ukraine trip | Unfolding Neurons

This is the eighth entry in the series I am writing about my trip to Ukraine – I didn’t have daily internet access while there so I recorded each day for later publishing. And later [much later actually] is now.

Today was our last day in Krivoy Rog. Here’s a quick rundown of the events of the day:

woke up and ate Breakfast @ 10am
Preaching at Krivoy Rog Church

Church Service @ 11am – I preached – service was awesome! What was really moving for me was the response of the congregation as I preached and the freedom I felt in speaking. Having to go slower for the translator gives me time to think what I’m going to say and I often veered from my notes. Of course, that was due to the leading of the Holy Spirit as well. During the service Pastor Gregory gave me a note asking me to give the altar call for repentance – that I was nervous for BUT I followed through because I believe we give the invitation and it’s God’s job to draw people. Well 7 people came forward and I led them through a salvation prayer with the translator using 1 john 1:9 (If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness). It was awesome! The entire church cheered for those who had given their hearts to the Lord and after praying I hugged each one of them. Pastor Gregory also had me pray for some needs people had written down and handed in. That was cool too! I was just blown away by this Sunday morning service and SO EXCITED about the new people joining the family of God!!

Praying for people at Krivoy Rog church

Following the message Pastor Gregory had the team members and I pray for people who came to the front for prayer.

...This is a preview of Day Eight (Jan 4) – Sunday Morning Live! [Ukraine Missions Trip].
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This is the seventh entry in the series I am writing about my trip to Ukraine – I didn’t have daily internet access while there so I recorded each day for later publishing. And later [much later actually] is now.

Today I started out by going to the children’s hospital and holding babies in the morning. Took the Mushuka (spelling? – Ukrainian bus)

Me holding Konstantine

held a baby girl about 3 months old who had been taken from her mother just the day before because of poor care.
Held Konstatine who we had brought medicine for. Konstantine had a problem with swallowing that would be easily solved by medication. The hospital didn’t have the funds to pay for this medication and there was no one else as Konstantine’s caregiver. The medication only cost about $150 USD – easily provided by our team! Without it, his future didn’t look too well.

After that I went to one of the shops with the girls. Most Ukrainian shops are kind of neat being basically in an apartment building in stalls (kind of like what our flea market would be) – usually in the center of an apartment complex. You have to watch where you walk because of open sewers. While walking there I noticed slits in the basements of some of the apartments….they came across to me as a “defense” architectural feature where machine guns could be pointed out (but maybe not the case?).

...This is a preview of Day Seven (Jan 3) – Beuleuka [Ukraine Missions Trip].
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