Elliott Glen Jolene 1998 Ukraine

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To:

Reggie

Hurdley i s . S e r v . , 102774,1772]

To:

Joe

Parker,

INTERNET:[email protected]

To:

K r i s

and Paul P e l i c a n ,


To: Sherman Pemberton,INTERNET:[email protected]

To: Mar k

Phipps,INTERNET:[email protected]

To: Bonnie

Rennie,INTERNET:[email protected]

To:

J

Rosenback, NTERNET:[email protected]

To:

Chuck

Rosenback, INTERNET:crossenb@extr emezone .com

To:

Craig

Schwarting, 75 110,1700]

To:

Jim Smelser,


To:

Chris Smyth,

NTERNET:[email protected]

To: LennieSutton, 74634 ,22 16]

To: Cheryl

Trueblood,

76165,3246]

To: Terry

Wuske


F r o m: R o g e r

Schwartz,

7 4 4 4 7 , 233]

Date: 1/6/98, 9 : 4 4 /\M

R e : G l e n s J / V e e k l y

R e p o r t

72

fwa rdedT V te s sage-

Kherson Stra teg ic Partnership

Glen's

Wee kly Report # 72 - Dec. 17,1997 -

Jan.

3,1998

HAPPY NEW

YEAR

In

Russian the New

Year

gree t ing sounds l ike this:

S Novum

Godum

New Yea r s is the bigges t

holiday

in Ukraine. During the years of communism.

New Years

was

made to overshadow the religious

holiday

of

Christmas. New

Years

here

has many

of

the t radit ions

that

those

in

the

West

associate

with

Christmas:

Santa Claus

(called

Grand fa the r

f rost), the

t ree

with l ights

and

ornaments,

gift

giving, and so on.

We had a house full of gues t who s tayed the night. We a t e and then welcomed

in

the New Year toge ther . Wendy had two g ir lf r iend s who s tayed

the

night and

Vlad and Ta nya De vakov s tayed the night. Ifs

too

dange rous

and

unpleasa nt to

walk

home

at 2 or 3 in the morning

and

more re laxing this w a y .

We had one unpleasant situation. We had purchased f i rew orks to welcome th e

N e w Year. One wa s t he

kind

you are to light and

l eave

on the ground. wasnt

paying

attention

to

Wendy

who had

one of those kind in

her

right hand. She

had l it i t and i t caught f i re

in her

hand and

she has 2nd

degree burns (with

severa l la rge

blisters ). She's not in grea t

pain,

but it is a

bi t

inconvenient.

Many of he

ministers

and

bel ievers

here have asked me to send holiday

gree t ings

and

if t r ied

to l ist everyone,

w ould probably

forget

some. But

each of he churches have

asked

that w e pass on their wish for a wonder fu l

New

Year

in

the

Lord

to all

HOCKEY ANYONE?

Before the Tavriski

Christ ian Insti tute

holiday

break,

we decided to

have

the

ad minist rat ion/facul ty play the stude nts in basketba l l. knew w as

in

t rouble

when

a t the beginning they asked

me to

explain the

rules

of

basketball. It tumed

out to be

a combination

of basketball

and hockey. It

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wasa

o t

of un, however

Not a v i n g p r o p e r shoes

and

a i t o f a rough game n a e r y bad

p l a y i n g

s u r f a c e ,

managed o t e a r t h e l i g a m e n t s n my

e f t

a n k l e .

was down

o r

about

a week

and am ow

u s t

slowing

g e t t i n g

around.

To

make

h i n g s

more

h a l l e n g i n g h e r e ,

they

decided

o

t u r n

o f f

the

e l e v a t o r

f o r an u n d i s c l o s e d l e n g t h of i m e . Rumor as t t h a t they i d n t want he

drunks u r i n g the

h o l i d a y s

g e t t i n g them stuck and then h a v i n g

t o

come

o

"rescue"

hem.

