Dream team and sport community

It's been already almost a month since my last update. Time flies! We all wait for Christ's return;-)! And meanwhile...

Our FIFA sport communities keep going! thank you for your prayers;-) We've already had 10 communities. The guys keep coming though last time they come in a smaller amount. We are not stuck at one point, we keep moving and we registered FIFA community as an application for phones through which the boys can see the results of their matches etc. We had guests from other churches and sports ministries who led the devotion part of our community. We talked about who they would want to become and what to invest themselves into; we talked about the joy in their life, about what it means to believe in God and if an athlete can be a real believer. I also led the devotion part and shared about my dad who was an athlete. I shared my testimony about how I became a believer in Christ. The guys liked not only to play tournaments but to have a communication time.  Please keep praying about the seeds of God's Words which are sawn into the hearts of the guys, pray so that we'd be able to have a Bible study with them and also for the youth of the church to get more involved into this ministry of sharing Gospel. Thank you! 

  During the tournament I encourage and cheer up for the boys ;-)

  During the devotion part which was led by our friend from the sports ministry - Stefan K. The boys listened with an open mouth. The jokes and talking were not heard during the devotion part - as it used to be before :)

 The photo during the discussion groups time. At our last discussion group after the devotion part where i shared my testimony and about Jesus, God opened the heart of one guy, Anton. He said he believed in God and that he liked how the famous football player Neymar expresses his faith in Jesus on the field. Anton also told that his mom attends Pechersk Lavra (local famous Orthodox monastery). To my question if he knows about Jesus and believes in Him, he aswered that he doens't know much about Him. I told him that believing in Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith and I encouraged him to get to know Jesus more and to ask me questions which i'll be happy to answer.
Pray also please for the hearts of Vlad, Lesha, Vlad, Anton, Andrey, Ilja

The girls from the youth ministry of the church helped a bit to arrange the snacks time for our community. It's good to have other girls in the ministry. Please pray the Lord would bring more youth volunteers from the church in to this ministry where they don't have to be athletes.:-)

Our team/dream team and the soccer field of the church

We had a blessing to go through the training by an unofficial name "Star" about how effectively with the Lord to build and to interact in the team. There were good tasks which helped to expose good points, for example what the weak sides of our team are, what expectations we have from each other, what needs to be changed, to be improved. Dream team - DREAM is the abbreviation of the following words: DEDICATION, RESPECT, EFFORT,  ATTITUDE, MOTIVATION.That is the main characteristics of the team.

 Pray please for us as a team - for the unity, for the mutual understanding, for the firmness and so that each one of us would rely on the Lord, not on the strategies, finances, ministry models, so that we'd be Star dream team shining for the Lord.

  I already introduced my team earlier but i think it wouldn't hurt to remind;-). On the photo below from the right side to the left - the football coaches - our team leader - Andrey Shepelenko, below is a great goal keeper - Dmytro Doroshenko, in the middle - our volunteer and also break dance and hip hop coach - Yura Kvashuk. And you know me :)

Here I'm with Yulya Shepelenko, Andrey's wife, his right hand and my mentor.

And here is our volunteer, hokkey player, from the USA, Minnessota, Todd Carlson.

The field installation is not an easy thing as we expected but it turned out even harder than we expected :-) I already wrote about it last time. There are obstacles with the weather, with finances etc.  Please keep praying that God would assist us according to His good will with the rent and with the installation of the field (or fields)

The practices and the games with non-believers in the team "Tigress"
The season in ABL for us "Tigress" is over but finally with the victory (though i was not called to the court...))) But ahead are the practices. Please keep praying: about the relationships with the coach and Tigress, about the openness of the heart (of the hearts) for God, about wisdom and patience, about my improvements as a basketball player.

Hanging our in the caffee after one of the games of ABL where I told the girls that my friends and I prayed for the game and for the atmosphere. The reaction was good but unfortunately when I suggested them to pray before the game next time, they didn't agree...





  At the practice - we do different plank exercises at the end

At the end here are some pics from some events:
we went to the game of women's national basketball teams Ukraine - Netherlands

almost all our team of Athletes in Action Ukraine :)

  also my girls from the team "Eagles" from KCA took picture with some girls from the Ukrainian basketball team after the game ;-)

At the game of men's national basketball teams Ukraine - Sweden with my friend Anya R. She is open to God's Word but she doesn't take a decision "to surrender Him fully"

Please keep praying for the repentance and for the deliberance of my sister, Irina, for the repentance of my brother, Valera and of my nephew, Vova.

 
Thank you for your prayers and support! I pray for you as well. I'm always happy to hear what happens in your life and what to pray for you about. 

With love in Christ,

Anya