Meeting with the Dean of the Agriculture University.

Rachel Dolezalek, Karen and Terry Voltz, along with the Team Leader for Cru, Losha met with the Dean of the Pilot English Club Program Thursday morning.  The pictures below were taken and will be used on the University's website.  The three teachers from the Wisconsin team received a warm welcome from the Ukrainians.  They praised the team members and shared plans of having the program continue.  This is a huge answer to prayer!

Class Pictures and goodbyes ....

Thursday night was filled with laughter, smiles and some tears too, as students received their certificates for English Club, and for some this was their time to say good-bye.  The Ukrainian Party is tonight, however not all the students will be able to attend, as some will be traveling home, while others will be working. 

The impact these youth have had on our hearts is beyond what words can capture.  We have come to know them and love each one of them.  Here are two of the class pictures, we will post more as they become available. 

Tonight is our last class!
This week has flown by as schedules were packed with student meetings, staff meetings and class preparation.  The student meetings have been special to each of us, as they are the topic of conversation whenever we get together.  Seeing God move through His Word is Amazing, but then we serve an Amazing God. Our hearts have been challenged along the way, and obstacles try to trip us up, but your prayers have provided the strength, encouragement and protection for all of us here.  Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Many will be sharing their testimonies with their class tonight, please pray that the students have ears to hear and hearts that are tender, that the seeds of God's love would sink deep and take root.
We ask to specifically remember Ann, Maria and Alex. 

We praise the Lord for you and His work here.  God bless.

September 30, 2016

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American Party, for the 2016 Fall English Club Students- Kiev, Ukraine

Day 6 in Kiev.  We have been blessed with beautiful weather for walking back and forth to school, the market and just to get the lay of the land.  Below you will see the hotel that we are staying in. Its comfortable and so quaint. 

On the way to the 'soup house' we ride the trolley.  It costs 3 hryvnia (grivna) or about 12 cents one way.  Terry Voltz is shown with the ticket lady for the trolley.  She was enamored with the 'Americans' and was so happy to have her picture taken.

Tomorrow night is the American Party!  We will host the entire English Club student body at a nearby center.  Someone said it could possibly be 350+ students. 

Each of us have shared how fast this week is going and how excited we are to see the relationships take root.  God's Spirit is with us through your prayers.  His Will be done!

Blessings from Kiev.

English Club, night two!  Great conversations that didn't want to end, students getting to know each other and feeling more comfortable, participation levels increase-the Holy Spirit is moving in English Club.

Your prayers are the support and encouragement we need each day.  Knowing you are praying for the students, staff and all those who may interact with us is appreciated more than we can ever tell you.  We love our students and relationships are being built. 

We keep up our strength with visits to the market to purchase items that remind us of home.  Ukraine is noted for their vegetables and chocolate, both very nutritious staples right?  :)

Here Karen Voltz is purchasing oranges.  This is no easy task.  The screen prompts you to enter the category, then the item, sounds easy until you figure out it's all in Ukrainian.  Karen meets the challenge and told us tonight, they are super sweet and delicious. 

...... "great, fun, engaging, sometimes chaotic, lots of smiles, laughter, challenging"  these are some of the comments from students and staff as we wound up the first night of English Club. 

As we met this morning for breakfast and review of our first class, we shared how in awe we are of Our Lord and how He is opening doors here in Kiev to involve another University in this program.  Plus how blessed our team was to have the privilege of serving those new students.  The classes at the new location are over 35 each which is more than they had expected.

In total there are 14 classrooms being utilized for English Club this Fall.  Praise the Lord for how He provided materials, teachers and helpers to be able to facilitate His work here.  As we meet the students we can see that the fields are white.  Please pray in agreement with us that the harvest of souls be abundant.