All 9 of our students have graduated! We are so proud of everyone for sticking with it and choosing to grow!

They ended their DTS season by looking back on all that they did and by preparing for the future. Many of them will be continuing in missions or in ministry of some kind. They all have a heart to serve people and to be obedient to whatever God asks.

We had a short but sweet ceremony, where the students gave a short program and then we gave thanks to everyone who helped us and ended the night with the giving of certificates. It was a great evening for everyone!

Giving God the honor for what He has done

Yeah! They did it!

And we are off with them! Yep, outreach involves leaving your place of training and going to a new location. This year, our outreach was in Ukraine, Montenegro and Albania.

The students did a lot of work between these three countries. Montenegro and Albania were new outreach locations for us and therefore we did not know what to expect.

Home sweet home

In Montenegro, we were divided between two locations, some of us stayed in trailers, some of us in a church office, and some of us in a home. It got a bit chaotic sometimes for us to get together but we did! We were also in Montenegro for three holidays! Christmas on the 25th, New Year, and Orthodox Christmas. We did a lot of celebrating!

Our ministry was more spontaneous and fluid than we had hoped. We discovered that the holiday time is not the best time to come to Montenegro. It made it difficult to have events or meet with people. Our group was great at building relationships with locals and sharing the Gospel message with those they met on the street though and we did see a level of trust and understanding from those that we talked to.

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas again!

Kids club

Singing Ukrainian songs in church

Evangelism on the streets

Preparing tracts to give away

Albania held different activities for us. We were able to partner with the local Youth With A Mission to do some evangelism on the beach, prepare an English and craft lesson for a local public school, help with some practical needs, and share in a church. We have some gifted artists so they were able to show off their skills at church and in painting a prayer room for the YWAM base in Albania. We were able to serve the YWAM base by doing some practical work for them. They have just entered into a lease with an old hotel and there is lots of work to be done. We came at the right time to bless!

Sharing our talents and testimony

Craft time at a local school!

Landscaping at the YWAM base

Evangelism on the beach

Making vareniki for Ukrainian culture night

Painting a prayer room

The whole team in Durres, Albania

Every year, we plan to have a Discipleship Training School in the fall. It began this last year September 14th with 9 students from Ukraine and England. I will give you a pictorial review of our time.

The Team!

School always starts with lectures and some classroom training. Normally, we don’t have our practicum until after we have finished the 12 week lecture time but this year we decided to do a small 2 week mini outreach in the middle. We went to nearby town of Chortkiv and did all sorts of activities. Here are some pictures form that time.

Making free cotton candy for the public

Giving out Bibles and praying for people

Puppet show for kids

Painting and sharing testimony in church

After our outreach in Chortkiv, it was back to lectures. Students had a variety of teachers who spoke on a variety of topics. Here is a glimpse of what that time looked like:

Lance teaching on Hearing the Voice of God

Joint lecture with Calvary Chapel students

Busy writing

Where in the world is…?

Overview of the Bible

Biblical timeline

Besides lectures, we did have some fun activities and special events.

Loren Cunningham comes to Kyiv!

Dinner out

Ladies Tea

Praying for the city

Cleaning up the local Jewish cemetery

It was a long and tiring 3 months but everyone did it and we succeeded in learning lots. Students grew together as a team, grew closer to God, and the people they served.