Elliott Glen Jolene 1996 Ukraine

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The

l l i o t t Family

N WS TT R

April 1996

Who lanned that furlough, anyway?

We

r r i v e d back home n

c o l d and snowy

Kherson

on Februaiy

1 .

We

were e x h a u s t e d from

our

r e s t f u l " f u r l o u g h ,

and g l a d t o g e t back i n t o our

r o u t i n e s . We ad a

r e a t

t i m e s e e i n g f a m i l y and r i e n d s and v i s i t i n g

c h u r c h e s

and

e a t i n g

f a s t f o o d , but t was a e l i e f t o s e t t l e

down n

one

s p o t .

We

i d n ' t know a t

t h e t i m e , b u t

when

we

r r i v e d ,

K h e r s o n

was h e a d e d

^

i n t o

one

of

t s

worst

w i n t e r s

e v e r .

Everywhere

we

ent

t

was

o l d .

One

Sunday

morning

I p r e a c h e d

a t

one of h e new c h u r c h e s . The b u i l d i n g had

no

h e a t ,

and

t was 10 e g r e e s o u t s i d e . A s p r e a c h e d

I

c o u l d

s e e

my r e a t h .

I wondered how t h o s e p e o p l e c o u l d

s i t

and i s t e n .

L a t e r , I

went

o a meeting

a t one

of h e m i n i s t e r ' s

homes.

They have veiy

bad

water

p r e s s u r e , and

a r e o f t e n

w i t h o u t

w a t e r . T h e i r

apartment

was so

c o l d

I was

h i v e r i n g .

When I a s k e d

how

t h e y

w e r e

h a n d l i n g t h e s i t u a t i o n ,

h e y

r e s p o n d e d

w i t h a n a n s w e r h a t

s h o w e d

h i s g o d l y a t t i t u d e He a i d

t h a t

~ ]^^B^

l i v i n g

i n

s u c h c o l d

made them a p p r e c i a t e t h e warmth when

t c o m e s .

I I^ Iv wBr

wonder

h o w

many

of us

would

respond i n

t h e

same way?

I t seems

h a t

we

have o t s o f

p e o p l e a t

our

h o u s e t h e s e

d a y s .

I r e a l l y e n j o y

t h a t .

P a r t

of

h e t r a f F i c

i s

due

t o

our k i d s '

i n v i t i n g

a l l t h e i r

f r i e n d s

o v e r . I t i s

a r e a l

j o y t o me o s e e

how

g l a d

t h e i r f r i e n d s were t o s e e

them

a g a i n .

For our k i d s , t h e y c a n

e a s i l y go

w i t h o u t TV, o v i e s ,

and

l l

t h e amusements

of m e r i c a ,

a s l o n g as h e y

h a v e

good

r i e n d s . God

h a s g i v e n

us

h e

w o n d e r f u l g i f t of r o s s - c u l t u r a l f r i e n d s h i p s .

We e c e n t l y were n v i t e d t o

t h e

home of one o f

h e

m i n i s t e r s . We ad a r e a t t i m e . The k i d s had so much

f u n and we w e r e l a u g h i n g s o l o u d t h a t a t t i m e s

we

o u l d n ' t

h e a r

e a c h o t h e r

t a l k . When

we o t home, r e a l i z e d

a

o u p l e

of o n d e r f u l

t h i n g s .

We ere a b l e t o spend t h e whole e v e n i n g w i t h o u t a r a n s l a t o r , and were a b l e t o

c r e a t e humor and communicate on b o t h s u r f a c e and deep e v e l s .

1

a l s o

r e a l i z e d

h o w r e l a x e d our h o s t s

were.

The w i f e was

n h e r " h o u s e " d r e s s , t h e y u s e d

t o i l e t p a p e r f o r

n a p k i n s ,

t c

( I f

we

w e r e

v i e w e d a s " f o r e i g n

g u e s t s "

t h e y n e v e r

would d r e s s

l i k e t h a t o r u s e t o i l e t p a p e r a t t h e

t a b l e )

The

w h o l e e v e n i n g was e r y

c a s u a l ,

and

o r

me h a t

was

a e a l h o n o r . We ere not r e a t e d as g u e s t s , but as r i e n d s .

We

r e

a l l

d o i n g

w e l l .

The

snow

s

g o n e ,

h i n g s

a r e g r e e n i n g

u p ,

and

t h e

s u n

i s

o u t .

And

most

m p o r t a n t

of

a l l ,

we

e e l

l i k e we've come

home. ~ l en


2/6

Mission

students

good teachers

Almost

every

day

we

ear

of

someone we now,

or

a riend o f someonewe know,who as

suffered

from

some k i n d

o f a t t a c k or

h r e a t .

