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To:
Reggie
Hurdley i s . S e r v . , 102774,1772]
To:
Joe
Parker,
INTERNET:joepark@aol.com
To:
K r i s
and Paul P e l i c a n ,
INTERNET:kpelican@mdscom.com
To: Sherman Pemberton,INTERNET:sspem@aol.com
To: Mar k
Phipps,INTERNET:mphipps@prodigy.net
To: Bonnie
Rennie,INTERNET:tworennies@aol.com
To:
J
Rosenback, NTERNET:jrossenbac@aol.com
To:
Chuck
Rosenback, INTERNET:crossenb@extr emezone .com
To:
Craig
Schwarting, 75 110,1700]
To:
Jim Smelser,
INTERNET:Jmsmelser@juno.com
To:
Chris Smyth,
NTERNET:gsmyth@one.net
To: LennieSutton, 74634 ,22 16]
To: Cheryl
Trueblood,
76165,3246]
To: Terry
Wuske
NTERNET:Wuske@aol.com
F r o m: R o g e r
Schwartz,
7 4 4 4 7 , 233]
Date: 1/6/98, 9 : 4 4 /\M
R e : G l e n s J / V e e k l y
R e p o r t
72
fwa rdedT V te s sage-
Kherson Stra teg ic Partnership
Glen's
Wee kly Report # 72 - Dec. 17,1997 -
Jan.
3,1998
HAPPY NEW
YEAR
In
Russian the New
Year
gree t ing sounds l ike this:
S Novum
Godum
New Yea r s is the bigges t
holiday
in Ukraine. During the years of communism.
New Years
was
made to overshadow the religious
holiday
of
Christmas. New
Years
here
has many
of
the t radit ions
that
those
in
the
West
associate
with
Christmas:
Santa Claus
(called
Grand fa the r
f rost), the
t ree
with l ights
and
ornaments,
gift
giving, and so on.
We had a house full of gues t who s tayed the night. We a t e and then welcomed
in
the New Year toge ther . Wendy had two g ir lf r iend s who s tayed
the
night and
Vlad and Ta nya De vakov s tayed the night. Ifs
too
dange rous
and
unpleasa nt to
walk
home
at 2 or 3 in the morning
and
more re laxing this w a y .
We had one unpleasant situation. We had purchased f i rew orks to welcome th e
N e w Year. One wa s t he
kind
you are to light and
l eave
on the ground. wasnt
paying
attention
to
Wendy
who had
one of those kind in
her
right hand. She
had l it i t and i t caught f i re
in her
hand and
she has 2nd
degree burns (with
severa l la rge
blisters ). She's not in grea t
pain,
but it is a
bi t
inconvenient.
Many of he
ministers
and
bel ievers
here have asked me to send holiday
gree t ings
and
if t r ied
to l ist everyone,
w ould probably
forget
some. But
each of he churches have
asked
that w e pass on their wish for a wonder fu l
New
Year
in
the
Lord
to all
HOCKEY ANYONE?
Before the Tavriski
Christ ian Insti tute
holiday
break,
we decided to
have
the
ad minist rat ion/facul ty play the stude nts in basketba l l. knew w as
in
t rouble
when
a t the beginning they asked
me to
explain the
rules
of
basketball. It tumed
out to be
a combination
of basketball
and hockey. It
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wasa
o t
of un, however
Not a v i n g p r o p e r shoes
and
a i t o f a rough game n a e r y bad
p l a y i n g
s u r f a c e ,
managed o t e a r t h e l i g a m e n t s n my
e f t
a n k l e .
was down
o r
about
a week
and am ow
u s t
slowing
g e t t i n g
around.
To
make
h i n g s
more
h a l l e n g i n g h e r e ,
they
decided
o
t u r n
o f f
the
e l e v a t o r
f o r an u n d i s c l o s e d l e n g t h of i m e . Rumor as t t h a t they i d n t want he
drunks u r i n g the
h o l i d a y s
g e t t i n g them stuck and then h a v i n g
t o
come
o
"rescue"
hem.
