West Virginia #4

In the morning - the team cleaned the church building and in the afternoon they hosted a Block Party for the local community.

West Virginia #3

See I am worth something. Sam, Gary, Pastor Dan, and the Maintenance man from the apartment building worked together to rebuild the rotted table, and then we stained it. 

West Virginia #2

Team memebrs putting their building skills to good use.  Here they are rebuilding a picnic table for the Yellow Bud Apartments patio area.

West Virginia Update

This day we had twelve children show up for our Vacation Bible School.

West Virginia

Here is our Fearless West Virginia Missions Team - ready to serve.

Ukraine Day 10

      Waiting around hotel until flight later today.   See you soon.  

      34 People now get to have a more abundant live here and will spend an eternity in heaven thanks to all your prayers and financial assistance.  Thanks to all of you reading this for your obedience to God to support this mission trip. God bless all of you and to God be the Glory!

In Christ,

Mike Kynett

Ukraine Day 9

     Up early, rain!  Rain held off the whole time we were here.  Rain all the way to Kiev, so shopping on the cobblestone souviner street by the big Greek Orthodox Church was in the rain as was the visit to the outside of the war museum.   Then off to the plane, over to Heathrow, quick luggage drop into hotel and whirlwind tour of London via the tube and walking.  Back about 11:30 Just before tube stopped running.

Ukraine Day 8

        The day started as usual, except this time we picked up those that accepted Christ in Miniki and one older man that knew he needed to start coming back to worship.  Then to Komany Brid..... too far to walk and they don't have cars or bicycles for transport. It is that poor.  

      Worship was great, mostly believers who needed the encouragement of group worship and fellowship.  Mike preached an encouragement sermon from Genisis 2 and 3 along with Luke 4, and a brief invitation which Vasily finished.  One woman repented (was saved) that had been attending about 5 months.  After that we were privileged enough to have the first of to be regular church lunches after the service.  The worship center became the fellowship hall for lunch.   We then waited while some were transported home, followed by a very full van back to Studenitza for a Baptism and Communion which Vasily and Mike served. 

Then we waited for others to be transported home followed by a full van back to the city.  Good bye to Julia as she goes off to University soon and Roma and Tanya. 

Ukraine Day 7

     A day of re-creation filled the day.  Jodi and Jane started by shopping for chili dinner that Jodi prepared to give Jane a break.  The ladies were dropped off to shop while the men started out with a visit to the Space Museum which was very interesting.  Those of you who remember Sputnik and the puppies of the Space Dogs being presented to JFK's wife by Kruchev would have appreciated it.  We spent a large sum of money to develop the ball point pen for space... the Soviets used a pencil.  

    Then we all met up at the 3 story mall to shop, followed by the Candy factory.  A creek / riverside picnic complete with hammocks, volleyball, and a little hiking followed.   We finally got a great picture of the entire Vasily and Jane family, and parents less Jane's father.  Truly a great day was had by all.  

      Home again for Jodi's Chili, fresh salad and Ice cream.  We will be glad when we can stop eating like feasting kings!  A virtual tour of the War Museum in Kiev, Ukraine followed which I recommend everyone view.  It is quite sobering. Here is the link http://www.warmuseum.kiev.ua/eng/main_exp.shtml We planned on visiting this museum in Kiev in person but it is closed on Mondays.  Thus the virtual tour.  We will probably tour the outside on Monday. 

Tomorrrow service in Komeny Brid, lunch and baptism.   

Ukraine Day 6

     Well by now you have seen pictures on Facebook and heard from most of the team if you are family.  You pretty much know our routine by now so just the high points.

     Today was a magnificent Day!!!!   The obedience of FBCN has allowed this field mission team to serve in Ukraine and see a great harvest.  In Studenitza 13 of the original 45 came forward to "Repent" or receive Christ even though some of the 45 who started the week had to leave yesterday. 

    At Miniki-  Today after afternoon VBS we had an evangelistic service for the people of the town.  Today Addy and Bronson along with Julia walked the town inviting them to the service.  

   Well we had about 50 people in the service of all ages.  Jane translated the sermon which Mike preached, after testimonies from Bronson and Jodi, and a beautiful song by Anna. 10 people came forward to repent or receive Christ and prayed the sinners prayer with Vasily.   Two were in service at the VBS yesterday afternoon, but came forward today.

