My first words must be a BIG Thank You, to all who have supported the Bible School in 2011.
You have enabled 24 students to receive high quality theological training, that is bearing fruit both in their lives and in the lives of the people they are already ministering to in Ukrainian churches.
You have enabled 13 Sunday School Teachers to be trained, through four weeks of intensive day long study. They are now back in their churches training other teachers and so passing on the expertise they learned. This is a great multiplying factor in this particular work. They also share, as time permits, with Sunday School Teachers in other churches.
You have stood with us in prayer as well as in financial giving, and I want you to know that both the Lecturers and Students, as well as our faithful Administrator, really do appreciate your vital support role, and I pass on their sincere thanks.
This year we launched “Target 100” in partnership with the Utility Warehouse Discount Club Community Programme. There are now over 30 supporters on board, with others in the pipeline. This gives us a regular monthly income at no extra cost to our supporters, while you receive the best possible prices for your household utilities. If you would like to know more about benefiting both yourself, and the Bible School, through Target 100, just log on to the following link on the Internet. Cut and paste the following link into your Internet Browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVPjP_HBn4
Here you will see a short video by myself, explaining the programme, or phone me on 01202 696 085 and request information.
2012 is going to be a busy year with the Graduation of our present 24 students in May; the selecting of the next 24 students to begin their studies in October 2012. There will also be a Pastor’s three day retreat, on the three days prior to the May Graduation, for hard pressed Pastors in the Cherkassy region. We shall be offering three days of intensive study, rich fellowship and mutual encouragement to Pastors at the cutting face of church life. The present Sunday School Training class also graduates in 2012
As you can imagine this will be a very demanding year for the staff, and I ask for your prayers on a regular basis, as well as your faithful financial giving in these challenging times.
Finally a big ‘Thank You’ to Jon Budgell our CEO who has supported and encouraged us in our work over the past 12 months, it means a great deal to me and the Ukrainian staff.
01.05.2012 Pray for the music group Zozulenka, and their teacher Natalya, as they busily practice for their return tour here in November
02.05.2012 Pray for preparations that are being made for the cycle tour this summer, and for opportunities for the participants to share their faith as they cycle around the villages
03.05.2012 Pray for Brenda and Ksenya as they speak today at the meeting of the Oasis Group at Locks Heath Church
04.05.2012 Pray for Jon and Ali as they attend the Baptist Assembly annual meeting in London until 7th
05.05.2012 Pray for our students at Universities and Colleges as they complete their studies for this semester and take their end of year exams
06.05.2012 Pray for all those who receive food packages through the feeding programme, that no needy person/family is overlooked
07.05.2012 Pray for David John as he completes his preparations for the teaching sessions at the Pastor’s Conference next week
08.05.2012 Pray that we will have full teams of volunteers for all the camps that will take place this summer at Kompas Park
09.05.2012 Pray for the young people from Rainbow House in South Africa, and for Margaret Ferguson as she supports them in their studies
10.05.2012 Pray for the work of the mobile medical unit, and for Dr Doreshenko to fully recover following his recent illnesses
11.05.2012 Pray for the ongoing support of the Mission Fund, which undergirds all the various projects that we have, that adequate funds will be received each month
12.05.2012 Pray for Larisa and the work she does with the family support group, which encourages mutual sharing and prayer
13.05.2012 Pray that the Humanitarian Aid system that we use to send money to Ukraine becomes quicker and more efficient
14.05.2012 Pray for Anastasia Vovk as she plans camps in various villages around Cherkassy, and pray she finds a team of helpers to assist her
15.05.2012 Pray for safety in travel for Jon, David Reddaway and David John as they travel to Ukraine for the Bible School Graduation and for Ksenya as she returns to Ukraine to help Alla at Kompas Park
16.05.2012 Pray for the ongoing work of Cherkassy’s first sheltered accommodation, especially now plans to renovate the house have been drawn up and the costing received
17.05.2012 Pray for the Church twinning programme, that more UK Churches will offer to twin with a Ukrainian Church for mutual support and encouragement
18.05.2012 Remember before God all our children in cottage homes, thanking God for the security and love they receive from their foster parents as they grow up in these Christian families
19.05.2012 Pray for the work party travelling to Ukraine today, to prepare Kompas Park for the summer season
20.05.2012 As Jon, David and David return to the UK, pray for the newly graduated students as they take up their responsibilities back in their churches
21.05.2012 Pray for the children in the orphanages we support, and for Larisa and Misha as they oversee our work in them
22.05.2012 Give thanks for all our volunteers who come in and help with the monthly mail out, and do other jobs so willingly, often without being asked
23.05.2012 Pray for Jon and Ali to be refreshed as they take some time off together and have a break
24.05.2012 Pray for ex-prisoners who are now leading churches and serving in their communities that they will be faithful to what God has called them to do
25.05.2012 Pray for the young people in our pre-independence homes, that they grow in confidence as they study and plan for their future
26.05.2012 Pray for Vika Lavrenko and Stanislav Dyachenko, sponsored children who celebrate their birthdays today, also for the quiz at Ashley BC this evening in support of our work
27.05.2012 Thank God for our Board of Directors, whose support of the work of Hope is so encouraging; pray especially for the two new Directors to become more familiar with Board matters.
28.05.2012 Pray for Alla Kostyunina and her team as they prepare in detail for the planned camp activities at Kompas Park during the summer
29.05.2012 Pray for Misha in
all the work he does at Alpha House and in the Ukrainian Office of Hope Now; pray also for the plans he and Lena have in using Alpha House as a summer day camp in August
30.05.2012 Pray for Vlad Serdyuk, one of
our sponsored children, as he celebrates his birthday today
31.05.2012 Pray for Cyndee and Darrel Knight and the Hope Now supporters in America, especially in their plans to visit Kompas Park this summer