So
have7
l i g h t s
t o climb i t h
a
bad ankle
LITTLEBABYMURAVSKI
ARRIVED
ON
CHRISTMASEVE
Sasha Muravski s the p a s t o r of he newest church
h a t
meets
t
a b u i l d i n g
c a l l e d
DKS the
l d b u i l d i n g
where
the
KCC sed o
meet).
His i f e , Natasha,
gave
b i r t h to
a healthy
i t t l e Sasha on
Dec.
4th
Please
pray o r
t h i s new
f a m i l y and h e i r important m i n i s t r y
i n
t h i s new
church.
N W
HURCH
CHALLENGES 1
Sasha Muravski s
f a c i n g
a
common
roblem
h a t a new hurch
here
faces.
There are
some n
the
church
who ay
h a t one
needs o
r e c e i v e
the baptism of
the Holy p i r i t and a i g n
t h a t
one
has e c e i v e d t h i s baptism a f t e r they
bec ame a
h r i s t i a n .
t
i s c r e a t i n g
some ensions
n
the
church. Sasha
asked
i f would do
some
eaching
on
h i s . agreed and r i e d
to
accomplish
two
g o a l s : look h o n e s t l y a t
the NT
a t t e r n and
norm
and seek to m a i n t a i n
u n i t y i n
l o v e
and acceptance. t
seems
h a t b o t h
goals
were acc
omplished, but
ime
w i l l t e l l the
r e a l r e s u l t s .
Please pray o r
t h i s
new hurch
and
o r Sasha
a s
the evil one i l l want o divide
and
istractthem.
NEW
CHURCH CHALLENGES 2
The hurch of
Jesus
h r i s t
the
Savior
was he 4th church to b e
e g i s t e r e d
i n
Kherson.
They
have
a wonderful
m i n i s t e r -
Sergey
Siney, and
the
church i s
growing
and has a
onderful
youth
program. They meet n r e n t e d f a c i l i t i e s
that are
too
small.
They have
the
p o s s i b i l i t y
of purchasing
an unused kindergarten for a ery
good
p r i c e under
$40,000. t
w i l l
b e
more
han enou gh spa ce
o r
a rowing
church but t w i l l r e q u i r e e x t e n s i v e
r e p a i r s
and remodeling.
They
have
a
sponsor
n
America who a s o l l e c t e d the funds o purchase the b u i l d i n g . They
are o get an answer on Jan. 6th from
the
i t y
on
whether
they
can bu y the
b u i l d i n g
or
n o t . Please
pray o r God's
i l l
to b e u l f i l l e d i n t h i s
s i t u a t i o n
and h a t
f i t
i s
p l e a s i n g t o H i m , h a t
they
could
b
uy the
b u i l d i n g .
We
ish you
l l a
very
wonderful New
ear
n our
Lord.
May ou see His
blessings everyday - l l around you. We hank you o r a l l o w i n g the Lord
to
bless u s hrough you.
Glen
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To:
Reggie
Hurdley i s . S e r v . , 102774,1772]
To: Joe
Parker,
NTERNET:joepark@aol.com
To:
K r i s and
Paul e l i c a n , INTERNET:kpelican@mdscom.com
To: Sherman Pemberton, NTERNET:sspem@aol.com
To: Mark Phipps,INTERNET:mphipps@prodigy.net
To: Bonnie Rennie,INTERNET:tworennies@aol.com
To:
J Rosenback, INTERNET:jrossenbac@aol.com
To: Chuck Rosenback, NTERNET:crossenb@extremezone.com
To: Craig
Schwarting,
75110,1700]
To:
Jim Smelser, NTERNET:jmsmelser@juno.com
To:
Chris Smyth,
NTERNET:gsmyth@one.net
To: Lennie Sutton,
74634,2216]
To: Cheryl Trueblood, 76165,3246]
To: Terry
Wuske,
INTERNET:Wuske@aoLcom
From: oger
Schwartz,
74447,233]
Date: /3/98, 9:56PM
Re:
1)020298
Kherson S t r a t e g i c
Partnership
Glen's
Weekly Report 73
Jan. -24,1998
SP
ISIT
We
ave had a busy, njoyable and p r o d u c t i v e week. Mike Rubush the KSP
chairman),Judy Johnson
missions
i n i s t e r at
Clovernook
h r i s t i a n Church),
and a l e r i e
Schwartz
(KSP e c r e t a r y have
been
here h i s week. t has been a
very u l l
we e k of meetings.