So

have7

l i g h t s

t o climb i t h

a

bad ankle

LITTLEBABYMURAVSKI

ARRIVED

ON

CHRISTMASEVE

Sasha Muravski s the p a s t o r of he newest church

h a t

meets

t

a b u i l d i n g

c a l l e d

DKS the

l d b u i l d i n g

where

the

KCC sed o

meet).

His i f e , Natasha,

gave

b i r t h to

a healthy

i t t l e Sasha on

Dec.

4th

Please

pray o r

t h i s new

f a m i l y and h e i r important m i n i s t r y

i n

t h i s new

church.

N W

HURCH

CHALLENGES 1

Sasha Muravski s

f a c i n g

a

common

roblem

h a t a new hurch

here

faces.

There are

some n

the

church

who ay

h a t one

needs o

r e c e i v e

the baptism of

the Holy p i r i t and a i g n

t h a t

one

has e c e i v e d t h i s baptism a f t e r they

bec ame a

h r i s t i a n .

t

i s c r e a t i n g

some ensions

n

the

church. Sasha

asked

i f would do

some

eaching

on

h i s . agreed and r i e d

to

accomplish

two

g o a l s : look h o n e s t l y a t

the NT

a t t e r n and

norm

and seek to m a i n t a i n

u n i t y i n

l o v e

and acceptance. t

seems

h a t b o t h

goals

were acc

omplished, but

ime

w i l l t e l l the

r e a l r e s u l t s .

Please pray o r

t h i s

new hurch

and

o r Sasha

a s

the evil one i l l want o divide

and

istractthem.

NEW

CHURCH CHALLENGES 2

The hurch of

Jesus

h r i s t

the

Savior

was he 4th church to b e

e g i s t e r e d

i n

Kherson.

They

have

a wonderful

m i n i s t e r -

Sergey

Siney, and

the

church i s

growing

and has a

onderful

youth

program. They meet n r e n t e d f a c i l i t i e s

that are

too

small.

They have

the

p o s s i b i l i t y

of purchasing

an unused kindergarten for a ery

good

p r i c e under

$40,000. t

w i l l

b e

more

han enou gh spa ce

o r

a rowing

church but t w i l l r e q u i r e e x t e n s i v e

r e p a i r s

and remodeling.

They

have

a

sponsor

n

America who a s o l l e c t e d the funds o purchase the b u i l d i n g . They

are o get an answer on Jan. 6th from

the

i t y

on

whether

they

can bu y the

b u i l d i n g

or

n o t . Please

pray o r God's

i l l

to b e u l f i l l e d i n t h i s

s i t u a t i o n

and h a t

f i t

i s

p l e a s i n g t o H i m , h a t

they

could

b

uy the

b u i l d i n g .

We

ish you

l l a

very

wonderful New

ear

n our

Lord.

May ou see His

blessings everyday - l l around you. We hank you o r a l l o w i n g the Lord

to

bless u s hrough you.

Glen


3/9

To:

Reggie

Hurdley i s . S e r v . , 102774,1772]

To: Joe

Parker,


To:

K r i s and

Paul e l i c a n , INTERNET:[email protected]

To: Sherman Pemberton, NTERNET:[email protected]

To: Mark Phipps,INTERNET:[email protected]

To: Bonnie Rennie,INTERNET:[email protected]

To:

J Rosenback, INTERNET:[email protected]

To: Chuck Rosenback, NTERNET:[email protected]

To: Craig

Schwarting,

75110,1700]

To:

Jim Smelser, NTERNET:[email protected]

To:

Chris Smyth,


To: Lennie Sutton,

74634,2216]

To: Cheryl Trueblood, 76165,3246]

To: Terry

Wuske,

INTERNET:Wuske@aoLcom

From: oger

Schwartz,

74447,233]

Date: /3/98, 9:56PM

Re:

1)020298

Kherson S t r a t e g i c

Partnership

Glen's

Weekly Report 73

Jan. -24,1998

SP

ISIT

We

ave had a busy, njoyable and p r o d u c t i v e week. Mike Rubush the KSP

chairman),Judy Johnson

missions

i n i s t e r at

Clovernook

h r i s t i a n Church),

and a l e r i e

Schwartz

(KSP e c r e t a r y have

been

here h i s week. t has been a

very u l l

we e k of meetings.