   And we still have one service to go day the after tomorrow in Kominy Brid!. In many towns like Miniki, only a very few have cars.  I hope someone has a van!

We all thank God for the privilege of being used by God in this way Today.

In Christ,

Mike Kynett 

Ukraine Day 5

Clean shirts- Yea- they dried overnight.  Jane fixed a gourmet breakfast again, while Vasily was out the door even earlier than us to pick up supplies.  Some needed more coffee than others to start off the day as the sleep deficit has accumulated.  There was a disturbance one night recently after all were fast asleep, and It seems that Jodi and Alicia's room has the right acoustics to make fireworks sound just like gunfire.  We all had a laugh and will leave the rest to your imagination until Jodi can tell you her story personally. 

 We welcome the 5 flights of stairs each morning to get our blood flowing, especially since it is downstairs.  Julia our translator greeted us once again in the fresh morning air among the flowers rainbow of flowers standing tall in between the paths of the High rise buildings around us. Off we go to the main street for Vasily to pick up the whole team.  Smiling faces again greet us at Studenitza as the children swing on the Iron gate with even more practiced hello.   Today we throw some a curve by saying Good Morning!

Set up was quick with all saying hi to their new found friends. How easy it is to love the smiling faces of these children.  For many of them this is their big event of the year for travel and vacation as their families are too busy working. For some it is the first time away from home.  For those wanting to picture how many of all ages there were, picture about 45 children.

Songs started the day again. Jodi and Bronson talked about Christian fellowship in the Church, their witness by their actions and sometimes words and inviting others to church to come and see.  Anna and Jane did great jobs translating and keeping their attention while, as usual the rest of us sat/moved among the children to keep order and quiet/ focused attention.

They all pretty much have John 3:16 down and we have to be selective among who gets to come and recite for a prize.  This alone is an answer to prayer of hiding God's word in their heart even if they do not yet understand it or connect it to all the related lessons.

Jane, Alicia, Bronson and Cody are our Rec team. At rec, they pulled out the parachute so we made teams and just got some wiggles out.  Following that we played Simon Says with Jane and Roma leading.  Please don't ask me to spell Simon Says in Ukranian as this keyboard does not even have the symbols for those letters! This was followed by explaining the church is the body of believers, not the building and we all have functions as part of the body.   Alicia lead Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes game

Meanwhile Michelle and Addy joined Jodi and Anna as the crafts team inside, doing crafts that align with the lessons we tell each day.  By today as you might expect, the routine is becoming familiar to all, but still very exciting.   Following crafts/rec we had review time with prizes which is always fun. The friendships just get better over time with the kids.  Tomorrow will be invitation day.  So please pray hard for tomorrow.

Once the lesson and review were over, Bronson prepped them for tomorrow's invitation.  There was then some short free time prior to lunch.  Futbal was again done, with even the littlest ones playing with very lightweight flat Frisbee type discs made from fiber flex wire and material.  Today was extra special because there was a big cake after lunch was over. It's not that we are big on food as a team, It's just that they place so much of it in front of us with so much variety and freshness-family style.  They put Cracker Barrel to shame! 

After helping clean up we had a brief rest before heading out for Miniki!   The air was thick with anticipation as we knew today was the day of invitation for the children prior to parents being invited tomorrow.

Upon arrival, Alicia and Cody went with Julia door to door to invite adults to the service tomorrow at 5PM right after VBS.  Bronson and Jodi along with Jane and Anna each did one half of the Jesus died for us lesson, complete with Addy, Michelle and Cody holding up mountains and the cross filling in the great divide as a visual help.   Jodi was great, breaking the lesson up to keep their attention by asking questions right after she taught the point of Jesus dying and being put in the grave.  What a great team effort!

We scheduled rec with the older children outside first and the 8 and younger inside doing the salvation bracelet first.   Then the 8 and up came in and the young ones went with Anna out to do extended rec.   Just prior to joining our team Anna had just finished helping a Russian Church do VBS back in America with the same age group so she was very comfortable with these 8 children.  We told her rec was to go twice as long as the invitation would be given today.   So she makes sure they use the extra time by playing hide and seek!  Ask her how that went- I'm still laughing.  The terrain is like an old over grown area around a barn with a slight sloping hill in back.   In front, by the road, but inside the fence, young shirtless men had just finished cutting the tall grass with sickles(SP?).  And sharpened them with a piece of granite.  No lawn mowers here- it's sickles or farm animals do the cutting here. As we moved the rec time into the newly cut area, the resourceful older boys picked up the few blackberry bush cuttings and ate the berries.  Then back to the game at hand.

