The coming year
For more than a year I have felt like Ukraine is on the verge of a great spiritual revival. As I look at what is going on here even now, I can see it unveiling. Today in church I received a handout about the All Ukraine Youth Conference coming up in July. I already have been eagerly watching for it and today I was even more excited about it. July 13-15 will be the conference and then after that they will ask the youth for volunteers to evangelize throughout Ukraine. The plan is to divide them into 27 groups and send them to each of the 27 regions of Ukraine to do evangelical outreaches. I see this as preparation for the harvest when the Franklin Graham crusade comes in 2007.
Franklin Graham has already been to Ukraine to prepare the churches for the crusade. He told them that there are 3 things that they need to do. The first is to pray. The second is to pray and the third is to pray.
Also separate from this, the Lord put on the heart of a pastor here in Kiev to have prayer walks all over Kiev. Also this year he has started an Inter-missions prayer group of missionaries praying for other missionaries in Ukraine and for Kiev. I feel that God is using all of this for the preparation for the revival. What an exciting time to be here.
One praise item:
I have for years sponsored a family here in Ukraine and have become friends with them. They are of the Orthodox background. One of the daughters received Christ at one of the EEO camps and occasionally went to church with me. This year the mother started coming along with both girls. Usually Marina goes to the Church conferences with me, but this time Marina told me that her mother has asked her to stay home with her sister and father and take care of them so she can go with me to the conference. I am so happy to hear that Tonya wants to go with me. Even though she has been going to my church, she doesn’t know many people. I hope this will help her develop friendships with some Ukrainian Chrsitian ladies. This will be the all-Ukraine Calvary Chapel conference. I love this conference because I have gotten to know many women and girls from villages that are such delightful sisters in Christ. Please pray that Tonya will indeed go with me to the conference May 18-21.