The main purpose
o r t h e i r
coming was o
prepare
the leaders here o r Phase I I .
Phase
of he
p r o j e c t i s
when he
American m i s s i o n a r i e s have departed and
t
i s the r a n s i t i o n t o Phase IV which
begins Dec. 1st, 9 9 9 .
Phase
IV
s
when
the
KSP
o r m a l l y
an d
i n a l l y
concludes
f s
work
a nd
existence.
I n
Phase IV,
he
churches
here a n d
n
the States are
encouraged
to
pursue whatever
e v e l of nvolvement
or e l a t i o n s h i p
they
chose
on h e i r own,
without SP oordination.
There s
a small
amount
of
n x i e t y and l o t s
of
uestions about h i s next
phase
on
the p a r t of
our
U k r a i n i a n p a r t n e r s ,
but
h i s
i s i t
has
helped a ssure
them
we
re
not dropping
them
and
o r g e t t i n g them.
Systems and procedures
are n
p l a c e t o h e l p keep h e
r e l a t i o n s h i p
and c o o p e r a t i o n r u n n i n g
smoothly
a f t e r
March
31st,when he
l l i o t t s
leave.
A ey o Phase i s our i a i s o n , Y u l i a Lubenetz.
She has
her own
email address
now
nd already we
re
asking the U k r a i n i a n and American
p a r t n e r s t o
b e g i n worki ng through
h e r .
She
an r e c e i v e , r a n s l a te
and send
emails
to
and
from
the U k r a i n i a n
and American
p a r t n e r s and r i e n d s . w i l l
continue o help
prepare
her
o r
t h i s
r o l e
u n t i l he e p a r t s . H e r
email
address s :
y u l i a @ y i . c l v r n . k h e r s o n . u a
am beginning o understand t h a t many f our supporters
are
h i n k i n g the
p r o j e c t
i s over
when
wecome home p r i l 1 s t ,
1998. While
we re coming home
A p r i l 1 s t , we i l l s t i l l be on a l a r y
u n t i l
J u l y 3 1 s t .
F u r t h e r ,
the
work
here
s t i l l
continues
and
the KSP udget
i l l
support the
r a n s i t i o n
t o
u l l
independence n
1999.
U n t i l
then,
he n s t i t u t e ,
p a s t o r a l s a l a r i e s
and o t h e r
needs t i l l continue
a n d
need your support.
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We re
w o r k i n g on
a couple
o f
dates o m e e t i t h
t h e
a l l the n e t w o r k i n g
c h u r c h e s
f t e r
we e t u r n .
This i l l
a l l o w u s
o
c a r e f u l l y evaluat e
w h a t
we
h a v e
accomplished an d what the f u t u r e looks
l i k e
f o r
t h i s work.
T h e
c u r r e n t
p l a n i s t h i s
( s u b j e c t
o change).
a )
A
e st
coast
n e t w o r k i n g
conference
a t
Pantano
C h r i s t i a n
Churc h (Tucson,
AZ
n
A p r i l
17
nd 18.
b)
An e a s t
coast n e t w o r k i n g
conference
a t Clovernook
C h r i s t i a n
C h u r c h on Ma y
2nd.
We ould ike t o invite a l l churchesand n d i v i d u a l s i n t e r e s t e d t o a t t e n d
e i t h e r
of
h es e meetings.
V a l e r i e Schwartz
i l l b e sending
out
more
i n f o r m a t i o n regarding
t h e s e
meetings.
KCC APTISM
January
19th
i s a
rthodox h o l i d a y h e r e
r emembe r i n g
t h e
baptism
of Jesus.
The
h e r s o n
C h r i s t i a n
C h u r c h
d e c i d e d
t h i s
was
o o d d a y
to
do
ctual
baptisms. 22 eo p l e
w e r e
i m m e r s e d i n t o
C h r i s t . e q u e s t e d t o
b e baptized i n
t h e r i v e r
-
a n d mean a old r i v e r T h a t's commitment nd
edication.
