Petrovka Church - Three Year Celebration - Matthew's Blessing

Sunday, November 15, our Petrovka Church celebrated our three year anniversary. We had 62 people in attendance and our children participated in the service with a song about Jesus being our best friend and another song about the Lord being our Shepherd. Our pastor's new baby, Matthew, was dedicated and we also celebrated our pastor's birthday. My teammates and I sang a song entitled "You are a Gift" for Matthew. It was a wonderful day in the life of our church family.

Children's Choir

Teammates with Children's Choir

Tanya, Misha and Matthew

Prayer of Dedication for Matthew by Pastor Sasha and Sergei

Pastor Misha, Tanya, Matthew and David

Tanya, Denise, Julie Singing a Song for Matthew's Dedication

Floorball Competition - October 31, 2015

In the summer we heard about a new sport that was becoming popular in Ukraine. We ordered a Floorball set with sticks and balls and began to play this game with our children in Petrovka. Praise the Lord for this wonderful way to reach out to the young people in our town. We have a lot of new youth who are interested in coming to play and to stay and hear about Jesus. We were invited to a competition with other churches in the Odessa region on October 31 and we came in third place. Pray for us as we continue to learn more about this sport and as more youth become involved.

Third Place

Luba's Repentance on October 18

Praise the Lord for one of my young moms, Luba, who repented on October 18. She recently moved to a town near Petrovka and she gets up early on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays and sometimes walks six kilometers one way in order to get to church. Please pray for her husband to be open to the Gospel and to come to our New Year's Eve celebration at church. Pray for Luba to grow in her relationship with Jesus.

Luba Repenting in Church

Denise and Luba

Refugee Crisis Relief

Praise the Lord for my supporters who have shown concern for the refugees from the war-torn region in eastern Ukraine. We have had so many opportunities to help the refugees with food and medicine. Just recently we were able to purchase warm winter quilts with duvet covers for 102 children who have been orphaned from the war. Thank you to all who have participated. What a blessing for us to be able to show the love of Jesus to those who are suffering.

5 of 15 Huge Bags of Quilts and Duvet Covers for 102 Orphans

Receiving the Quilts

15 Huge Bags of Quilts

Children Receiving their Quilts

Matthew Vatan - Born October 2, 2015

Our pastor's wife had a baby boy, Matthew, on October 2, 2015. We are so grateful to God that he is healthy and here with us. Praise the Lord for this new life!!!

Meeting Matthew for the First Time

Sweet Matthew

Petrovka's First Baptismal Service - September 27, 2015

PETROVKA CHURCH

FIRST BAPTISMAL SERVICE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

To view a short video of our baptismal service, please follow this link:

Petrovka Church Baptism

Baptismal Pool

110 People Attended

Our Team with Newly Baptized Members

Prayers of Dedication for those who were Baptized

Our Children's Choir

Serving Communion

First Communion

Children Thanking Jim Winslow for our Great Summer Camp

On September 26, Jim Winslow, came to visit with us in Petrovka for about a week. What a great time we had with him. Our children loved having him with us for our Saturday Children's Bible Club. We presented him with a Ukrainian National Shirt with the red embroidery. Thank you Jim for all you have done for us in Petrovka. We love you!!!

Jim in the center with our children