It’s been pretty crazy since I (David) got back from the USA. 2–3 days after I got here, we served at a summer camp in northwestern Ukraine that was put on by our church for college students. I know that sounds funny—aren’t they too old for camps? Nope, not in Ukraine! College kids like to spend their summer vacations outdoors, hanging out with friends, and doing something new, and that is what we do at camp!

One of the coolest things that happened at camp was getting to know all of these different young adults and building relationships with them. There were folks from all different walks of life—actual students, former military, refugees from eastern Ukraine, etc. Several of them have continued to hang out with our church at our “Follow Up” meetings (the young adults ministry at our church is called “Follow”). Here are some pictures from times that we have hung out after camp:

Please continue to pray for these relationships. Katya and I are starting a new home fellowship soon and will be hopefully hosting several of these folks every Wednesday, getting to know them and digging into the Word with them. While I was in the States, one of the churches there recommended a book for us to go through with them that covers the entire story of the Bible in 16 short lessons:

I did try to get in touch with Crossway, the publisher of this book, and, unfortunately, they refused to allow me to translate it into Ukraine—however! I am still using it as a resource and adapting it for our home fellowship, even though I can’t translate it and send it to them directly.

The school year is gearing up, which means we’ll have a lot more work to do until the end of spring. Katya is translating at UBTS this week, we are moving into a different apartment (where we’ll have our small group), and we are taking classes at seminary, along with all the other regular stuff. Please pray for strength and provision for all of these things. Thank you for praying!

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