The main purpose

o r t h e i r

coming was o

prepare

the leaders here o r Phase I I .

Phase

of he

p r o j e c t i s

when he

American m i s s i o n a r i e s have departed and

t

i s the r a n s i t i o n t o Phase IV which

begins Dec. 1st, 9 9 9 .

Phase

IV

s

when

the

KSP

o r m a l l y

an d

i n a l l y

concludes

f s

work

a nd

existence.

I n

Phase IV,

he

churches

here a n d

n

the States are

encouraged

to

pursue whatever

e v e l of nvolvement

or e l a t i o n s h i p

they

chose

on h e i r own,

without SP oordination.

There s

a small

amount

of

n x i e t y and l o t s

of

uestions about h i s next

phase

on

the p a r t of

our

U k r a i n i a n p a r t n e r s ,

but

h i s

i s i t

has

helped a ssure

them

we

re

not dropping

them

and

o r g e t t i n g them.

Systems and procedures

are n

p l a c e t o h e l p keep h e

r e l a t i o n s h i p

and c o o p e r a t i o n r u n n i n g

smoothly

a f t e r

March

31st,when he

l l i o t t s

leave.

A ey o Phase i s our i a i s o n , Y u l i a Lubenetz.

She has

her own

email address

now

nd already we

re

asking the U k r a i n i a n and American

p a r t n e r s t o

b e g i n worki ng through

h e r .

She

an r e c e i v e , r a n s l a te

and send

emails

to

and

from

the U k r a i n i a n

and American

p a r t n e r s and r i e n d s . w i l l

continue o help

prepare

her

o r

t h i s

r o l e

u n t i l he e p a r t s . H e r

email

address s :

y u l i a @ y i . c l v r n . k h e r s o n . u a

am beginning o understand t h a t many f our supporters

are

h i n k i n g the

p r o j e c t

i s over

when

wecome home p r i l 1 s t ,

1998. While

we re coming home

A p r i l 1 s t , we i l l s t i l l be on a l a r y

u n t i l

J u l y 3 1 s t .

F u r t h e r ,

the

work

here

s t i l l

continues

and

the KSP udget

i l l

support the

r a n s i t i o n

t o

u l l

independence n

1999.

U n t i l

then,

he n s t i t u t e ,

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

and o t h e r

needs t i l l continue

a n d

need your support.

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We re

w o r k i n g on

a couple

o f

dates o m e e t i t h

t h e

a l l the n e t w o r k i n g

c h u r c h e s

f t e r

we e t u r n .

This i l l

a l l o w u s

o

c a r e f u l l y evaluat e

w h a t

we

h a v e

accomplished an d what the f u t u r e looks

l i k e

f o r

t h i s work.

T h e

c u r r e n t

p l a n i s t h i s

( s u b j e c t

o change).

a )

A

e st

coast

n e t w o r k i n g

conference

a t

Pantano

C h r i s t i a n

Churc h (Tucson,

AZ

n

A p r i l

17

nd 18.

b)

An e a s t

coast n e t w o r k i n g

conference

a t Clovernook

C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h on Ma y

2nd.

We ould ike t o invite a l l churchesand n d i v i d u a l s i n t e r e s t e d t o a t t e n d

e i t h e r

of

h es e meetings.

V a l e r i e Schwartz

i l l b e sending

out

more

i n f o r m a t i o n regarding

t h e s e

meetings.

KCC APTISM

January

19th

i s a

rthodox h o l i d a y h e r e

r emembe r i n g

t h e

baptism

of Jesus.

