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August 03, 2007
“God is faithful, by whom you were called into
the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ.” –I Cor. 1:9
Our Trip to America
It has been a LONG time since we put out a newsletter. In the middle
of February we took a trip to the states for a couple months to
see family, friends and share with others what the Lord is doing
here in Svitlovodsk. We were able to visit almost all of my family.
They all got to see Abby for the first time (except my sister who
came here and saw her before that). We are so thankful for how the
Lord used many of you to bless us during our stay: sharing your
homes, meals, gifts, and plain, sweet fellowship. As a special treat,
Lena even had her first opportunity ever to ride a horse! She was
a bit scared so she was given a horse that was old and slow, but
she loved it anyway. We enjoyed the time stateside, but at the same
time we were reminded that the Lord has truly called us to be here
in Ukraine and we are very happy to be back. The place the Lord
has called you is always the greatest place to be!
The National CC Conference
Every spring just outside Kiev all the Calvary Chapels in Ukraine
have a huge conference for 4 days of worship, fellowship and studying
God’s Word together. Last year we had a total of 4 come: ourselves,
and our teammates the Navarro’s. This May we had 19 people
from our church attend the conference (not including infants). It
was the first time for all except our ministry team and everyone
is already planning to go next year! It truly was a special time
and we are still seeing the fruit of the things the Lord did in
people’s hearts while there. We especially saw Yura get on
fire for the Lord during that time (next to me in group photo).
One thing that was emphasized was growing a passion for missions
in Ukrainians, and we’ve seen the Lord doing that in people
in our body, too. At the baptism 3 people from our group got baptized
(Katya pictured above). It’s always so beautiful to see people
desiring to offer themselves to the Lord through this step of faith.
Thanks to those who helped cover the cost of the conference for
our church!
Outreach
In the beginning of June, we had the drama team from CC Kharkov
(pictured right) come to do street outreach. Although they were
only here for less than 48 hours, we had a very full and fruitful
time doing street outreaches in 3 different regions of our city
plus in one of the orphanages we go to regularly. People in our
city seem to be still very open to the gospel on the whole and a
number of people prayed to get saved. Pray they get plugged in to
a good church! We are planning to have a team from CC Zaporozhye
come in late August to do some children’s festivals. We love
having groups from other cities here come because it gets the work
of the ministry into the hands of Ukrainians. In addition to the
teams coming, our church is continuing to minister to the orphans
this summer. During the summer we have some 400+ orphans come stay
in our city from the whole “oblast’” (what you’d
think of as a state). It is a great opportunity to reach kids that
normally would be in all kinds of little villages we could never
get to. We’re doing street witnessing as well and have had
some really fruitful conversations. Pray for these people to surrender
to Jesus.
Family
Abby is getting to be a lot of fun. When Abby was 3 months old we
thought all our friends that told us how much fun it is having kids
were lying… turns out they just have selective memory. ? She
is already saying “Daddy”, waving good-bye, and when
you ask her “what does the lion say?” she roars, and
also has recently taken her first steps. She is a little bit underweight
as of her last checkup, so please pray that she’d start eating
better. And pray for us to be filled daily with the Lord’s
tender love for one another, that we would glorify Him in our family
and be an example for others here.
May Jesus’ ever-generous and abundant love fill your hearts
with worship!
In our Papa,
Benjamin, Lena and Abigail Morrison
