elliott glen jolene 1994 ukraine

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A

u b l i c a t i o n of the Kherson S t r a t e g i c

P a r t n e r s h i p

January,

1994

Networking

Church

Conference

Clovernook C h r i s t i a n Church,

February 12,

1994

This

conference

i s

being

held for churches

who

re

networking with Clovernook C h r i s t i a n

Church

i n

the Kherson S t r a t e g i c

P a r t n e r s h i p

and f o r those churches i n t e r e s t e d i n

becoming

networking

churches.

The

focus

of

he

conference will be on build

ing relationships

and

teamwo rk

among

he

churches; d e n t i f y i n g

s p e c i f i c

areas o f nvolve

ment n d how

we

an

help

each

other in these

a r e a s ; and understanding

the o v e r a l l

h i s t o r y ,

present

s t a t u s ,

an d future

goals

for the

K h e r s on

Project.

I f you

are

n t e r e s t e d i n

supporting the

K h e r s on S t r a t e g i c Partnership

as

a

ongregation,

an d

would l i k e

to

attend

t h i s conference, co n

t a c t Glen E l l i o t t or Ralph Taylor a t Clovernook

Christian Church.

Elliotts

Announce

The

l l i o t t

family has announced

t h e i r return

t o

Kherson to work as

the second f a m i l y i n the

Kherson

team.

They plan

to

depart

in

June 1994.

Glen

E l l i o t t served

as

M i n i s t e r

of i s c i p l e s h i p

and

Missi o ns

at

Clovernook Christian

Church

since 1985,

an d before that w2

Dean

o f

Students a t P a c i f i c

C h r i s t i a n

C o l i c g ' H - - an d

Jolene married

in 1979. olene has -.fA

h e r s e l f to

being

m o t h e r

o f h e i r

t v .

Wendy n d

Brad.

Networking

Church Con fer ence Agenda

8:30

9:00 Breakfast

9:00 -10:00 Op e n i n g

Prayer

and ntroductions

How Do We ee the P i c tu r e Now

etworking

churches

ield team

krainian representatives

10:00-10:30 Matrix Building

ind

overlapping e f f o r t s

hare

how we

an

be more

ffective

10:30

10:45

Break

10:45 1:45 Field Team

urrent status

ow t will work

oals for 1 , 3, an d 5 ears

11:45 1:00 Lunch

1:00

2:00 Ukrai n i a n Panel Di scus s i o n

2:00 2:45

Discussion

udget

ow

o gain local

s u p p o r t

ommunications

ransportation

2:45

3:00

Break

3:00 4:30

Focus

Groups

evelo p action

plans in s p e c i f i c areas

arge

g r o u p

discussion o f

action plans

4:30

4 : 5 0

Budget M o d i f i c a t i o n ( i f any and

A p p r o v a l

4:50

5:00 Conference Call With Alexanders

5:00 Closing Prayer

6:00 Dinner


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From October 1991 to July 1992, the E l l i o t t

family

i v e d

in Kherson, Ukraine, to help

estab

l i s h

the Kherson S t r a t e g i c

Partnership.

When

they

return,

Glen

a nd Jolene w i l l

be

helping the

two

artner churches in

Kherson

to

grow

n d

become

e l f - s u f f i c i e n t

by r a i n i n g leaders a n d

Ladies'

Day

missionaries.

Above:

Gle n,

olene,

Wendy 9 j , and

Brad (6)

l l i o t t .

We

re

r u l y excited

about

t i l s

incredible

vwndow

of opportunity

f o r evongelism

and

church

p l a n t i n g

that

God

as

erected,

We l s o have

many

apprehensions given

the poor economy

and i f f i c u l t l i v i n g

condltlofTS In Kherson.

Butwe

nowGod s

f a i t h f u l and i l l be

i th

u s.

S p e c i f i c a l l y , Glen w i l l

help

s e t

up

a

ystem

of mall

groups

in the

churches,

develop

a

issions envi

ronment, n d a s s i s t in t r a i n i n g

Ukrainian missionarieswhen he

time comes.