   

Invitation time.-Mike was most privileged to have the honor of doing the invitation.  Today for some reason only 20 or so of the 35 or so kids were there, Accounting for the little ones outside and those that decided not to come back from rec we had the perfect number to have them sit in every other seat.  Mike pulled a chair up with Jane as translator and we just got up close and personal with them.  God blessed the greatest true story ever told!   At the end Pastor Vasily brought the invitation home and 9 boys and 1 young lady came forward and prayed the sinners prayer.  Praise God!  Each of you parents, prayer warriors, contributors, teachers, mentors, and friends share in this Victory for Christ.  All of you have good reason as I said before to be very proud of EVERY member of this team.  They are being used of God mightily.

All for now- tomorrow the invitation for the children at Studenitza, Evangilism Service at Miniki and also an Evangilism Service at Kominy Brid!

Ukraine Day 4

     We rose early once again, had our quiet time and prayer as the big city noises of a city coming alive  wafted up from below and beyond.  Vasily left early to get supplies for the day, returning to pick us up for our daily outing. 

     At Studenezta, more help, smiles and hellos greeted our bus as we arrived.   Children were eager to come in and start again.  Jodi did a great job teaching how to pray complete with Skit illustration.  Anna once again did a super job of translating.  Also, Luke 11:5-8 was acted out by Bronson, Cody,  and Michelle were the sleeping family, while Addy knocked at the door. Very effective skit to teach boldness and persistence in prayer. The craft matched the lesson while the rec game outside was Jesus Flag Tag.  Upon reuniting all the children, even more had memorized John 3:16 overnight and stepped forward to the microphone to recite it.  Bold Children to be sure.   Near the end we reviewed John 3:16 with even more words covered with blue sticky notes.   It is all so amazing how these kids can be restless, having side conversations and being just a tad unruly, but when we hold that poster up of John 3:16 to recite it, all, virtually all stop , pay attention and almost all chime in.  The power of God’s word is truly awesome!

While we awaited another truly grand fresh food feast, we had some time.   Michelle and Addy were the queens of dress up.   Numerous girls took no end of delight in playing dress up with our bags of “What’s Different”clothes.   The girls took turns and even some boys were eager to play some dress up.  Meanwhile outside, Alicia had her own line choreography class and gymnastics class going on, just having great fun with a few of the girls.  By the time it was all said and done I have some bad news for Alicia, Melissa and Addy’s parents.  They have decided they have made such good friends here that they are just going to move in with their new friends, when we leave. (just kidding- but they are truly making these kind of relationship connections!

Outside the boys could not get enough of Jesus Flag Tag.  Eventually that gave way to Futbol (Soccer).  Even with the uneven ground out in front of the church and very long grass, they set  up field boundaries and goals with the flag tag flags.   Bronson and Cody played soccer endlessly until lunch broke the action.  Great Guy time!

Another lunch feast followed.  You would be amazed how much food these ladies can serve hot, to 45 children, our team, and all the local parents helping.  It is smaller than many of your kitchens by far and EVERYTHING is fresh from the field,  garden or hoof.   Truly amazing!

       Pack up- we did again, off to the maternity hospital to drop off food for Sasha’s wife and her friend, while Sasha was at work.  Great to see how the church here provides for it’s members.   Upon arrival at Miniki, the kids were in their seat again, eagerly awaiting.   Jodi taught a great lesson with Anna Translating about Jesus, born of  theVirgin Mary, who lived the perfect life and died for our sins, complete with story pictures.  We then used the prodigal son story as a skit on bad choices and the father taking the son back and forgiving him.  Alicia provided a ring for Father Michael to put on wayward son Cody’s hand.

     Jesus flag tag was a hit for both older and younger age groups and took up all the rec time available. After we returned the Penny Parachute Target game was played as motivation for answering lesson review questions.  Boys won here while girls won in Studenetza.

     Snacks were provided to all kids as we ended the day and invited them back tomorrow. 

