Chris Zurbach: Ukraine

Christine Zurbach Jan 06

Greetings and Happy New Year!!

Sorry for the delayed letter but it has been very busy as we just finished our holiday season. I want to thank you guys so much for praying for all of our Christmas and New Year’s events. God truly answered our prayers and blessed everything. As you might remember Ukrainian Christmas was just celebrated this past weekend on the 6th and 7th of January. We hosted our first “Krepost”

kids club Christmas gathering. We invited the kids to bring their parents and we were so excited them actually come. We had been practicing Christmas songs with the kids prior to the party and it was so much fun to see them get up and sing for their parents. The parents really enjoyed themselves and had a great time watching our Christmas skit, eating cookies, and doing crafts with their kids.

The Christmas skit that one of the gals, Mira, in the church wrote turned out to be quite the hit as almost half the church took part in some role. I of course continued my tradition of being a sheep and really felt like I hit it this year thanks to help from my fellow sheep, Olya. We did the play not only for the kids at “Krepost” but also for the children at the local internaught where our church visits every Sunday, and also the children’s mental hospital. It was awesome having such a large group from the church go to be with these kids and share God’s love. We were able to hand out Christmas presents to all the kids too. Our Christmas service was held also on the 7th of January and we were able to rent the youth theatre in town to meet at. We filled the hall with friends and

family that were eager to come to our Christmas celebration. It was just amazing to see God bless our church and see everyone working together to put this on. Thank you so much for praying that God would provide a place and bless us. He did!!

Along the lines of that we are continuing to move forward in renting a bigger space for Sunday gatherings. We have found a museum that is willing to rent us their large hall with 30 foot ceilings for a price we can afford. We are praying and seeking God to know if this is His will. Please pray for our church that God would lead us. Also pray as we continue to serve in the internaught and mental hospital that God would call people and equip them to serve the kids there.

Please continue to pray for our kids club that God would give us wisdom with these kids and raising up teachers. Thank you so much for your prayers . I’m excited to see what is going to happen in this coming year.

Love,

Chris