for Ben)! Anyway, not only did we have a great…
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We will teach all 9 of them this week. 9 people who have been spending the last 6 months studying the bible verse by verse. 9 people who have fallen more and more in love with God. 9 people who are from 8 different countries. 9 people who are not just learning for themselves but…
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Our first experience with the orthodox church happened in late May 2009. We were visiting Kyiv while considering where we might relocate Titus Project in Europe. As part of our visit, one of our hosts by the name of Tim Huddleston, now a treasured friend, took us for a tour around Kyiv. As we learned,…
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