October/November news

Greetings everybody,

Sorry for the delayed newsletter. I have spent most of the past month without my computer due to some repairs that had to be done and my many travels. The good news is things are going well and although it is already below freezing outside, our apartment is warm!!! I've yet to live in a warm apartment in Ukraine, so I'm very excited. This will be a quick note to fill you guys in on the past month and let you know what is happening this coming month.

Conference: Thank you for praying for the regional conference that we hosted. God really blessed our time together as we were able to just spend time together as friends and churches hearing from God's word, worshiping, playing games, and just hanging out. Everybody was greatly encouraged to gather together and catch up. It was so much fun to be with the Priluki church again as I miss them so much. Reenie and I are planning on going down this next month to spend a couple days with them and be encouraged by what God is doing in the church down there.

Kids Club: "Krepast" (Castle) Kids Club is going great. Every week new kids are coming and we have even begun to bring a few of the internaught kids every week. Last week we hosted a Kids Club with an English speaking twist. We did it in English for kids that study English in schools and want to learn and practice speaking. Since we have so many college students in the church who are majoring in the English Language, there were plenty of helpers and we filled our little church with little kids speaking English. Even a couple moms came and stayed which is what we have really been hoping for. Please pray that the kids that came last week would come this week to our normal Kids Club that is done in Russian/Ukrainian. Please continue to pray for Oksana, Mira, Anya, and Vova as they take part in teaching the Bible and using their gifts to serve the kids at the club.

Internaught: God is raising up a group to go every Sunday to the internaught. There are about 15 kids that come to Bible Study and there are more people in the church who God is leading to go there and love these kids. Pray that God would give wisdom to those leading that many children would come to know and trust in Jesus.

Up and Coming: Please pray for Jake and Anya as they have headed to Kiev to have their first baby, Maya. Pray for us as we seek to have a 4 week Women's Bible Study series for the many young women in our church regarding the issues they are facing.
Travels - please pray for us as we travel to Priluki to spend time with the church there. Pray also for my language studies with my friend/teacher Tanya that I would progress in my skills. Thank you so much for your prayers. Things are going really well and I am so excited about what God is doing in and through our church here.

God bless you all.

Chris Zurbach