The year is ending soon and Christmas is upon us.  Yesterday we had our December church service at the church on the shelter (once a month - third Sunday) with 17 in attendance.  Attendance is by invitation only at this point and our goal is to create a family atmosphere in which people enjoy the love and warmth of the believers in their midst.

Beth and friends decorate the room before our December service. Click on the picture for more.

This is the second service and so far we have been successful in keeping the services short (by Ukrainian standards) and by having a great time of fellowship with chai and sweets following the service.

Beth and I have also been evaluating our plans for the near future and we will probably be cutting in half the amount of time we had previously planned for our upcoming trip to visit churches in the states. This is a crucial time in the life of the ministry, and we feel it would be premature to leave Ukraine at this point in time. We will need to reschedule our February appointments, but we'll keep our March schedule intact.

We ask you to pray more for the ministry until mid-February of 2011 as we work through a critical stage of the ministry. Prayer & Praise requests are shown below, and as always... thank you for praying!