He

i l l also be el p

ing TCM Taking

Christ

to the

Millions,a

ien n a, ustria-based

t r a i n i n g

center

for East European

churches)

to set

up

a eadership.

t r a i n i n g center in Kherson.

On

heir

a r r i v a l ,

the

l l i o t t s w i l l

concentrate on

developing

r e l a

tionships

with

the

church

leaders

and earning to speak the language

f l u e n t l y . Both

are necessary

tools

for adapting to

the

culture a nd

for

e f f e c t i v e

t r a i n i n g .

Interns

One

f

the many

r o j e c t s of

he

Kherson

S t r a t e g i c Partnership i s

the

support of everal

interns

working

in

various

ministries

with the

Kherson

C h r i s t i a n

Church.

Four

interns

arc

paid

s a l a r i e s

through the KSP budget so that

they ca n

work

ull

time

with the

church:

Lena

Gorokhovatskaya Children's Ministry

Yuri M a r k TCM raining Center

Sa s h a

Muravski

Worship/Music

Ministry

Igor Shtikhno

Evangelism

Ministry

Support for

two

dditional

interns s proposed

f o r

the

i s c a l 1994-95

budget:

Oleg Shatalov

Nikolaye

T a t i s h v i l i

Youth Ministry

Church

Administration

Donna lexander writes about

a

Ladies' Day

program she put together in December or the

Kherson

churches.

There

s l i t t l e fun n

a

U k r a i n i a n

woman's

l i f e

i n

these

hard

t i m e s .

I

wanted

L a d i e s '

D ay

to

be

a

p e c i a l day or them;

a

ime

of

p i r i t u a l

encouragement, but also a

ime

of

ellowship

a n d fun as Christian

s i s t e r s .

I f e l t

t h i s

aspect wa s

r e a l l y neededbut

roceeded

with caution

because

many abushkas (grandmothers)

would

be there. I

was

even

more

nervous

fter

seeing the ladies'

enthusiasm abo u t

t I

wanted

so

much

o

meet

h e i r expectations.

F i n a l l y the day r r i v e d .

Women

f l l

ages

ca me,

rom

y o u n g i r l s to babushkas.

began

by

saying a

ew

things in R ussian.

had

practiced

for days with my ussian

teacher,

a n d they were

h a pp y

to see

t h a t

I

was m a k i n g

some

r o g r e s s .

We

a d a

ime

of

inging,

a et-acquainted

g a m e,

a ible

studyon ervanthood,

n d a

hort

dr a m a on M a r y a n d the angel's i s i t .

From

the i r s t

minute,

knew he

Lord

was

present a n d things

would

be

i n e .

Each part of

the progr a m was ell received.

There

were

smiles,

e a r s , a n d

warm embraces

l l

during th e

day. The

adies

were

bursting

at

the sea ms

with

a

sense

of

happiness

and n i t y .

My

e a r s were taken awaywhen n ol d

babushkacame

n

tears and

told

mehow

ard

the

week

had been for

her. P r i c e s

had

u s t

go n e

up

250% on many

veryday i tems

i k e b u t t e r ,

cheese, and i l , andshe didn't know how she

could make t

But f t e r

today, being with the

others

a n d hearing

how God

ares for a n d loves

his

servants,

she said, she

e l t so

much

etter.

We eard t h i s kind

of

estimony tim e a n d again.

A t

the end f he

day,

the best thing could

have hoped

for happened.

The a d i e s

formed a

committee to begin

a a d i e s '

ministry, which

would

organize

help to those in need. Many a l

ented and dedicatedwomen

n

the churchare

capable

of

overseeing or helping with

a a d i e s '

m i n i s t r y ,

but never

dreamed

t

would happen

so soon. t was i k e they had

j u s t

been waiting

Partnership

i s

a quarterly

newsletter

published by the Kherson S t r a t e g i c Partnership,

c/o

Cloverncok Christian C hurch,

1373 West a l b r a i t h

R d . , C i n c i n n a t i ,

OH 5231. hairperson, Ralph W. a y l o r . d i t o r , Robert E . Keith.

Contributing Editors,

Glen l l i o t t , K a l h y

Giskc, Doug ucas.

Photo by

Mike

Rubush.