L a s t month, g o r

Shtikhno, missions

leader at

the Kherson Christian

Church

KCC),

ad

h i s

car

t o l e n

while

he

was t

the

m i s s i o n s

c a n d i d a t e

group m e e t i n g . His

i f e

happened t o

look out

h e window

and

n o t i c e d

i t was

gone.

As

g o r

and

another

man

went out

o check,

t h e

m i s s i o n s

g r o u p , w i t h o u t h e s i t a t i o n , began t o

p r a y .

When

e

came back

i n ,

they prayed a g a i n . Their

p r a y e r was

h a t t h e y would h a v e t h e

r i g h t

a t t i t u d e

towards o s s e s s i o n s and

t h a t

God would f o r g i v e t h e

thieves.

I g o r e v e n t u a l l y

had t o

pay a ransom

t o

g e t h i s c a r

back.

When

we

ound

out

about

h e

arrangements,

we r a y e d f o r h i s s a f e t y .

I g o r

asked

t h a t

we l s o

pray h a t he

would

have

a chance o w i t n e s s t o t h e

t h i e v e s .

He i d g e t

a

m a l l c h a n c e , and gave them

some

iterature

At another m e e t i n g ,

h e s e

new C h r i s t i a n s

p r e p a r i n g

t o

b e m i s s i o n a r i e s

were s t u d y i ng t h e r o l e

o f

f a s t i n g and p r a y e r .

They d e c i d e d t o

e a c h t a k e a

da y

t o

p r a y

and a s t . I w a s n ' t t h e r e , s o I g o t a s s i g n e d

Sunday. I t s t h e

w o r s t

day o r m e o

f a s t - -

but

a

g r e a t day o

h a v e

t e n o t h e r p e o p l e p r a y i n g f o r

me

I

was m p r e s s e d

t h a t t h e y

saw h e

n e e d

t o c a r e f o r e a c h

o t h e r .

There s an i n t e n s e

awareness

of h e s p i r i t u a l

b a t t l e i n which they are

i n v o l v e d .

Honeymoon s o ver

When

kraine i r s t

gained

independence, h e r e

was a

wave of openness

o

r e l i g i o n .

Churches were

g i v e n back h e i r p r o p e r t y and

o t h e r s , i n c l u d i n g

the

Dom olitve

i n Kherson,were g i v e n

l a n d

f o r

b u i l d i n g s . Now h i n g s

are changing .

atholic

church,

which received

back

a

b u i l d i n g t h e

government

had

t a k e n ,

s now

i g h t i n g

t o

keep

the b u i l d i n g - remodeled

and

updated

from

b e i n g c o n f i s c a t e d once

a g a i n .

The

KCC, hich

has

been m e e t i n g i n r e n t e d q u a r t e r s s i n c e

i t s

b e g i n n i n g ,

has

been t i y i n g t o f i n d a i e c e of

a n d

on which t o

b u i l d . T h e i r r e q u e s t s have been

r e p e a t e d l y d e n i e d b y

the c i t y

government.

They r e

now

p l a n n i n g

t o

make

the e q u e s t

t o h i g h e r government e v e l s .

Just

call

her,

"Julia"

Jolene

hasovercomeanother ulture barrier:

she

made her i r s t pot of Ukrainian b o r s c h t (beet soup)

and

t

was

r e a t .

She

had a c t u a l l y

l e a r n e d

f o ur y e a r s

ago,

but

the

method

took

h a l f a a y . She found

someone l s e who

hips t

out n an h o u r , and she

taught Jolene

her

method. We o v e i t .

R e c e n t l y , one man s a i d t h a t w i t h

t a s t i n g

j u s t

one

s p o o n f u l he can e l l i f i t i s a u t h e n t i c U k r a i n i a n

b o r s c h t . He a i d h e r s

passed with

lying

c o l o r s .

P . S .

A s

' m

w r i t i n g ,

she cooking

C i n c i n n a t i

h i l i ,

an d

t h a t ' s p r e t t y good, oo

(abov e): Three

^ ^ U k r a i n i a n

a d i e o

at

a

p a r t y : V i k a , J o l e n e

and

T a n y a .

( l e f t : )

Brad e t j

a new

l o o k

for p r i n g .

( T h e barber i)Luba, o l e n e

c /

language


3/6

Upcoming Events

I n

a d d i t i o n t o l l t h e u s u a l t r a i n i n g and t e a c h i n g and p r e a c h i n g ,

we

h a v e a

o t

of

p e c i a l

e v e n t s

p l a n n e d

f o r

t h e

s e c o n d h a l f of 9 6 .

