Ukraine Update

An up to date report on the work and workers in Western Ukraine at this time. May 27^th 2012.

Thankfully the work goes on with a number of brethren in both Lviv and Ivano Frankivsk.
However Flo Kancir is not there at present, having had to return home suddenly because of sickness.
She had surgery on the 24th to remove a cancerous growth from a major organ, but has come through and is now recovering at home. Please pray for a complete recovery in the will of the Lord.

Edmund and Agnes Johnson are back in Lviv and no doubt starting to plan for the second Conference to be held in early Fall.

Eric Fowler and Howard Pratt are in their third week of six, in Ivano Frankivsk. They have a young brother Volodia, from Lviv as their very efficient interpreter and van driver. He will have to leave them on June the first as he has been hired to drive officials attending the World Soccer matches to be played in Lviv. He feels very privileged to get this job out of hundreds of applicants.

They have been visiting schools and villages as well as having the 2 weekly meetings in the apartment.
When I was there in April, Dan Perez and I had started Bible studies with some invited people, who we felt would appreciate this different format of meeting. One of the men who had come was one of the officials from the Department of Prisons, Igor and had shown good interest. The Brethren had not got around to having the meetings and so Igor phoned and asked when they were starting, as he had some friends who wanted to come. We have not heard the result of the meeting held last night but trust it was profitable.

Please pray for Dan and his desire to return to Ukraine. He has had some problems with a one year visa he was rightly issued in Chicago, but was not recognized when he left the Ukraine. The official said he had overstayed his 90 day limit. Anyway, please pray that this will not hinder him from returning in June if possible. Dan had not done anything wrong but they had stopped issuing visas while he was over there but he could use his for the allotted time. A lack of communication with the Customs officers!!

One last note for those who have shown interest in the school in Verhovina with up to 450 children, where we built the washrooms. I had mentioned in one or more of my postings that the authorities were going to close off the gymnasium in the school, if the director didn’t get a separate system to heat the gym. I asked her to get a price to install an electric boiler and repair any burst pipes or radiators and she got a quote of $5,000.00US which sounds quite reasonable as they have to install a new electricity cable and switches as well. The government offers no funding but sets a date of September to have it done.
We have not replied yet but the brethren are going to visit the school and ask to get a copy of the estimate etc. We will see what God has in mind as to our meeting the cost.

The brethren are waiting for their permission to go to the prisons. The man who signs the papers went on holiday. Pray that he is back before they leave for home.

Thank you for praying, the fields are still white to harvest, but where are the reapers?

Yours in Christ.