The o a l of

h i s

n e w s l e t t e r

i s

t o inform churches and i n d i v i d u a l s about p r a c t i c a l m i n i s t r y o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n the

Ukraine, n v i t i n g them t o become involved as a

network

of churches

h a t

seek to strengthen the x i s t i n g

Ukrainian church

and ee

t established among nreached people.


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for

someone

o give them

a

t a r t , and now

ff

they went.

The

ommittee

met

he very

next day

at church

to begin making

plans.WOW think

I

have

b e e n smiling

e v er since.

The ord blessed

the meeting and know

t

was due o y our prayers.Thank o u for s u p p o r t

ing

me

s planned

the day and also

for being

concerned for the women e re

in Ukraine.

They

are on ire now,

nd

just know

hat many

good

things w i l l happen.

Visits

Ralph

Taylor

and

Jim and Marianne

L i t t l e j o h n

w i l l

be making

a

p a s t o r a l v i s i t

to

Khe rson f r o m

January 27

hrough

February 8.

Ralph Taylor s the Kh er s on S t r a t e g i c

Partnership Chairperson. He i l l

be

reviewing

the Alexanders' progress

against

project

goals

and

working

with Chris

and

Donna

o

develop

s h o r t -

and

long-term plans o r the next

phase

o f

the

p r o j e c t . The L i t t l e j o h n s are mem ers f

he

Alexanders'

hepherding group.

They

i l l be

determining what

Chris and Donna's s he phe rd

ing

needs

are

and

how he

shepherding

g r o u p

can bestmeet

those needs.

A l l three w i l l continue to develop r e l a t i o n

ships with our brothers

and i s t e r s

among ur

two

artner churches in Kh e r s o n.

When hey return,

two

krainians w i l l come

with them, to sp end about i v e w e ek s in the U.S.

Vlad

(Vov a) Devakov,

23, s

A d m i n i s t r a t i v e

A s s i s t a n t for

the

KSP, working with

the i e l d

team. Lena

Gorokhovatskaya,

26,

s a

C h i l d r e n s

Ministry Intern

with

the Khe rson Christian

Church.

V o v a i l l be learning about how

he

U.S. t a f f

works

together as a

team

to pursue the

various

projects o f

the

KSP. Lena i l l work

ith

M onica

Roberts, h i l d r e n s M i n i s t e r a t

Clovernook, to

see how he

c h i l d r e n s prog ram s

planned and

run. Both

w i l l

v i s i t some

f

the networking

churches.

They

i l l a l s o o f f e r p e r s p e c t i v e s

aboutwhat

t

is

like

to

be

a

new

hristian

i n

Ukraine and what t

i s

l i k e to

p a r t i c i p a t e in

a

partnership

with A m e r ican churches.

Januaiy 1991,

6

ubles/dollar

Hard

m s

.000/1

When t became an independent country tw o years ago,

p e o p l e w e r e p t i m i s t i c o v e r

Ukraine and

t s prospects o r

econ omic

u r v i v a l .

Ukraine

was

hought

to

be

s econd

m o s t

l i k e l y

to succeed (next to

Russia)

o f

l l

the

forme r

o v i e t

s t a t e s . But now he economy

s collapsing.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e Wall

t r e e t

J o u r n a l , i v i n g s t a n d a r d s 4 0 , 0 0 0 / 1

have plunged 50%

ince

1991.

Free-market reform i s

s t a l l e d ; 90% f Ukrainian business es

t i l l

belong to

th e

government.

Fuel s

short s u p p l y

and

was

eing

rationed

n most

ities

even

before

the wintercame.

Perhaps 30%

f

the

economy

ould

f o l d

i f the

black

market

w e r e

purged. n f l a t i o n

i s

about 100%

a

month.

The hart be low s h o w s the

exchange r a t e

o f

Kupons o the

dollar o v e r

the past three y e a r s . A

t y p i c a l

Ukrainian worker' s

a l a r y

during

the

f a l l

was etwe en 50,000 and 100,000 Kupons e r

m onth (three to

i

v e d o l l a r s a month) but even

those

wages

did not

keep

pace with

the

r a t e

o f

inflation.