Upon departure , we visited Komini Brid, and oh my what a transformation  Pastor Vasily and this body of believers has done to this derelict building, miraculously provided by God right in the center of Town.   A lot of sweat equity, sacrificial giving of members, along with $  donations from U.S.  have allowed this congregation to have even an indoor bathroom with running water and a kitchen with running water.   Most houses have wells with buckets and outhouses.   Only 2 rooms left in the building to be finished  that could be Bible Study rooms, but currently funds are not available.  Some came a long way just to meet us this afternoon for a few minutes to show their appreciation.   This town is at a crossroads, in the center of 4 smaller towns that can now come to this town for worship.

From there we went back to Jane and Vasily’s, had dinner, got into an interesting spiritual discussion or two and then Jodi got us back on track, leading planning for tomorrow’s VBS morning and afternoon.   What great ideas, Jodi, Cody and Alicia had.  Tomorrow we will hear from Addy, Melissa, and Anna to see if they have any additional ideas that might reach the children in either or both locations.

Ukraine Day 3

     Last night Jodi, Bronson, Alicia and Cody ventured out on their own and walked down the perfectly safe main road to Papa Vasily and Mama Leeda’s home where the other teammates are staying.   What adventurers we have on this trip.  Not even a translator!  Bronson and Cody kept them safe and they had cell phones.  Bold missionaries for which you can be proud.  They practiced for Tuesday’s morning and afternoon VBS presentations at the park in front of Mama Leena’s to be sure everything was in place. Everyone had their parts assigned. When the team walked back, Bronson went to work with Melissa’s camera and tried to print the pictures of all the children who were at Miniki.  220 Volts can be a real challenge sometimes!

      This morning was a little too early for Alicia who now knows how to make instant coffee.  Ask her to tell you her secret recipe for the fastest instant coffee ever. Addison recovered nicely from stomach discomfort after a long night’s sleep. Today we started again in Studenetza after picking up one of our volunteer translator’s Julia, who has just been accepted and given a full scholarship to the best University in Ukraine. She accepted Christ just one year ago during last year’s mission trip and has grown mightily in the Lord and her translation skills. Upon arrival in Studenetza, the children greeted us in English with Hello and helped us unload the transport.  We setup and continued where we left off, passed out little composition notebooks and actually taught the children some most basic homiletics (how to study the bible).   We used the parachute to play a few games and then played, Ps. 32:8 “you will direct me with your eye” game, otherwise known as circle tag.  Dodge “sin” Ball was also played.  Seems most all had some great fun and learned from games as well.

      The hot day made most ready for lunch and what was served?  Hot soup, which is traditional and was very good, followed by fresh vegetables and pork rice, grapes, bananas, chicken chops, and of course coke products.  By the end of the lunch it was like the scene after the credits in the Avengers movie. Everyone too tired to speak. After a short rest we helped clean up some and were off to the second VBS in Miniki.

 We brought Sasha, a Studenetza deacon in training along with us to drop him off at a maternity hospital where his wife is overdue but c-section has not been done yet. He has two boys at the VBS Camp in Studenetza and one young one too young for VBS and he works full time. Sasha was taking leftovers from our lunch to his wife and another woman there because the hospital does not feed their patients. They were yummy leftovers! He will take a long set of bus rides back to the village. Please pray for this young family in this time of uncertainty!

      Today the Miniki Town hall meeting location doors were open, children were already eagerly awaiting in their seats, with many new faces in the crowd, who were brought by friends and siblings who attended yesterday.  We welcomed the cool air of the auditorium as outside it was approaching 100 degrees. Mothers who sat with their young ones in the very back of the auditorium yesterday, were now sitting in the back rows up front and more parents were sitting along the wall in the back.

      Anna remembered a great song that helped tell the story for today so we began by singing that song as well as some of the planned songs.  Yesterday’s story of creation was today followed by Adam and Eve and how they were banished from the Garden for their sin.   A few children had already memorized John 3:16 and were bold enough to recite holding the microphone in the front of the town hall auditorium where we are meeting. Courageous young people… but prizes also help.

      The crowd was so large we had to split into two groups- older and younger. Crafts included taking yesterday’s popsicle stick framed picture of Jesus knocking at the door and gluing each child’s picture on the back of the frame holding Jesus. The second craft was creating Adam and Eve cloth pins, which was great fun. A belt clip keychain was made also in the shape of a fish.  The reason for no real keychain is the towns are so poor there are no locks on the doors. Meanwhile Vasily was outside with a few inquisitive men almost like at the village gate, except at the village community building, sewing seeds and inviting them and their families to Friday’s gathering.