T h e .
others w e r e
baptized i n a n
indoor p o o l . Praise t h e
Lord
f o r t h e s e new
members
of he
o r d ' s
church.
KCC UDITORIUM
TheKCC
s r i g h t now
eek ing
f i n a l a r c h i t e c t u r a l d r aw in g s a n d permits
to
s t a r t
on
t h e roof o r t h e worshi p auditorium. The
n i t i a l
a n d
NOT
f f i c i a l ,
cost
s
estimated a t a bo ut
200,000.
T h e KCC a s about 60,000 a n d they h i n k
they
c a n
r a i s e anoth er 40,000
before
t h e work woul d b e
i
nished.
I l l l e t
you know s h e a r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n
a n d concret e n umbe r s.
NEW ASTORFOR HENEWEST CHURCH
T h e
n ewe st
church,
e t
to be
n a m e d ,
m e e t s
n
a
u i l d i n g c a l l e d
DKS.
a s h a
Muravs k i s t h e current p a s t o r .
This
w e e k t was gre e d t h e N i k o l a i (or
K o l l y a ) Sulkov i l l b e
t h e
n ew
p a s t o r
a n d
S a s h a
i l l
f o c u s
on a n outreach t o
the Jewish r e s i d e n t s of Kherson, i t h
t he h o p e
of t a r t i n g a
es sianic
c h u r c h .
P l e a s e
pray
o r S a s h a a n d K o l l y a as hey make
h i s
t r a n s i t i o n
a n d
t h e s e
e v a n g e l i s t i c e f f o r t s .
BABYMATTERS
Ole g a n d Marina Shatalov h a d a
baby
boy h i s w e e k . Ole g
i s
a m i n i s t e r of the
KCC nd i s p r e s i d e n t of Blagadat
-
h e c l o t h i n g m i n i s t r y . The edical people
t o l d Ole g a n d Marina
t h a t
the
baby might
be d e f o r m e d a n d
t h a t
they should
abort
he
baby. Ole g a n d
Marina
r e f u s e d . The aby was
orn
h e a l t h y a nd
w i t h o u t any
e v i d e n t
p ro blems a n d mo th e r
s
doing w e l l . P T L .
T a n y a
a n d Vl a d De v a k o v
a r e expecting
a
aby n February,
but t h e
doctors
placed
T a ny a
n
t h e h o s p i t a l t h i s w e e k , e a r i n g a n e a r l y d e l i v e r y a n d t h e b aby
not
being
healthy e n o u g h t o l i v e outside t h e womb. anya i s doing much
b e t t e r ,
but
continue to
pray
o r t h e m a l l .
MISSIONS
am i n i s h i n g teaching a i s s i o n ' s class at a v r i s k i C h r i s t i a n
I n s t i t u t e
t hi s n e x t week. t
has
eena e r r i f i c c l a s s and he
nter e st
has been
s t r o n g . I ' v e covered the b a s i c s of missions from
a
b i b l i c a l , h i s t o r i c a l .
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c u l t u r a l
and
t r a t e g i c
p e r s p e c t i v e .
I v e a l s o d e a l t w i t h the u r r e n t s t a t e of
the
world i n
r e l a t i o n s h i p
t o m i s s i o n s . Next w e e k
we
ocus o n
the
major
r e l i g i o n s of
he world.
The r e
s a group
of students r om
the
n s t i t u t e t h a t
m e e t eekly
e g a r d i n g
m i s s i o n s .
T h e y
m o s t l y m e e t
o
p r a y and
encourage
o ne n o t h e r . 4 tudents
have
expressed e r i o u s
i n t e r e s t
i n
being
m i s s i o n a r i e s .
This
week,
here
w e r e
4 tudents t t e n d i n g and
they
m e t i t h
Judy Johnson
and
Val Schwartz who
e r e
v i s i t i n g .
BILL LINTON
We ave
u s t s t a r t e d h e a r i n g the n e w s
t o r i e s
of
he
l l e g e d a f f a i r s of he
President o f
he
United States.
So
as he world. w e n t o
ge t
a a i r c u t
y e s t e r d a y .
