!st week in England (Scunthorpe); group 1 from Budapest...

Just made it over to England last week and have been working with the above kids from Hungary this last week; touring England, bible studies, English lessons. We went to London today; amazing city!

If your the praying type... please pray:

• That these kids would come to know the love & greatness of Jesus
• Same for the next group of kids from Budapest (coming 7/5 to 7/15)
• For the city kids i'll be working with in Bradford Engalnd (from 7/16 to 8/9)
• For a personal anointing in regards to leading, teaching, loving these kids
• For intinacy with the Lord...ability to practice his presence through the day...

In Budapest at Istvan and Peter's apartment...

I am in budapest staying with twins Istvan and Peter and will head back to CCBCE in Vatja to grab my bag and guitar and head back to Budapest the following day to prep for my road trip to England with a group of kids from Budapest. The camp is 10 days, then there is about a 14 day break before my next commitment in Bradford England, where i am planning to do another kids club with city kids for about a month. Please be praying for the kids i'll be working with...sounds like for the first club not all know the Lord and the second group of kids in Bradford are a pretty rowdy bunch (a fist fight broke out during the last kids club night i attended during my 10 day outreach last April... they come from rough neighborhoods).

Ternopol Ukraine....final stop in Urkaine

Ternopol was a blessed time; i was there for 7 nights at the Youth With A Mission (YWAM) base. Got to visit orphanages on three occasions to brings juice boxes and snacks, games, etc., served with the worship team (via music), went to an english club, spent time with pastor george, studied Ukrainian a bit, prepared for the next kids camp that i'll be teaching english and the bible at, and got to share about the love of Jesus with African students- as there is a hefty African population in Ternopol.

I often found myself explaining the importance of how a good country needs legitimate justice and judgment toward violators of the law (this is not a stretch for Africans/Ukrainians)... and how God also must execute justice/judgment in order to truly be good (similar to how an earthly judge could be in contempt of court if he allowed the guilty off)... i then explained how God took upon Himself our judgment at the cross, so that he could be both just and merciful.

Ternopol Ukraine to Budapest to Ternopol....4th destination

Got to help my former church history professor from CCBCE (John Chubik) move some of his library from Ternopol Ukraine to Budapest...then spent the day in Budapest and took another sleeper train back to Ternopol. John has been in the field for some time now and seems to have much wisdom and humility; and it was blessed getting to serve and mine his mind a bit.

The Capital City of Kiev... 3rd stop in Ukraine.

The capital is an amazing city; from what i was told, it got demolished during WWII and was rebuilt primarily by German prisoners of war. Got to spend three days in Kiev. We did a music outreach in the subway, spoke to people about Jesus on the streets, got to check out there sundaz service then met with CC Kiev's Pastor for lunch the following day.
Kiev is a beautiful city...it's a must see if you make it out to Ukraine...

Chernegiv Ukraine....2nd stop

Got to spend a few days in Chernegiv where Jake & Anya Knots, Kris Zerboch and three others are church planting. I was able to attend an English club and got to spend time conversing with street youth about Jesus with Kris translating. I also attended a prayer meeting with the church and later spent time with some folks from Peace Corps.. Chernegiv is a well sized and influential city in Ukraine and it was blessed getting to visit a place I've heard so much about!

Nizhyn Ukraine...1st stop

In Niyhyn i stayed with a former roommate (Will MacIntosh) and his wife Ira. We laid a cement foundation to the church CC Niyhyz is building the first week, dialogued w/ university students at English clubs, met with youth, visited an orphanage, engaged in street witnessing with Sergay (ie- big bear), watched the church get passed down from Pr. Paul to a national. In total i spent 10 nights in Nizhyn.