I f the

average American s a l a r y

i s

$28,000 per

y e a r ,

h e r e s what some

veryday items

w o u l d

cost

t

Ukrainian p r i c e s ( r e l a t i v e

to ou r

earn

ings):

20,000/1

^

Bread

$33.00

a

o af

later

rose to

$58.00

Milk

$30.00 a

quart

Gas

$425.00

a

a l l o n

Egg s

$133.00a dozen

later

r o s e

to $50.00

Beef

$390.00 a pound

Three y e a r s ago there w e r e6 ubles to

the d o l l a r .

(The K u p o n

replaced

the

ruble

i n e a r l y

1992.)

A s

of anuary 1, the

exchange

r a t e

stood a t

about

35000

Kupons

e r

d o l l a r .

Chris Alexander

reports

that

there

s

more a l k

now

hat

som e t hi n g ha s to

give, and hat whatever

t

i s , i t

w i l l

be

within the next60 ays.

July 1993

Alexanders rri v e

5000

upons/dollar

10,000/1

5,000/1

1992

1993

1994


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News

Help Wanted Prayer

NEWS

Budget

The p r e l i m i n o i y 1994-95

f i s c a l budget

s

t a k i n g

shape, he

und

a i s i n g

campaign

i l l begin

n

l a t e February w i t h t t i e

i n i t i a l

letter

sent o the

Clovernook congregation

e n d

networking

churches.

The budget i l l

be i n a l i z e d

immediately

f t e r

Easter

w hen

the campoign

l o s

es. l l

pledges

i l l

be

counted ttxat hove been

received

from n e t w o r k i n g

ch u rch es, lo v ern o o k ,

and

direct

supporters of t > e

Alexanders

arxjthe

l l i o t t s .

The KSP Budget

undergoes

two eviews by the

Clovernookand etwork

ing church leadershipa

preliminary review

to

I d e n t i

fy

t i e k e y areas,and

a

second review to deter-

mlfT

t i e

f i n a l operating

bud ge t. l l t h i s

s

done

under

t T e watchful ey e f

C h r i s t i n e

S c h u s t e r , a

pro

fessional accountantwho

i s also

a SP Task Force

member

Medical Supplies Needed

P i c k e r i n g t o n C h r i s t i a n Church s c o l l e c t i n g

medical supplies

and

non-perishable

f o o d

(enou gh to

i l l a o r t y - f o o t

container) o

send

to

Kherson o r d i s t r i b u t i o n . The project

has

been

elayed to allow

involvement by

ther

l o c a l C o l umbus Ohio area churches. a r g e t

d ate

o r

shipping s now o r t y

f v l a r c h .

They also

s ee k

financial contributions with

which

to

buy dditional

medical supplies

o r

t h i s shipment.

for more nformation,

contact

John Chesnut

Pickerington C h r i s t i a n

Chu rch

36 ynette Dr.

P i c k e r i n g t o n ,

OH 43147

Telephone

(614) 33-4900

HELP

WANTED

S h o r t Term

T r i p

IndMdixjIs n tt partner

ship network are

n v i t e d to

t ak e

part

n

the

next

h o r t -

term m i s s i o r r s t r i p

to

Kherson.

o r

information

contact i k e Rubush c/o

Clovernook

B u i l d in g P r o j e c t

The

e o d e r s t i i p of h i e

KheronDom o l i t v e I s o s k -

l r > g

f o r f u n d i r ^ g

to

b u i l d

a

l a r g e r church b u i l d i n g on

land donated o t by he

governmen t.

Clovernook

hristian

Church,

al o ng w i t h the

Central

Valley B a p t i s t

Association

i n California,

wtx> are olso working

i n

Kherson, re

supporting

t h i s p r o j e c t i

n a t T c i o l t y

and

are looking o r others who

wish t o help.

For more nformation,

co ntact

Ralph

W.

a y l o r ,

c/o Clovernook.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Alexander a m i l y

La n g u a ge e a r n i n g . t i i s

area has

beena ifficult

orTe

o r t h e

Alexanders,

becouse of

the imited

amount

f time they

ha ve

been

ble

todevoteto

t

I t

htos been heir mostcon

stant

prayer request.