The

h e r s o n

C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h

d e c i d e d

t h i s

was

o o d d a y

to

do

ctual

baptisms. 22 eo p l e

w e r e

i m m e r s e d i n t o

C h r i s t . e q u e s t e d t o

b e baptized i n

t h e r i v e r

-

a n d mean a old r i v e r T h a t's commitment nd

edication.

T h e .

others w e r e

baptized i n a n

indoor p o o l . Praise t h e

Lord

f o r t h e s e new

members

of he

o r d ' s

church.

KCC UDITORIUM

TheKCC

s r i g h t now

eek ing

f i n a l a r c h i t e c t u r a l d r aw in g s a n d permits

to

s t a r t

on

t h e roof o r t h e worshi p auditorium. The

n i t i a l

a n d

NOT

f f i c i a l ,

cost

s

estimated a t a bo ut

200,000.

T h e KCC a s about 60,000 a n d they h i n k

they

c a n

r a i s e anoth er 40,000

before

t h e work woul d b e

i

nished.

I l l l e t

you know s h e a r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n

a n d concret e n umbe r s.

NEW ASTORFOR HENEWEST CHURCH

T h e

n ewe st

church,

e t

to be

n a m e d ,

m e e t s

n

a

u i l d i n g c a l l e d

DKS.

a s h a

Muravs k i s t h e current p a s t o r .

This

w e e k t was gre e d t h e N i k o l a i (or

K o l l y a ) Sulkov i l l b e

t h e

n ew

p a s t o r

a n d

S a s h a

i l l

f o c u s

on a n outreach t o

the Jewish r e s i d e n t s of Kherson, i t h

t he h o p e

of t a r t i n g a

es sianic

c h u r c h .

P l e a s e

pray

o r S a s h a a n d K o l l y a as hey make

h i s

t r a n s i t i o n

a n d

t h e s e

e v a n g e l i s t i c e f f o r t s .

BABYMATTERS

Ole g a n d Marina Shatalov h a d a

baby

boy h i s w e e k . Ole g

i s

a m i n i s t e r of the

KCC nd i s p r e s i d e n t of Blagadat

-

h e c l o t h i n g m i n i s t r y . The edical people

t o l d Ole g a n d Marina

t h a t

the

baby might

be d e f o r m e d a n d

t h a t

they should

abort

he

baby. Ole g a n d

Marina

r e f u s e d . The aby was

orn

h e a l t h y a nd

w i t h o u t any

e v i d e n t

p ro blems a n d mo th e r

s

doing w e l l . P T L .

T a n y a

a n d Vl a d De v a k o v

a r e expecting

a

aby n February,

but t h e

doctors

placed

T a ny a

n

t h e h o s p i t a l t h i s w e e k , e a r i n g a n e a r l y d e l i v e r y a n d t h e b aby

not

being

healthy e n o u g h t o l i v e outside t h e womb. anya i s doing much

b e t t e r ,

but

continue to

pray

o r t h e m a l l .

MISSIONS

am i n i s h i n g teaching a i s s i o n ' s class at a v r i s k i C h r i s t i a n

I n s t i t u t e

t hi s n e x t week. t

has

eena e r r i f i c c l a s s and he

nter e st

has been

s t r o n g . I ' v e covered the b a s i c s of missions from

a

b i b l i c a l , h i s t o r i c a l .


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c u l t u r a l

and

t r a t e g i c

p e r s p e c t i v e .

I v e a l s o d e a l t w i t h the u r r e n t s t a t e of

the

world i n

r e l a t i o n s h i p

t o m i s s i o n s . Next w e e k

we

ocus o n

the

major

r e l i g i o n s of

he world.

The r e

s a group

of students r om

the

n s t i t u t e t h a t

m e e t eekly

e g a r d i n g

m i s s i o n s .

T h e y

m o s t l y m e e t

o

p r a y and

encourage

o ne n o t h e r . 4 tudents

have

expressed e r i o u s

i n t e r e s t

i n

being

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

This

week,

here

w e r e

4 tudents t t e n d i n g and

they

m e t i t h

Judy Johnson

and

Val Schwartz who

e r e

v i s i t i n g .