June

20-22

Ukrainian

/ American F e s t i v a l of h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s h i p -

Three

American c h u r c h e s w i l l

be

s e n d i n g

teams o h e l p

w i t h

t h i s e v e n t . T h i s

y e a r , i

ve Kherson c h u r c h e s w i l l b e

involved:

K h e r s o n

Christian C h u r c h ,Dom olitve,The

B i b l e

Church -

L i g h t

of a i t h , Church of h r i s t t h e S a v i o r ,

and t h e church meeting a t T sN TI

(as yet

unnamed.)

Gary

Johnson,

of n d i a n Creek C h r i s t i a n Church

i n

I n d i a n a p o l i s ,

and

A l e x a n d e r S a v c h e n k o ,

from M e t r o p o l , U k r a i n e , i l l be

p r e a c h i n g .

June 26-July3

Youth

Camp (Americanyouth h e r e from June I 9 - J u l y

15)

July

29-August9

TCM

ourse

n

Kherson -

Old Testament

2

August 12-26 l l i o t t

Family

V a c a t i o n

August

19-September 2 0 Masters Degree

s t u d e n t s g o

o

TCM

n Vienna o r two

September

27-October 10 Group

i s i t s

from

Mt. Washington

Church of h r i s t

i n

C i n c i n n a t i

October

10 November

6~

k r a i n i a n

leaders

v i s i t

West

oast

KSP h u r c he s

October 14 24~ TCMourse n Kherson

November 20~ i n i s ter s and eaders

from

KSP est o a s t c h u r c he s v i s i t

Kherson f o r l e a d e r s h i p c o n f e r e n c e

i

m

Let

h e

e o j t begin

Wendy,

Laura ( t h e i r

t e a c h e r ) ,

a n d Br a d ar e

d r e j j e d up f o r " M i d d l e Agej Day," c e l e b r a t i o n

of h e c o m p l e t i o n of

WendyJocial

t u d i e o

u n i t .

Tw o

"Ukrainian"gentlemen

e n j o y i n g

w i n t e r .

( Y o u

can

t e l l

t h e y r e e n j o y i n g i t by

h e b i g

jmile

on t h e

face

o f h e

one

w i t h t h e hat.)

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{QOC

\J C

D CD

fy ( QO

Sam

X v l r

M

q: SS

^

C O P

X t z

sM ro

C O

o

am

a t CMc

D

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4/6

We eed your

prayers

P l e a s e p r a y

f o r

t h e upcoming

p e c i a l e v e n t s ,

e s p e c i a l l y t h e

F e s t i v a l

and Summer Ca m p.

C o n t i n u e

t o

pray about h e

b u i l d i n g

problems h e c h u r c h e s a r e

f a c i n g .

The

Dom

o l i t v e

h a s

t h e

r o o f

on

t h e i r

new b u i l d i n g , but has e a r s of work ahead of them. The t h e r

-

- .

c h u r c h e s

a r e

t r y i n g t o g e t l a n d on

which

t o b e g i n t o

b u i l d ,

b u t

t h e government s n o t

c o o p e r a t i n g .

Pray

o r

t h e

m i s s i o n

c a n d i d a t e

group

and

e s p e c i a l l y

f o r

t h o s e

f a m i l i e s

p l a n n i n g

t o

r e l o c a t e

t o t h e Crimea o b e g i n work a m o n g h e T a t a r p e o p l e

yet

h i s y e a r .

Pray o r

t h e

Kherson C h r i s t i a n

Church c o u n c i l a s t h e y

d e a l

w i t h major

d e c i s i o n s r e g a r d i n g

f i n a n c e s , s t a f f i n g , and

program d e v e l o p m e n t .

Pray o r t h e Dom o l i t v e

a s t h e

o l d e r l e a d e r s s e e k younger men t o c a r i y

on t h e

work.

Pray o r

t h e

door of

p p o r t u n i t y

t o remain open o r e v a n g e l i z i n g i n

U k r a i n e .

A f t e r y o u W r a y e d

a b o u t

h e o e U o t t e o

w h y

n o t r o p

a

n o t e j ^ f e n c o u r a g e m e ^

o t h e

E l l i o i t o ?

U o e

t h e

l a b e b

o n

p a g e

t h r e e

o r o e n d

i t

v i a

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Fa m i l y

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A p r i l , 1996

NoiroanWeaver

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SL

z 0 1 5 ,

M RRYCHRISTMASFROMTHEELLIOTTS

IN

KHERSON UKRAINE

December, 1996

We

ant

o wish you l l

a

v e r y Men-y Christmas and

a

wonderful New ear n

our

Lord

J e s u s C h r i s t . We

r e t h a n k f u l t o y o u ,

o u r

many r i e n d s a n d

f a m i l y ,

o r y o u r k i n d n e s s ,

t h o u g h t f u l n e s s , p r a y e r s a n d s u p p o r t w h i l e

we r e

s e r v i n g

h e r e

i n U k i a i n e .