Family

health

during the

w i n t e r

I n Kherson. Nich

o l a s s eye

may equire

a d d i t i o n a l s u r g e r y

ata

f u t u r e

date.)

T h e i r

adjustment

o

a

new

i f e

and ul ture.

That i

ne

i s i t of Ralph

T a y l o r

and

he I t t i e j o h n s

w i l l be

n e l p f u l i n

a s s e s s i n g

both

h e p t n e r d i n g

a n d

pr o

ject needs.

E l l i o t t f a m i l y

C o ntinue d

language

l e a r n i n g o t

he

n i v e r s i t y

of

Cirxiinnati.

P r e p a r a t i o n s

to go s a l e

of

house ond o s s e s s i o n s ) .

F i n d i n g housing i n

Kherson.

Ottiers

For

r t e w p a r t n e r s h i p s

to

be ormed ond

o r

e f f o r t s

t o e c r u i t churches, and

I n d i v i d u a l s w i t h i n churches,

to be art o f he network

tha t ser ves

ttie

Kherson

S t r a t e g i c P a r t n e r s h ip .

W i t h

t t x a n k s

t h a t

Olga

Kudryatseva s s on

Lyosha,

wtx5 was

e r i o u s l y

l l

ha s

regained

h i s

health.

For Cheryl Trueblood, n

determining t i e r goals o r

the coming y e a r .

For the growth of new

C h r i s t i a n s ,

^pecioiiy

among

te

Crimean a t a r .

F o r

tte worsening

eco

nomic

and o l i t i c a l

s i t u a

tion

in Ukraire and ther

c o u n t r i e s

that

were

o

a r t

of the Soviet Union.

Teacher

Wanted

The

AJexander

and

l l i o t t families are

locking

o r someone

who ould help

teach heir children In

Kherson.

There

are

u r r e n t t y three

school-age h i l d r e n ,

t w o i r s t graders and

one

o u r t h

grader.

The

person

w o u l d i k e l y

have

o

r a i s e

some upport, but

there

may

lso

be

some

i n a n c i a l

help provided by he

families.

Please

co ntact

Glen l l i o t t

o r

Ralph

T a y l o r at l o ve rn o o k

h r i s t i a n

Chu rch f

you orsomeone o u k n o w

might

be

Interested.

Partnership

Clovernook

hristian Church

1373

West

albraith Rd.

Cincinnati,OH 45231

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churches

The

many

over

100)new

C h r i s t i a n s baptized by he

Kherson

churches

n

the

pastf w

m o n t h s ,

and o r

those who ead andshep

herd

thtem.

Y u r i f v t a r k , intern

with t h e

Christian Church who s

being

t r a i n e d byTCM, an d

his

w i fe Vi ka,

I n J u l y

elections,

Leonid

Kuchma

was

lected

pres

i d e n t of krai n e,Kuchma s

expected

to

pursue closer

ties w i t h Russi a

as

ameans

of t a b i l i z i n g h i s

c o u n t r y ' s

economy. He

was backed

by

t f r e

national Commurv

i s t P a r t y .

Proy

o r the

new

leaders in the

krai n e t o

f o l l o w the l e a d i n g of G o d .

Cheryl Truebiood asks o r

prayers o r f i n e

C h r i s t i a n

Club o f students from t t i e

Pedagogical n s t i t u t e ) ; f o r

a eeti ng

place

to be

secur e d,

and

or le a de r

s h i p

among

he t u d e n t s .

Pray o r outreach

to the

Crimean atar,

An

ntern at

the

Kherson tvistian

Church,

g o r

S h t i k r x j , has

v o l u n t e e r e d t o

becomea

Y n i s s i o n s coordinator at

theKCC, heDom

o i i t v e

has also

agreed

to

oppoint

a

missions i n t e r n .

These tw o people i l l be

important n equipping

and nabling t t i e church

es o reach

the

atar.

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nformation?

I f you

wou ld

l i k e

more

n f o r m a t i o n , we've

probably

got t Contact Diane

at t t e

Clovemook

hurch o f f i c e o r Ralph

T a y l o r .

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i l l i n g to pay

f o r copying

and ailing

c o s t s .