BILL LINTON

We ave

u s t s t a r t e d h e a r i n g the n e w s

t o r i e s

of

he

l l e g e d a f f a i r s of he

President o f

he

United States.

So

as he world. w e n t o

ge t

a a i r c u t

y e s t e r d a y .

T h e o p i c of

o n v e r s a t i o n

w i t h the

b a r b e r w a s ur

p r e s i d e n t

and

h i s g u i l t or

nnocence.

turned o n U k r a i n i a n TV esterday and sure

enough,

there

was

ur

President,

i t h Yasser

Arafat defending

h i m s e l f . T h e s e

are no t

g o o d

days o r the

USA's e p u t a t i o n abroad.

PR YERS

have mentioned many rayer reque sts n

t h i s

r e p o r t .

We

e a l l y value your

p r a y e r s .

Please pray o r me nd

my

a m i l y . Aswe n t e r our

i n a l

tw o months

here am i n d i n g my

chedule

v e r y u l l and

a i t s t r e s s f u l .

This w e e k u r i n g

some

f our meetings,

he

leaders

began

to

e a r f u l l y express h e i r

sadness of

our e a v i n g . r e a l i z e d

r e a l l y am

ot prepared

o r the good-byes

e t

and

maybe

ev e r

i l l b e P l ea s e

pray

or us.

Glen


6/9

To: Reggie Hurdley M i s . S e r v . ,

[102774,1772]

To: Joe Parker, INTERNET:[email protected]

To:

K r i s

and

Paul e l i c a n , INTERNET:[email protected]

To:

Sherman Pemberton, NTERNET:[email protected]

To: Mark

Phipps, NTERNET:[email protected]

To:

Bonnie

Rennie,


To: J

Rosenback,

NTERNET;[email protected]

To:

Chuck

Rosenback, NTERNET:[email protected]

To: Craig

Schwarting,

75110,1700]

To: Jim

Smelser,


To: Chris Smyth,


To:

Lennie

u t t o n ,

74634,2216]

To: Cheryl Truebl ood, 76165,3246]

To: Terry

Wuske, NTERNET:[email protected]

From: oger

Schwartz, 74447, 233]

Date:

/12/98, 4:36

PM

Re:

Glen s weekly report 74

Kherson

S t r a t e g i c Partnership

Glen s

Weekly Report 74 Jan.

25

Feb. 12,1998

ASAD

HONOR

I t has been

r e c e n t l y

r e p o r t e d t h a t Kherson s t h e number one l a c e i n t h e

w o r l d f o r a b o r t i o n s based on percentage of pregnancies h a t were

aborted

versus e l i v e r e d . Of ourse c a n t

prove

h a t

f i g u r e , but

experience

suggests h a t t i s i g h t .

S e v e r a l

o f the church members

f

r e c e n t

have been

a d v i s e d

by o s p i t a l p e r s o n n e l t o a b o r t r a t h e r t h a n r i

sk

deformed c h i l d r e n .

One

f

he

ministers of he KCC

nd his wife had

been old there wasaVERY

HI GH chance h e i r

baby

would

be

born

deformed and

they

were

a d v i s e d t o a b o r t .

They e f u s e d , b e l i e v i n g a l l l i f e i s sacred. The

baby

was born normal a nd

h e a l t h y . Any i m e t h e r e i s any da nger r d o u b t , a b o r t i o n i s recommended by

the h o s p i t a l nurses and o c t o r s . The church here s u s t awakening

o

t h i s

t r a v e s t y .

However,

emember

h a t t h e P r o t e s t a n t churches m a k e

up

e s s t h a n 2%

o f t h e

p o p u l a t i o n . Please p r a y f o r the church and t s w i t n e s s

t o

grow n

t h i s c i t y .

