NEWS - Ukraine

We left for English camp July 31 - after that we're staying for church camp - we'll be home August 16. Please pray for God to work in the lives of  the many unbelievers who will be at English camp!!!

Winter 2007

This Fall, our church, Grace, made Vova the leader of the English ministries. He is the voice between the foreign missionaries who lead the groups and the local church. We have 4 Bible studies each week.

Laura leads one of them and is the substitute teacher for all the other groups when their leaders need to travel. Laura's group is very small this year, but we've had some great opportunities to talk about spiritual things with Lucy, as 69 year old doctor. We pray that the Holy Spirit will do a work in her life cause her to realize her need for a Savior. The group Laura has substituted most for is where God seems to be doing the most work. Usually 6-8 unbelievers attend and many of them are hungry for answers and interested in spiritual things (not something we always see in the English ministry).

On January 5 we are planning a New Year's party for the unbelievers who were at our English camp this summer. We are praying that many of them will come and that we will be able to get them involved in a Bible study or coming to church. Soon we will begin making plans for an English camp this summer.

We are also making arrangements with churches for our trip to the states this fall. We will be in the USA March 4 - April 15 to share what God is doing through us here in Ukraine and how we see Him leading us in the future.

October 2007

At the beginning of July, Vova and I took a young lady, Katya who had attended the English Bible study, to the Festival of Hope Crusade in Kyiv (with Franklin Graham). It was a rough and cold ride there, but at the end when the alter call was given and Katya leaned over and asked me to go forward with her, I knew it was worth it all. Please pray for Katya to grow in her walk with the Lord and that He would give us wisdom in discipling and encouraging her!
As I asked you to pray about, August 20-25 we sponsored an English camp through my church. There were many hours of preparation and hard work, but God blessed the camp. There were approximately 60 unsaved youth and young adults. We spent 5 nights in tents in the Carpathian mountains of southwest Ukraine. It was absolutely beautiful and God blessed us with wonderful weather. It's funny to me that we called it an English camp because when it came right down to it – there wasn't a lot of English. However, the testimonies of the campers proved that God answers prayers as we had prayed that God would send campers who were prepared for the spiritual part of the camp and Praise the Lord they were. One young lady has already made a profession of faith, on any given Sunday there are 2-10 campers at church, and 4-8 that are attending our churches evangelistic Bible studies! PRAISE THE LORD!!

October 20 we will be having a meeting with those interested in attending our English Bible studies this year. We have a large number of contacts after this summer's English school and our camp. We are planning four Bible studies and trusting God to use them in reaching souls for His Kingdom.


Would you join us in PRAISING our Great God for the following:
- God joining Vova and I together in marriage
- Katya's profession of faith
- God's immeasurable blessings in the English camp and Lesya's profession of faith
- the opportunity to once again use English as a tool for evangelism through small group English Bible studies

Would also join us in bringing the following before the Throne of Grace:
- God's blessing as Vova and I start a new life together
- God's help with documents (I got a new passport because my last name changed and now need a new Ukrainian visa – also we will be attempting to get a non-immigrant tourist visa for Vova to be able to come to the US this spring)
- God's leading as Vova starts a new Bible study and seeks God's leading in the area of drama ministry
- Katya's spiritual growth
- follow-up with the unbelievers who were at the English camp
- God's blessing as we start up the English Bible studies (we are hoping to make some new contacts this year and also we are in need of helpers from the church)

I want to thank you once again for your faithful prayers for the ministry here in Ukraine. This summer was so incredibly busy that I never finished the prayer letters that I started. If you don't hear from us regularly, that probably just means we need ALL the more prayers!


Serving the Lord the TOGETHER with you,
Volodya and Laura Kisarets

Summer 2007

HFTW Ukraine is partnering with Grace church in Rivne, Ukraine to put together an evangelistic English camp for young adults/adults. There are already 60 unbelievers signed up to go to camp. We are in need of native English speakers to teach, local believers to go and make friends with these people and ABOVE ALL we need God's wisdom, direction and blessing!!! The camp will be held August 20-25, 2007 in the Carpathian mountains. We believe God is going to do some GREAT things!