      Tonight we all had dinner at Vasily and Janes.  Cody provided instruction on the finer points of taste testing cream puffs, and gave us all quite a laugh.  Turns out his taste buds were quite correct which gave us all another good laugh.  You had to be there, so you can ask him to tell about it.

      Laundry still needs to go on the clothesline to dry overnight as it approaches 10:30. Another great adventure tomorrow awaits. In Christ, Mike Kynett

Ukraine Day 2

Today was our first day of Vacation Bible School.  Children from 3 churches have come to Studenezta to camp out around the church in tents to do a week of Vacation Bible School.   In the morning our team acted out the story of Saul becoming Paul and everyone had a part. Jodi led while Anna translated, a Bearded Bronson dressed as Saul/Paul, Cody played Annanias, and Mike ( as Steven) was stoned to death by Michelle, Addy and Alicia with crumpled paper balls.  We then did crafts associated with the story and games outside that the children loved.

Lunch and transport to to Miniki followed and the afternoon Vacation Bible School had 25 children attend, which is great for the first day.  The entire VBS was done in the rented community center, moving seats numerous times to change between crafts, stories, games and bible verse memorization.  The children were very receptive as they have never had a VBS in their town before.  Parents, mostly women were guarded but curious.  Men worked in the 90+ degree heat in the fields.

All made it through the hot summer days without air conditioning and welcomed the wind from the rolled down windows of the van as we traveled the long road back to Zhitomir. Once again, Mama Lidda and Jane provided great food for the workers and nice places to recover from the day’s work.   Mamma Lidda's favorite words are still "Eat, Eat".

More tomorrow.

Ukraine update day 5

Clean shirts- Yea- they dried overnight.  Jane fixed a gourmet breakfast again, while Vasily was out the door even earlier than us to pick up supplies.  Some needed more coffee than others to start off the day as the sleep deficit has accumulated.  There was a disturbance one night recently after all were fast asleep, and It seems that Jodii and Alicia's room has the right acoustics to make fireworks sound just like gunfire.  We all had a laugh and will leave he rest to your imagination until Jodi can tell you her story personally.

 We welcome the 5 flights of stairs each morning to get our blood flowing, especially since it is downstairs.  Julia our translator greeted us once again in the fresh morning air among the flowers rainbow of flowers standing tall in between the paths of the Hi rise buildings around us. Off we go to the main street for Vasily to pick up the whole team.  Smiling faces again greet us at Studenitza as the children swing on the Iron gate with even more practiced hello.   Today we throw some a curve by saying Good Morning!
Set up was quick with all saying hi to their new found friends. How easy it is to love the smiling faces of these children.  For many of them this is their big event of the year for travel and vacation as their families are too busy working. For some it is the first time away from home.  For those wanting to picture how many of all ages their were, picture about 45 children.

Songs started the day again. Jodi and Bronson talked about Christian fellowship in the Church, their witness by their actions and sometimes words and inviting others to church to come and see.  Anna and Jane did great jobs translating and keeping their attention while, as usual the rest of us sat/moved among the children to keep order and quiet/ focused attention.
They all pretty much have John 3:16 down and we have to be selective among who gets to come and recite for a prize.  This alone is an answer to prayer of hiding God's word in their heart even if they do not yet understand it or connect it to all the related lessons.

Jane, Alicia, Bronson and Cody are our Rec team. At rec, they pulled out the parachute so we made teams and just got some wiggles out.  Following that we played Simon Says with Jane and Roma leading.  Please don't ask me to spell Simon Says in Ukranian as this keyboard does not even have the symbols for those letters! This was followed by explaining the church is the body of believers, not the building and we all have functions as part of the body.   Alicia lead Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes game
Meanwhile Michelle and Addy joined Jodi and Anna as the crafts team inside, doing crafts that align with the lessons we tell each day.  By today as you might expect, the routine is becoming familiar to all, but still very exciting.   Following crafts/rec we had review time with prizes which is always fun. The friendships just get better over time with the kids.  Tomorrow will be invitation day.  So please pray hard for tomorrow.

Once the lesson and review were over, Bronson prepped them for tomorrow's invitation.  There was then some short free time prior to lunch.  Futbal was again done, with even the littlist ones playing with very lightweight flat Frisbee type discs made from fiberflex wire and material.  Today was extra special because there was a big cake after lunch was over. It's not that were big on food as a team, It's just that they place so much of it in front of us with so much variety and freshness-family style.  They put Cracker Barrel to shame! 
After helping clean up we had a brief rest before heading out for Miniki!   The air was thick with anticipation as we knew today was the day of invitation for the children prior to parents being invited tomorrow.