T h e o p i c of
o n v e r s a t i o n
w i t h the
b a r b e r w a s ur
p r e s i d e n t
and
h i s g u i l t or
nnocence.
turned o n U k r a i n i a n TV esterday and sure
enough,
there
was
ur
President,
i t h Yasser
Arafat defending
h i m s e l f . T h e s e
are no t
g o o d
days o r the
USA's e p u t a t i o n abroad.
PR YERS
have mentioned many rayer reque sts n
t h i s
r e p o r t .
We
e a l l y value your
p r a y e r s .
Please pray o r me nd
my
a m i l y . Aswe n t e r our
i n a l
tw o months
here am i n d i n g my
chedule
v e r y u l l and
a i t s t r e s s f u l .
This w e e k u r i n g
some
f our meetings,
he
leaders
began
to
e a r f u l l y express h e i r
sadness of
our e a v i n g . r e a l i z e d
r e a l l y am
ot prepared
o r the good-byes
e t
and
maybe
ev e r
i l l b e P l ea s e
pray
or us.
Glen
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To: Reggie Hurdley M i s . S e r v . ,
[102774,1772]
To: Joe Parker, INTERNET:joepark@aol.com
To:
K r i s
and
Paul e l i c a n , INTERNET:kpelican@mdscom.com
To:
Sherman Pemberton, NTERNET:sspem@aol.com
To: Mark
Phipps, NTERNET:mphipps@prodigy.net
To:
Bonnie
Rennie,
NTERNET:tworennies@aol.com
To: J
Rosenback,
NTERNET;jrossenbac@aol.com
To:
Chuck
Rosenback, NTERNET:crossenb@extremezone.com
To: Craig
Schwarting,
75110,1700]
To: Jim
Smelser,
NTERNET:jmsmelser@Juno.com
To: Chris Smyth,
NTERNET:gsmyth@one.net
To:
Lennie
u t t o n ,
74634,2216]
To: Cheryl Truebl ood, 76165,3246]
To: Terry
Wuske, NTERNET:Wuske@aol.com
From: oger
Schwartz, 74447, 233]
Date:
/12/98, 4:36
PM
Re:
Glen s weekly report 74
Kherson
S t r a t e g i c Partnership
Glen s
Weekly Report 74 Jan.
25
Feb. 12,1998
ASAD
HONOR
I t has been
r e c e n t l y
r e p o r t e d t h a t Kherson s t h e number one l a c e i n t h e
w o r l d f o r a b o r t i o n s based on percentage of pregnancies h a t were
aborted
versus e l i v e r e d . Of ourse c a n t
prove
h a t
f i g u r e , but
experience
suggests h a t t i s i g h t .
S e v e r a l
o f the church members
f
r e c e n t
have been
a d v i s e d
by o s p i t a l p e r s o n n e l t o a b o r t r a t h e r t h a n r i
sk
deformed c h i l d r e n .
One
f
he
ministers of he KCC
nd his wife had
been old there wasaVERY
HI GH chance h e i r
baby
would
be
born
deformed and
they
were
a d v i s e d t o a b o r t .
They e f u s e d , b e l i e v i n g a l l l i f e i s sacred. The
baby
was born normal a nd
h e a l t h y . Any i m e t h e r e i s any da nger r d o u b t , a b o r t i o n i s recommended by
the h o s p i t a l nurses and o c t o r s . The church here s u s t awakening
o
t h i s
t r a v e s t y .
However,
emember
h a t t h e P r o t e s t a n t churches m a k e
up
e s s t h a n 2%
o f t h e
p o p u l a t i o n . Please p r a y f o r the church and t s w i t n e s s
t o
grow n
t h i s c i t y .
FIRSTEVER SEMESTER
OF HE
TAVRISKI
CHRISTIAN
INSTITUTEENDS
T h i s has been an o u t s t a n d i n g
i r s t
ever semester. We ave u t s t a n d i n g
s t u d e n t s , wonderful d m i n i s t r a t o r s , and awesome eachers I m going o
r u n out
a d j e c t i v e s soon). We e a l l y
do
have n c r e d i b l e people h e r e . see a n
i n c r e d i b l y b r i g h t u t u r e f o r
t h e
churches and m i s s i o n s w i t h
such u a l i t y
f u t u r e
leaders
being
prepared.