FIRSTEVER SEMESTER

OF HE

TAVRISKI

CHRISTIAN

INSTITUTEENDS

T h i s has been an o u t s t a n d i n g

i r s t

ever semester. We ave u t s t a n d i n g

s t u d e n t s , wonderful d m i n i s t r a t o r s , and awesome eachers I m going o

r u n out

a d j e c t i v e s soon). We e a l l y

do

have n c r e d i b l e people h e r e . see a n

i n c r e d i b l y b r i g h t u t u r e f o r

t h e

churches and m i s s i o n s w i t h

such u a l i t y

f u t u r e

leaders

being

prepared.

There

are 13

e g i s t e r e d

B i b l e courses

c e r t i f i c a t e

l e v e l )

and I n s t i t u t e s

(BA

l e v e l )

n

U k r a i n e

now.

Most

r e

l o c a t e d

i n

t h e

K i e v a r e a .

Of

h e s e o r g a n i z e d

t r a i n i n g c e n t e r s , a v r i s k i

C h r i s t i a n

I n s t i t u t e i s r a t e d 5 t h i n terms f

d e p t h

and breath of

curriculum

and

n

terms of a c i l i t i e s .

Not

a d for the i r s t

semester of p e r a t i o n . Thank you o r h e l p i n g m a k e

h i s

a

e a l i t y .

On

p r i l 1 s t , a f t e r

d e p a r t , h e r e w i l l be an

n t e r i m p r e s i d e n t . He

s

t h e

c u r r e n t b u s i n e s s manager i k o l a i B a l a l y e n k o . He i l l serve a s u s i n e s s

manager

and

n t e r i m p r e s i d e n t u n t i l o u r new r e s i d e n t

b e g i n s

n September.

n

September,

a v e l

Smalyakov i l l become r e s i d e n t .

He

i l l r e t i r e

t h e n

from

w o r k i n g

w i t h

t h e U k r a i n i a n s e c u r i t y s e r v i c e

( t h e

o l d KGB) n

August

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assume h i s job

n t i l

o f f i c i a l

r e t i r e m e n t

am u r r e n t l y m e e t i n g w i t h him

o

p r e p a r e him

o r t h i s

r o l e .

Please p r a y f o r

N i k

o l a i

and

P a v e l .

THELAST LAP

I n h i g h

s c h o o l

was n

h e

t r a c k

team.

r a n

t h e m i l e and two m i l e r a c e s .

a l w a y s s t a r t e d o u t

s l o w ,

b u t

made

a a r d

dash a t t h e end. t w a s n ' t t h e

g r e a t e s t

o f

s t r a t e g i e s

as

a l m o s t a l w a y s

came n

2nd

o r 3 r d

B u t ,

none

h e

l e s s , my a s t

l a p

was l w a y s

my e s t and

a s t e s t l a p . t f e e l s l i k e I ' m

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

o f

o u r work e r e . There s b a r e l y enough i m e t o g e t

e v e r y t h i n g

done. We

r e

t r y i n g

t o p r i o r i t i z e

o u r work i t h

t h e c h u r c h e s

and

the nstitute.

But

h i s

race s mo re

i k e

a e l a y r a c e .

When

we

i n i s h our

work e r e , we

w i l l have

passed

h e b a t o n o n o t h e

U k r a i n i a n

l e a d e r s and

u l i a

L u b e n e t z , o u r

l i a i s o n . P r a i s e od o r a g o o d team

o

r u n t h i s race i t h .

Pray

o r

our

f a m i l y and h e U k r a i n i a n l e a d e r s

as we

l l

p r e p a r e

f o r t h e p a s s i n g o f h e

baton always he r i t i c a l moment n a e l a y

race.

We r e

a l l

d o i n g w e l l

and

t a y i n g h e a l t h y . We r e

a l l

f e e l i n g t h e

m i x t u r e

o f

t h e sadness

f

l e a v i n g

and

h e e x c i t e m e n t

o f

t a r t i n g

anew

n t h e

S t a t e s . l l

t h i s w i l l i n t e n s i f y

over the

n e x t

eeks

y i k e s e e k s ) .

