Hi Everyone! Wow, there's so much to tell you!
Thank you for your prayer and financial support! Without you there wouldn't be what to tell you ))). We are together in this ministry and together we are the strength! ;-)
Basketball practices for the girls /Partnership with the basketball academy "Admirals"
Praise God i have the opportunity now to have practices with the girls twice a week in Vyshneve. On the photos are those who come on a constant level. Step by step but we are moving foward. The girls already learn how to do "lay-up" as real basketball girls ;-) Also we had a guest coach - Alla. She lives kind of "behind the corner" - in the neighbouring living complex. She has an experience of coaching girls. I have something to learn from her. She met the Lord through her husband, he is from Nigeria, his dad is a retired pastor.
Please pray for:
- that Alla would be able to help from September to coach (she has a baby child and her husband works during the hours of practices);
- that God would give more basketball coaches who would start also Sport Kids basketball;
- that God would bless my girls to participate in the camp of "Admirals" in July;
- that during the holidays till Sep they wouldn't forget how to play basketball and would return and even more in September ;-)
Challenge with the soccer field/the opening of a new soccer field/ Sport Kids Community party
Three years ago our club Sport Kids Community started to practice on the field "Nauka" and we had our summer camps there for the kids of that Kiev area.
We took care of that field with our team, cleaned, cut the grass, wielded the gates etc. Two months ago we were forced to leave it cos the authorities took a decision to use that field for the building of the multistored apartment building there. So we continue to participate with the activists to win over that field back. So we sent a petition to sign among all who care here in Ukraine. And we ask you to pray for this "battle" so the Lord would give us victory in this matter despite of all earthly authorities ;-)
And for now we thank God that we could quickly find another field. It was made due to the actions of the local deputy and to the efforts/perseverance of my disciple in the past - Masha - do you remember her - a mom of 5 kids? It is located in the yard where most of our kids live and where the moms I studied Bible with also live. So now I could see them not only during the practices but also come to the play ground while their kids play there and talk to them and pray with them right there on the playground.
Please pray for the possibility of buying land and arranging a field in the same area (we already started to build a sand soccer field right opposite the church), and for the assistance of a deputy. Now we are as a team in a period of gathering support for ourselves and for the team. We are looking for the ministry partners to donate to the football field and to the needs of the ministry. Please pray that God would bless us with such people!
And also continue to pray for the hearts of Sveta (her husband Andrei) and Tatyana (her husband Viktor), for Masha (her husband Sergei) and for others - so that they are open to studying the Bible further in September, so that they will accept Christ truly in their lives, come to His church and continue to build their marriages according to His principles;
On the photos - the opening of the field and practices ;-);
When the lockdown was over, the long-awaited Sports Kids party took place with all the contests, dances, a party table with sweets, the spiritual part about Easter, with earned points for completing tasks from the Emmaus Bible course and, accordingly, the opportunity to purchase for points = sports dollars in the Sports Kids shop 
Please pray for a wise and a blessed ending of the season (the end of June), for the coaches and for our entire team of Athletes in Action, and for the upcoming season from August so that we could make Sport Kids camps and parties even better!
Cru New Staff training - diploma/team building trip to Kamenets-Podolskiy
The mission has a course with practical and biblical assignments which is a must for Cru staff servants. It's called New Staff training - NST. I completed this training under the guidance of my mentor Yulia, who with her husband have already been in the mission for about 20 years. This course is divided into 4 semesters. There were many things the Lord showed me again through it, taught me, renewed me through it and challenged me. On the photos - my mentor and my friend Yulia Shepelenko (through whom I learned much and who gives me good advice and who is a great example of how to be married with two kids and to be active in the ministry for the Lord) and below Yulia Zibarova (mother of 4 children and wife of Sasha Zibarov, director of the mission in Ukraine) - she and her family took care of me and helped me a lot when I broke my leg 2 years ago)
I thank God for His wisdom and guidance! And thank you - for your prayers and support!
In May God blessed our team with a trip to Kamyanets-Podilsky - a very beautiful city in Ukraine. It takes 8 hours to go there by car. It was a very good time, which we have been waiting for and planned for a long time. We visited the castles, in which many movies were shot in the past, we were in the salt caves - it was a powerful extreme and definitely a team building time ;-) (unfortunately, not all videos are available) Thank God for such a blessing and to you!
Children's ministry and the ministers of it at the retreat conference
At the end of May the children's ministry of my Almaz church held a retreat for its ministers. It was a very good organized time with a handful training. Also, of course, there was a lot of fun, and even a bonfire - we haven't sung songs to God around the bonfire together for a long time ;-)
I serve in the children's ministry - in the 3rd group - this is the age of 3.5-4.5 years old of the kids. Please pray for wisdom how to bring the Word of God in words and practically to these children of my church. Pray for their hearts that they really would want to follow Jesus first of all and foremost throughout their lives.
Evangelism in Almaz through Photoquest
About my vacation time
Our vacation starts from July 1. Thanks God! The Lord Himself rested and spend time alone. I ask you to pray for this time of restoration, rethinking of something, perhaps a time when I can see my unbelieving relatives and friends. Pray for the health and blessings during this time! Please continue to pray for my relatives (Ira, Vova, Valera), for the work of the Holy Spirit in their hearts and for their choice of Christ. And also - so that the Father would bless me with a husband, and we could serve together, if it's His will.
Thanks a lot!!!
I love you in Christ and look forward to hear your prayer requests and what you thank for!
Anya
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