There
are 13
e g i s t e r e d
B i b l e courses
c e r t i f i c a t e
l e v e l )
and I n s t i t u t e s
(BA
l e v e l )
n
U k r a i n e
now.
Most
r e
l o c a t e d
i n
t h e
K i e v a r e a .
Of
h e s e o r g a n i z e d
t r a i n i n g c e n t e r s , a v r i s k i
C h r i s t i a n
I n s t i t u t e i s r a t e d 5 t h i n terms f
d e p t h
and breath of
curriculum
and
n
terms of a c i l i t i e s .
Not
a d for the i r s t
semester of p e r a t i o n . Thank you o r h e l p i n g m a k e
h i s
a
e a l i t y .
On
p r i l 1 s t , a f t e r
d e p a r t , h e r e w i l l be an
n t e r i m p r e s i d e n t . He
s
t h e
c u r r e n t b u s i n e s s manager i k o l a i B a l a l y e n k o . He i l l serve a s u s i n e s s
manager
and
n t e r i m p r e s i d e n t u n t i l o u r new r e s i d e n t
b e g i n s
n September.
n
September,
a v e l
Smalyakov i l l become r e s i d e n t .
He
i l l r e t i r e
t h e n
from
w o r k i n g
w i t h
t h e U k r a i n i a n s e c u r i t y s e r v i c e
( t h e
o l d KGB) n
August
nd c a n t
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assume h i s job
n t i l
o f f i c i a l
r e t i r e m e n t
am u r r e n t l y m e e t i n g w i t h him
o
p r e p a r e him
o r t h i s
r o l e .
Please p r a y f o r
N i k
o l a i
and
P a v e l .
THELAST LAP
I n h i g h
s c h o o l
was n
h e
t r a c k
team.
r a n
t h e m i l e and two m i l e r a c e s .
a l w a y s s t a r t e d o u t
s l o w ,
b u t
made
a a r d
dash a t t h e end. t w a s n ' t t h e
g r e a t e s t
o f
s t r a t e g i e s
as
a l m o s t a l w a y s
came n
2nd
o r 3 r d
B u t ,
none
h e
l e s s , my a s t
l a p
was l w a y s
my e s t and
a s t e s t l a p . t f e e l s l i k e I ' m
e n t e r i n g t h e i n a l l a p
o f
o u r work e r e . There s b a r e l y enough i m e t o g e t
e v e r y t h i n g
done. We
r e
t r y i n g
t o p r i o r i t i z e
o u r work i t h
t h e c h u r c h e s
and
the nstitute.
But
h i s
race s mo re
i k e
a e l a y r a c e .
When
we
i n i s h our
work e r e , we
w i l l have
passed
h e b a t o n o n o t h e
U k r a i n i a n
l e a d e r s and
u l i a
L u b e n e t z , o u r
l i a i s o n . P r a i s e od o r a g o o d team
o
r u n t h i s race i t h .
Pray
o r
our
f a m i l y and h e U k r a i n i a n l e a d e r s
as we
l l
p r e p a r e
f o r t h e p a s s i n g o f h e
baton always he r i t i c a l moment n a e l a y
race.
We r e
a l l
d o i n g w e l l
and
t a y i n g h e a l t h y . We r e
a l l
f e e l i n g t h e
m i x t u r e
o f
t h e sadness
f
l e a v i n g
and
h e e x c i t e m e n t
o f
t a r t i n g
anew
n t h e
S t a t e s . l l
t h i s w i l l i n t e n s i f y
over the
n e x t
eeks
y i k e s e e k s ) .
We
o v e you l l
and look fonvard
o seeing you a g a i n .
len
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June 1,1998
Dear riends;
l e i q B I \ i o f l ~
P l e a s e
o r g i v e
us o r
s e n d i n g
t h i s f o r m l e t t e r , b u t
we
want
o
communicate
i t h
a l l o f
y o u
who
have been
n t e r e s t e d
i n
o u r m i s s i o n
w o r k t h e l a s t 5 e a r s . T h i s
e t t e r
w i l l
u p d a t e
y o u oh
h e
w o r k n
K h e r s o n ,
o u r p e r s o n a l
p l a n s and
h e f u t u r e o f
h e
K h e r s o n
S t r a t e g i c
P a r t n e r s h i p
(KSP).