Upon arrival, Alicia and Cody went with Julia door to door to invite adults to the service tomorrow at 5PM right after VBS.  Bronson and Jodi along with Jane and Anna each did one half of the Jesus died for us lesson, complete with Addy, Michelle and Cody holding up mountains and the cross filling in the great divide as a visual help.   Jodi was great, breaking the lesson up to keep their attention by asking questions right after she taught the point of Jesus dying and being put in the grave.  What a great team effort!

We scheduled rec with the older outside first and the 8 and younger inside doing the salvation bracelet first.   Then the 8 and up came in and the young ones went with Anna out to do extended rec.   Just prior to joining our team Anna had just finished helping a Russian Church do VBS back in America with the same age group so she was very comfortable with these 8 children.  We told her rec was to go twice as long as the invitation would be given today.   So she makes sure they use the extra time by playing hide and seek!  Ask her how that went-  I'm still laughing.  The terrain around is like around an old over grown area around a barn with a slight sloping hill in back.   In front, by the road, but inside the fence, young shirtless men had just finished cutting the tall grass with sickles(SP?).  And sharpened them with a piece of granite.  No lawn mowers here- it's sickles or farm animals do the cutting here. As we moved the rec time into the newly cut area, the resoucefull older boys picked up the few blackberry bush cuttings and ate the berries.  Then back to the game at hand.
 
Invitation time.-Mike was most privileged to have the honor of doing the invitation.  Today for some reason only 20 or so of the 35 or so kids were there, Accounting for the little ones outside and those that decided not to come back from rec we had the perfect number to have them sit in every other seat.  Mike pulled a chair up with Jane as translator and we just got up close and personal with them.  God blessed the greatest true story ever told!   At the end Pastor Vasily brought the invitation home and 9 boys and 1 young lady came forward and prayed the sinners prayer.  Praise God!  Each of you parents, prayer warriors, contributors, teachers, mentors, and friends share in this Victory for Christ.  All of you have good reason as I said before to be very proud of EVERY member of this team.  They are being used of God mightily.

All for now- tomorrow the invitation for the children at Studenitza, Evangilism Service at Miniki and also an Evangilism Service at Kominy Brid!

Ukraine Update

The Ukraine team arrived in country as planned.  They have completed their second day of VBS.  More information will follow soon. 

All 8 teammembers arrived safely and in good health along with all baggage! Slava Bogu (Praise God)  Vasily and Jane met us at the airport with no wait whatsoever- a perfect connection in Kiev! Michelle slept through the night but most of the rest of us suffered from some jet lag while trying to sleep after arriving at Vasily and Jane’s home. 

We rose early and were out the door before 8AM to pick up worshipers along the way to Studenitza.   The churches in Studenitza and Bilkovtsi send their greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  They appreciated the love many members told us to convey to them, and they inquired about numerous members who had traveled to Ukraine in the past.  God arranged perfect testimonies with Bronson first, thenJodi, and Alicia was last.  We listened to familiar tunes sung in Ukrainian, Russian and English.  There were some seeking non-believers in the audience, and seeds were sown.  Michael preached a sermon on the ear from Luke 22: 47-52.  

We then traveled to Bilkovtsi where they served the team a marvelous lunch, all fresh and homemade… including ice cream.  An afternoon service immediately followed and we experienced another  great service where Michelle, Addy, and Anna gave their testimonies.  Songs were sung again and God’s word was preached.  There were some seeking unbelievers in the group so God’s word was sewn and watered again. 

Anastasia, one of our translators from prior years made us a hand made gift of Origami – two beautiful swans which she presented after the end of the service. This is the same young lady that last year walked almost 2 hours just to meet the team bus so she could be a translator.  The Christians here have big loving, giving, and serving hearts and are a great credit to the cause of Christ.

It is now Sunday afternoon and we are resting up for tonight. Activities are unknown as this is typed.  Please keep praying for our team for God to go before us.  Please also pray that VBS will bring many young children to God or allow us to sew seeds amongst village children and their parents.  In the new village where no VBS has ever been taught, we pray that many children, mothers and fathers will come to know the Lord.

In Christ,

Mike Kynett