Praises and Prayer Requests

- for wonderful Ukrainian Christmas celebrations and for three young husbands who attended our New Year celebrations with their wives who come to the young mom's group.
- for five moms who had their children blessed in our church this year.
- for new babies, Sarah and Vova.
- for the 102 children who attended our Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
- for a great visit with my friends from Calvary Church, Marv and Dawn Snedeker.
- for the salvation this year of Lera, Sasha G., Dima, Sasha, Radik, Valik, Victoria, Lena, Alona, Lida, Ira and Igor.
- for Oleg and Alona's marriage being blessed in our church.
- for new people attending our church thanks to the dental ministry for our children in Petrovka.
- for the new sport, Floorball, which is drawing new youth to our church.

Pray for Sergei, Vova and Dima to be open to the Gospel. Pray they would have a desire to attend church with their wives who have come to know the Lord.
Pray for God to provide a babysitter this fall to watch our small children for our young mom's group.
Pray for my daddy to know God's will about his future living situation which could mean a possible move to be nearer by sister and her family in Florida.
Pray for some of our adults who are starting to have dental work done.
Pray for my summer intern, Courtney Hoekwater, as she ministers to our children, youth and adults.
Pray for our summer camp coming up July 26-31. Pray for God to work in the lives of our children and that they will be open to hear the Gospel and come to know Jesus.
Pray for the seven ladies who are preparing to be baptized on August 21.
Pray for wisdom for our church plant team as we are praying how we can minister to the adults and children in the village, Alexandrevka, which is near Petrovka. We will be picking up 12 children from this village to attend our summer camp. Pray for fruit from this effort to share the Gospel with children who don't have a church in their town.
Pray for God to provide new teammates as our ministry continues to grow.