H e r e ' s whafs v a i l a b l e .

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Sample

artnership Agreement

KSP Five Year Plan (Graphic)

KSP Budg et 1994-95

KSP

Bu d g e t

report 1993-94

Who's WhoParticipants n t t r e KS P

Strengths/Needs

of the

Soviet U k r a i n i a n church

Horizons rticle: New trides in the Former o v i e t Union

Lo o ko u t r t i c l e :

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n

the

Gospel

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study

on astern Europe

and t r e

Soviet

Union

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Inside

Edition

NOVEMBER

,

1994

The

l l i o t t ' s

in

Kherson, Ukraine

The

ood

news

from

Kherson s t h a t the churches

are

doing

well and

growing.

The

i

e l d

team

works with t h r e e churches.

Dom olitve, h e e s t a b l i s h e d c h u r c h ,

s

c u r r e n t l y

b u i l d i n g

an

a u d i t o r i u m

t h a t w i l l s e a t up

t o 1,000 n worship. They a r e

b u i l d i n g

i n f a i t h , a s

n o t l l

t h e money has been r a i s e d .

Dom o l i t i v e Church at worship

The Kherson C h r i s t i a n Church, n l y t h r e e

y e a r s

o l d , h a s

a

Sunday

morning

a t t e n d a n c e

of over 500. Because

o n l y

a

few members of

he

church hav e been Christians

for

more

t h a n

t h r e e y e a r s , t h e r e

i s a

r e a t

n e e d f o r

s t r o n g

l e a d e r s h i p .

PR Y FOR

THEKHERSON CHRISTI N

CHURCH

ray

for

the

current

l e a d e r s :

- Genia Siney, h e P a s t o r of h e Kherson h r i s t i a n

Church

- Igor

Shtikno,

Missions

Minister

- Lena Gorakavatskaya, l e a d i n g Sunday

School

program

(350

h i l d r e n

s i g n e d

up )

- Sasha Morav ski, working with

Youth, h o i r s

and worship

-

Yuri

Mark,

working

with

Youth

- Nikolai Sulkov,

Office Manager

- Oleg, e a d i n g Bible Study

groups

- Val odia Siney, working w i t h

deaf

i n i s t r y

lders, Pray t h a t

the

Lord w i l l r a i s e u p those who are

t r u l y to be

the overseers

of

h i s congregation.

uture

location

of

the church. The church has been

b l e s s e d

with

use of

a

u l t u r e h a l l i n a s h i p - b u i l d i n g f a c t o r y ,

but h e r e i s

s o m e ~ c b n c e r i i

i t

may be

o l d

or

r e n t e d t o a n o t h e r

o r g a n i z a t i o n .

They r e q u e s t p r a y e r about

God's i l l i n terms

of e l o c a t i n g

or b u i l d i n g .

Sunday

School Class at

Kherson

C h r i s t i a n

F a c t o r y

where

X X

hurch

l a n t m e e t s

Now

t h e

Kherson

C h r i s t i a n

Church i s

c h u r c h p l a n t i n g

They

a r e c o n d u c t i n g

weekly

B i b l e

s t u d i e s

f o r

a d u l t s

and

c h i l d r e n i n

t h e

X X pronounced H a - b e h - k a h ) .

They meet

i n t h e C o t t o n and T e x t i l e

F a c t o r y

i n

rooms

t h a t were

f o r m e r l y c a l l e d

"Red

Comers", where p e o p l e u s e d t o meet

for Communist nstruction.


20/20

PERSONAL

PRAYER

REQUESTS:

hank God for His

provision o f a

good apartment,

a

teacher

for our

children, a nd

good f r i e n d s here and

i n the

States.

ontinued progress toward

f l

uent

speech

i n

Russian.

We a y

have

t o f i nd new l a n g u a g e

h e l p e r s ,

so

p r a y

t h a t

God

w i l l

provide

t h e

r i g h t

p e o p l e .