THE
PROGRESSOF
THE
WORK
N KHERSON
We r r i v e d back
n
t h e
S t a t e s
on
p r i l 1 s t a f t e r h a v i n g s e r v e d i n U k r a i n e f o r4 e a r s . I t
was y
t h e
power a nd
r a c e
o f G od h a t we were b l e t o c o m p l e t e
o u r n - f i e l d
w o r k
one u l l y e a r
ahead
f o u r s c h e d u l e d
5
e a r
t e r m .
Phase2 f h e
K h e r s o n
S t r a t e g i c
P a r t n e r s h i p
was
o m p l e t e d u p o n
o u r e t u r n . The h a r t b e l o w e x p l a i n s t h e p l a n
and
phase s
of
h i s p r o j e c t :
Phase 1 - March
1991
- March 1 9 9 3 : , Research
and
n v e s t i g a t i o n o f h e i e l d and
r e c r u i t i n g o f h e m i s s i o n a r y
i e l d team -
b i r t h i n g
t h e
p a r t n e r s h i p .
Phase
2 p r i l
1993
M a r c h
1 9 9 8 : A m e r i c a n m i s s i o n a r i e s A l e x a n d e r s and l l i o t t s )
w o r k i n g i n K h e r s o n
f o c u s i n g
on e a d e r s h i p d e v e l o p m e n t
and m i s s i o n s - c h i l d h o o d and
adolescence.
Phase
3 p r i l 1998
December
9 9 9 :
I n t e r d e p e n d e n c e ,
r e d u c e d i n v o l v e m e n t by h e
A m e r i c a n p a r t n e r s ,
o n
g o i n g c o n s u l t a t i o n
a n d i s i t s
A u p p o r t
g r o u p i l l b e
o r g a n i z e d
t o h e l p
f u n d
and u p p o r t T a v r i s k i C h r i s t i a i n I n s t i t u t e
( T C I ) . T h e r e
a r e
no
m e r i c a n
m i s s i o n a r i e s i v i n g i n
K h e r s o n .
The i s s i o n a r i e s i l l
v i s i t
t w i c e
a
e a r o r
c o n s u l t a t i o n
and
a d d i t i o n a l t r a i n i n g i n phase
young
d u l t h o o d .
Phase
4
a n u a r y
2000
n d i v i d u a l
c h u r c h e s
and
r g a n i z a t i o n s i l l choose
h e
l e v e l o f
i n v o l v e m e n t t h e y d e s i r e .
The o c u s h e r e i s o n o m p l e t i n g
t h e
work
a m ong h e T a t a r s
and
o n t i n u i n g
support f TCI
a d u l t h o o d .
GREAT
THINGSGODHAS
DONE
T h i s s a i m e
t o
r e j o i c e and
e l e b r a t e .
Much has b een c c o m p l i s h e d
i n
K h e r s o n .
Your
s u p p o r t
and p a r t n e r s h i p has e s u l t e d
i n
t h e f o l l o w i n g (and much
m o r e ) :
5
r o w i n g
churches
n
Kherson,each
a v i n g i t ' s own
r a i n e d l e a d e r s h i p .
ew hurches t a r t e d i n
the
surrounding
v i l l a g e s .
i l l i o n s of o l l a r s of medical u p p l i e s and
l o t h e s
shipped
o
Kherson.
2
k r a i n i a n m i s s i o n a r y a m i l i e s w o r k i n g
a m o ng
h e
Crimean
a t a r ,
a n
unreached
Muslim
group.
An d d i t i o n a l f a m i l y i l l b e ent
h i s
F a l l .
The a v r i s k i C h r i s t i a n
I n s t i t u t e
i s
about
o complete t ' s
f i r s t
year of r a i n i n g . 36
students are
n
p r e p a r a t i o n f o r l e a d e r s h i p .
he new
Dom
o l i t v e
church b u i l d i n g
i s
neari ng com pletio n.