Most of

h e

t i m e we r e a l l d o i n g w e l l . Of o u r s e ,

we l l h a v e

o u r

d a y s when

we

e t

down,

w h i c h i s e a s y

t o

do e r e . The economy s g e t t i n g w o r s e a n d o f t e n we r e a f f e c t e d

b y

t h e

s u f f e r i n g

of

t h e r s

a r o u n d

u s .

Many

e o p l e c a n n o t

i

n d

work unemployment

s

a r o u n d

35%),

n d

t h o s e who

do

work

f t e n d o n t g e t p a i d ,

a n d

t h o s e who

do e t

p a i d do

o t e a r n

enough

o

l i v e

o n .

We e e p e o p l e

s u f f e r i n g

from a c k of d e q u a t e m e d i c a l c a r e

and

h e

e f f e c t s of

o many o c i a l i l l s .

T hou g h

we

ave d j u s t e d w e l l t o

Kherson and a l l

t h i s "home,"

we

i nd

t h a t

we iss

our

"home" n t h e S t a t e s e s p e c i a l l y a t t h i s t i m e of h e y e a r . Though we e e l

v e r y c o m f o r t a b l e

h e r e ,

t

i s

d u r i n g

t h e

T h a n k s g i v i n g

and h r i s t m a s h o l i d a y s t h a t we e a l i z e h o w much we

m i s s

t h e t r a d i t i o n a l

a n d f a m i l i a r s i g h t s

d e c o r a t i o n s ) ,

s o u n d s C h r i s t m a s

m u s i c ) ,

a n d t a s t e s

( e g g n o g ) .

By

h e

way,

h e b i g

c u l t u r a l

h o l i d a y h e r e

i s

New

e a r s , w i t h

C h r i s t m a s b e i n g

m o s t l y

j u s t a

o l i d a y f o r

t h e

c h u r c h

on

a n u a r y

7 t h . So

h e k i d s

w i l l g e t t o c e l e b r a t e

two

C hr i s tm a se s

Wendy and Brad

r e d o i n g w e l l

i n s c h o o l . We l l r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e

o u r

t e a c h e r ,

L a u r a

M c K i l l u p .

B r a d

i s

INTO a s k e t b a l l , b i g

t i m e .

He

o v e s

f o l l o w i n g

t h e p l a y e r s , t h e

t e a m s ,

t h e s t a t i s t i c s , e t c . He l s o l i k e s t o

w r i t e

h i s own o o k s . Wendy s i n t o m u s i c . She s

l e a r n i n g t o p l a y t h e

g u i t a r ,

t h e p i a n o a n d d r u m s .

She

l s o s t i l l h a s h e r c r e a t i v e n e s s a n d we

n e v e r

know w h a t

s h e

w i l l

d r e a m

u p n e x t .

You

u s t

c a n t

i m a g i n e how much

Wendy

a s

grown.

They

r e

doing

w e l l w i t h

t h e

language

and

have a

number

of

k i - a i n i a n f r i e n d s

and

even venture out on heir own t times.

J o l e n e i s

becoming more c t i v e i n m i n i s t r y h e re . She e r v e s

a s

a n c o u r a g e r

f o r

s e v e r a l

women. Her u s s i a n i s good n d

s h e

g e t s

a r o u n d

w e l l , a n d now o e s

m o s t

of h e s h o p p i n g

( w h i c h I u s e d t o

d o , b u t h a v e l e s s

t i m e f o r

n o w ) .

And

h e m a k e s

a GREAT o r s c h

a

t r a d i t i o n a l

U k r a i n i a n

s o u p

of e e t s , c a b b a g e , a n d w e l l ,

y o u name

t . She s a

t e r r i f i c

mother and w i f e ,

b u t

you l r e a d y know h a t .


6/6

1

f i n d

m y s e l f

m o s t l y o c c u p i e d w i t h t e a c h i n g a n d t r a i n i n g c h u r c h l e a d e r s

a n d

h e l p i n g

t o s t a r t

a

B i b l e c o l l e g e h e r e . We ow work

w i t h f o u r

churches

i n K l i e r s o n . Three of

h e s e have

begun

u s t s i n c e

we

e l p e d

s t a r t

t h e

work

i n

1 9 9 1 .

A l l t h e

c h u r c h e s

a r e

growing

a n d

h a v e

c a p a b l e

l e a d e r s , and

we

h a v e

t h e p r i v i l e g e of s s i s t i n g ,

c o n s u l t i n g w i t h

a n d

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Western

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