We

o v e you l l

and look fonvard

o seeing you a g a i n .

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June 1,1998

Dear riends;

l e i q B I \ i o f l ~

P l e a s e

o r g i v e

us o r

s e n d i n g

t h i s f o r m l e t t e r , b u t

we

want

o

communicate

i t h

a l l o f

y o u

who

have been

n t e r e s t e d

i n

o u r m i s s i o n

w o r k t h e l a s t 5 e a r s . T h i s

e t t e r

w i l l

u p d a t e

y o u oh

h e

w o r k n

K h e r s o n ,

o u r p e r s o n a l

p l a n s and

h e f u t u r e o f

h e

K h e r s o n

S t r a t e g i c

P a r t n e r s h i p

(KSP).

THE

PROGRESSOF

THE

WORK

N KHERSON

We r r i v e d back

n

t h e

S t a t e s

on

p r i l 1 s t a f t e r h a v i n g s e r v e d i n U k r a i n e f o r4 e a r s . I t

was y

t h e

power a nd

r a c e

o f G od h a t we were b l e t o c o m p l e t e

o u r n - f i e l d

w o r k

one u l l y e a r

ahead

f o u r s c h e d u l e d

5

e a r

t e r m .

Phase2 f h e

K h e r s o n

S t r a t e g i c

P a r t n e r s h i p

was

o m p l e t e d u p o n

o u r e t u r n . The h a r t b e l o w e x p l a i n s t h e p l a n

and

phase s

of

h i s p r o j e c t :

Phase 1 - March

1991

- March 1 9 9 3 : , Research

and

n v e s t i g a t i o n o f h e i e l d and

r e c r u i t i n g o f h e m i s s i o n a r y

i e l d team -

b i r t h i n g

t h e

p a r t n e r s h i p .

Phase

2 p r i l

1993

M a r c h

1 9 9 8 : A m e r i c a n m i s s i o n a r i e s A l e x a n d e r s and l l i o t t s )

w o r k i n g i n K h e r s o n

f o c u s i n g

on e a d e r s h i p d e v e l o p m e n t

and m i s s i o n s - c h i l d h o o d and

adolescence.

Phase

3 p r i l 1998

December

9 9 9 :

I n t e r d e p e n d e n c e ,

r e d u c e d i n v o l v e m e n t by h e

A m e r i c a n p a r t n e r s ,

o n

g o i n g c o n s u l t a t i o n

a n d i s i t s

A u p p o r t

g r o u p i l l b e

o r g a n i z e d

t o h e l p

f u n d

and u p p o r t T a v r i s k i C h r i s t i a i n I n s t i t u t e

( T C I ) . T h e r e

a r e

no

m e r i c a n

m i s s i o n a r i e s i v i n g i n

K h e r s o n .

The i s s i o n a r i e s i l l

v i s i t

t w i c e

a

e a r o r

c o n s u l t a t i o n

and

a d d i t i o n a l t r a i n i n g i n phase

young

d u l t h o o d .

Phase

4

a n u a r y

2000

n d i v i d u a l

c h u r c h e s

and

r g a n i z a t i o n s i l l choose

h e

l e v e l o f

i n v o l v e m e n t t h e y d e s i r e .

The o c u s h e r e i s o n o m p l e t i n g

t h e

work

a m ong h e T a t a r s

and

o n t i n u i n g

support f TCI

a d u l t h o o d .

GREAT

THINGSGODHAS

DONE

T h i s s a i m e

t o

r e j o i c e and

e l e b r a t e .

Much has b een c c o m p l i s h e d

i n

K h e r s o n .

Your

s u p p o r t

and p a r t n e r s h i p has e s u l t e d

i n

t h e f o l l o w i n g (and much

m o r e ) :

5

r o w i n g

churches

n

Kherson,each

a v i n g i t ' s own

r a i n e d l e a d e r s h i p .

ew hurches t a r t e d i n

the

surrounding

v i l l a g e s .

i l l i o n s of o l l a r s of medical u p p l i e s and

l o t h e s

shipped

o

Kherson.