Pray for our s a f e t y

a n d

h e a l t h . T he

d e t e r i o r a t i n g

e c o n o my here makes

both

a

growing concern. A l l of us h a ve

had v a r i o u s

s i c k n e s s e s

t h i s

p a s t

m ont h.

ray

for my ra ndmot her,

who s

c a r i n g f o r

my other

who

i s b e d f a s t

w i t h m u l t i p l e - s c l e r o s i s . My

r a n d f a t h e r

p a s s e d

away i n August,

l e a v i n g

t h e c a r e

f o r

my other i n

grandmother's hands.

J o l e n e , Wendy, rad

and I want

o a g a i n

s a y

t h a n k

you

f o r

y o u r p r a y e r s

and

c o n c e r n

f o r u s . We n j o y g e t t i n g c a r d s

from t h e p e o p l e

on

t h e p r a y e r team, t e l l i n g us

t h a t

t h e y a r e

p r a y i n g f o r u s . T h i s i s

a g r e a t

e n c o u r a g e m e n t

and we

e e t h e

r e s u l t s . The

k i d s h a v e

a l s o rea l l y

a p p r e c i a t e d

t h e

l e t t e r s

and

g i f t s

s e n t t o t h e m . . . you have

b e e n

a

v e r y k i n d

and g e n e r o u s

c h u r c h

and

we f e e l v e r y

f o r t u n a t e

t o b e a b l e t o s e r v e i n

p a r t n e r s h i p

with

you.

Our

i

r s t c o u p l e

months

h e r e

were i f f i c u l t

T h i s

i s a h a r d

p l a c e t o l i v e and

i t

t o o k us a w h i l e t o a d j u s t . But

t h i n k

we

a r e

t h r o u g h t h e

w o r s t .

The whole

f a m i l y

seems t o have

s e t t l e d

i n and we

r e a l l

doing w e l l . We

o n t i n u e

t o study

Russian and are making p r o g r e s s i n our a b i l i t y t o

speak.

I ' v e

b e g u n

t o do some

l e a d e r s h i p

t r a i n i n g

and

we j u s t

f inished our 4th Ukrainian-American

C h r i s t i a n

Friendship

F e s t i v a l (a

week

l o n g e v a n g e l i s t i c m e e t i n g ) . The A l e x a n d e r

f a m i l y

and

o u r f a m i l y h a v e

i

n i s h e d p l a n n i n g

f o r

1995 a n d we

a r e s e e i n g s i g n i f i c a n t p r o g r e s s a l r e a d y toward

our g o a l s .

We

p r a i s e

God

f o r His b l e s s i n g s . With p r o g r e s s i n l a n g u a g e ,

h a v i n g e s t a b l i s h e d good

r e l a t i o n s h i p s

h e r e , a good i

e l d team

i n p l a c e

and t h e

1 9 9 5

p l a n n i n g f in i s h e d , we

a r e

very

o p t i m i s t i c a b o u t t h e

f u t u r e .

We x p e c t t o s e e U k r a i n i a n

missions among he Cri mea n Tatar.

P l e a s e

c o n t i n u e t o p r a y f o r

u s and o u r work

h e r e

i n

Kherson and

h e

s o u t h e r n U k r a i n e .

Love ,

Glen

and family

K h e r s o n ,

Ukrain e

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Three g e n e r a t i o n s of e l i e v e r s i n

t h e

Kherson Church

MAILINGTO

THEELLIOTTS...

he ost f o r t h e f i r s t h a l f -ou n c e

of

ail i s

50

e n t s , a nd

45

ents

for each half-ounce

thereafter, Mail akes two

r

more weeks o

a r r i v e .

ever send

cash

or checks

n the mail.

If

you want to

send packages, we

r e c o m m e n d

t h e y

b e small (use bubble pack

type

e n v e l o p e s )

and

h o t c o n t a i n a n y t h i n g of

extreme v a l u e . In your

l e t t e r s you

can

include ia t items, such as s t i c k e r s or t i c k s o f

f l

a t

gum r K o o l

Aid.

Glen loves t o o t s i e

r o l l s ,

and

J o l e n e

a p p r e c i a t e s

music

or

e a d i n g

material.

ou

an use t h e m a i l i n g l a b e l s provided

here,

or check

w i t h t h e church

o f f i c e .

elliott glen jolene 1994 ukraine

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