Team Kharkov Requests July 29th-August 3rd

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.  And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us," (Hebrews 12:1 NIV) 

Amanda & Linda in Ouranoupoli, Greece  

Thank you for your prayers for our meeting in Greece last week.  The Father blessed us with great times of fellowship, renewal, refreshment, encouragement, and worship as over 1100 gathered together in one place.  We praise him for inhabiting the praises of his people as we worshipped in our own language with others who simply wanted to exalt him, praise him, and worship before his throne.  

It was also an opportunity for me to meet with colleagues to discuss future work in Kharkov after Amanda leaves the field to be married this fall.  I came away from our time there with a renewed passion to "run with perseverance the race marked out for" me personally, and eager to return to discover the plans he has for reaching those who are not yet believers in the Kharkov region of Ukraine. 

Sunset over the sea

Amanda and I have just concluded a four day vacation in an area outside of Thessaloniki, and are preparing to fly now to Budapest to renew our visas, where I will also have my annual post-cancer check-up.  Please join us in praying for our visas to be processed without any difficulties, and for my check-up to be completed quickly.  We need to get back to Kharkov to begin the new registration process, so we are praying the Lord would grant both of us visas and opportunity to return to Ukraine, and to Kharkov within the coming week.

While we are in Budapest, Amanda and I will be prayerfully working on teachings in Colossians for a women's retreat in early September.  While we will be using some material from last summer's retreat in another area, we will have 2 more days of sharing from Colossians with the women than we had last summer.  Ask the Father through the Holy Spirit to guide our hearts and minds as we prepare.  

I (Linda) will continue to schedule my stateside time through the coming weeks.  Pray for me to have wisdom in scheduling my time, and that I will know where he would have me to go to share about the Kharkov region of Ukraine while in the states..  

As soon as we return to Kharkov, we will begin meeting with pastors in the Kharkov region in preparation for volunteer teams, and possible partnerships with Ukrainian churches when I return next January.  Intercede for me to have knowledge of his will - eyes to see, and ears to hear - as I begin to build relationships with pastors and women ministry leaders in the Kharkov region.

Your prayers are so very vital to tearing down the multitudes of strongholds in Eastern Ukraine!  Thank you for continuing to be partners in this labor of love through the power of your prayers!

IMPACTing the Kharkov Region of Ukraine with the love of Christ!