2

k r a i n i a n m i s s i o n a r y a m i l i e s w o r k i n g

a m o ng

h e

Crimean

a t a r ,

a n

unreached

Muslim

group.

An d d i t i o n a l f a m i l y i l l b e ent

h i s

F a l l .

The a v r i s k i C h r i s t i a n

I n s t i t u t e

i s

about

o complete t ' s

f i r s t

year of r a i n i n g . 36

students are

n

p r e p a r a t i o n f o r l e a d e r s h i p .

he new

Dom

o l i t v e

church b u i l d i n g

i s

neari ng com pletio n.

An

l o s e d k i n d e r g a r t e n w a s

purchas ed which p r o v i d e s

a c i l i t i e s

f o r

the Kherson

C h r i s t i a n Church

and

the I n s t i t u t e and h a s b e c o m e

a

r a i n i n g center o r TCM.

The Kherson e g i o n has h e h i g h e s t g r o w t h o f church

mem ber s

and churches f h e

25

e g i o n s i n U k r a i n e . The Kherson e g i o n g r o w t h i s almost double h e

average

f


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the

o t h e r

r e g i o n s . Leaders

o f o t h e r r e g i o n s

are

a s k i n g

the

Kherson l e a d e r s

f o r

guidance

a n d help t o

achieve such

growth.

We

re confident h a t t h e Ukrainian leadership i n

t h e

c h urc h e s a n d I n s t i t u t e

a n d

t h e

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

working

among

he

Tatar people are

not

only capable

of

o n t i n u i n g

the

m i n i s t r y , but i l l expan d t h e wo r k a n d t h a t t h e i r

v i s i o n

w i l l grow. Our

goal

a t

the

beginning

was o

develop a ork

t h a t would

b e

l e d

b y

Ukrainians

a n d

w oul d

not be

de p endent l o n g term

on

American

support

and

guidance.

This goal i n m a n y w a y s

h a s

been a c h i e v e d .

Glen i l l v i s i t Kherson a p p r o x i m a t e l y

t w i c e

a e a r t o p r o v i d e

o n - g o i n g

c o n s u l t a t i o n ,

encouragemen t

a n d

a d d i t i o n a l

t r a i n i n g

a n d teaching

a s n e e d e d . This

i l l

a s s i s t i n a

smooth

ransition and n o t c r e a t e a ituation o f sudden abandonment.

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ha s

accepted a

p o s i t i o n

of m i s s i o n ' s p a s t o r a t t h e Pan tano C h r i s t i a n

Church.

The hurch i l l

a l l o w

h im

t o c o n t i n u e t o be i n v o l v e d w i t h

the

work

i n Kherson. He

f f i c i l l y

begins a t

Pantano

on

August

s t ,

and

i l l

remain

on

m i s s i o n

s u p p o r t

w i t h

t h e

KSP

h r o u g h

J u l y

3 1 s t .

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how

ou c a n reach us:

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a l r e a d y

l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o J o i n i n g b a s k e t b a l l

l e a g u e s

We ave

found

a

house t h e

address

s above nd a n t i c i p a t e

g e t t i n g

s e t t l e d t h e r e t h i s s u m m e r .

A s

we

o m e o t h i s t i m e o f t r a n s i t i o n , please c o n t i n u e t o k e e p the l e a d e r s and

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

i n U k r a i n e

i n

y o u r

p r a y e r s . Please p r a y f o r our a m i l y a s

we

o v e o a

new i t y , h o m e ,

chools, a n d

church.

T h a n k you f o r

y o u r y e a r s

o f

i t h f u l s u p p o r t and

encouragement. You m e a n s o m u c h t o

u s . We

e s i r e

t o continue t o stay

i n

touch through t h i s

time

of r a n s i t i o n .

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