An
l o s e d k i n d e r g a r t e n w a s
purchas ed which p r o v i d e s
a c i l i t i e s
f o r
the Kherson
C h r i s t i a n Church
and
the I n s t i t u t e and h a s b e c o m e
a
r a i n i n g center o r TCM.
The Kherson e g i o n has h e h i g h e s t g r o w t h o f church
mem ber s
and churches f h e
25
e g i o n s i n U k r a i n e . The Kherson e g i o n g r o w t h i s almost double h e
average
f
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the
o t h e r
r e g i o n s . Leaders
o f o t h e r r e g i o n s
are
a s k i n g
the
Kherson l e a d e r s
f o r
guidance
a n d help t o
achieve such
growth.
We
re confident h a t t h e Ukrainian leadership i n
t h e
c h urc h e s a n d I n s t i t u t e
a n d
t h e
m i s s i o n a r i e s
working
among
he
Tatar people are
not
only capable
of
o n t i n u i n g
the
m i n i s t r y , but i l l expan d t h e wo r k a n d t h a t t h e i r
v i s i o n
w i l l grow. Our
goal
a t
the
beginning
was o
develop a ork
t h a t would
b e
l e d
b y
Ukrainians
a n d
w oul d
not be
de p endent l o n g term
on
American
support
and
guidance.
This goal i n m a n y w a y s
h a s
been a c h i e v e d .
Glen i l l v i s i t Kherson a p p r o x i m a t e l y
t w i c e
a e a r t o p r o v i d e
o n - g o i n g
c o n s u l t a t i o n ,
encouragemen t
a n d
a d d i t i o n a l
t r a i n i n g
a n d teaching
a s n e e d e d . This
i l l
a s s i s t i n a
smooth
ransition and n o t c r e a t e a ituation o f sudden abandonment.
THENEXTCHAPTERFORTHE LLIOTT FAMILY
Our a m i l y w i l l be moving t o Tucson, r i z o n a i n e a r l y June. Glen
ha s
accepted a
p o s i t i o n
of m i s s i o n ' s p a s t o r a t t h e Pan tano C h r i s t i a n
Church.
The hurch i l l
a l l o w
h im
t o c o n t i n u e t o be i n v o l v e d w i t h
the
work
i n Kherson. He
f f i c i l l y
begins a t
Pantano
on
August
s t ,
and
i l l
remain
on
m i s s i o n
s u p p o r t
w i t h
t h e
KSP
h r o u g h
J u l y
3 1 s t .
H e r e ' s
how
ou c a n reach us:
HOME
8161
E. Mesquite
Ridge C i r c l e
T u c s o n ,AZ 85710
520-296-6092 ( a f t e r J u n e 8th
e m a i l : g l e n e l l i o t t 1 @ j u n o . c o m
( p l e a s e
d i s c o n t i n u e use o f our o l d e m a i l address
CHURCH
Pantano
h ri s t i an
Church
10355
E.
29th St .
T u c s o n ,AZ 85748
520-298-5395
Fax:
520-885-7182
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s t a r t
h i g h s c h o o l 9 t h
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s t a r t m i d d l e 3 c h o c L { 6 t l v g r a d 8 )
t h i s
F a l l .
T h e y are
a l r e a d y
l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o J o i n i n g b a s k e t b a l l
l e a g u e s
We ave
found
a
house t h e
address
s above nd a n t i c i p a t e
g e t t i n g
s e t t l e d t h e r e t h i s s u m m e r .
A s
we
o m e o t h i s t i m e o f t r a n s i t i o n , please c o n t i n u e t o k e e p the l e a d e r s and
m i s s i o n a r i e s
i n U k r a i n e
i n
y o u r
p r a y e r s . Please p r a y f o r our a m i l y a s
we
o v e o a
new i t y , h o m e ,
chools, a n d
church.
T h a n k you f o r
y o u r y e a r s
o f
i t h f u l s u p p o r t and
encouragement. You m e a n s o m u c h t o
u s . We
e s i r e
t o continue t o stay
i n
touch through t h i s
time
of r a n s i t i o n .
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