We had an amazing time at camp this year! It was one of the best camps that we’ve ever had! Please enjoy looking at these pictures from it!
I have had the honor of teaching most of a sermon series in our church over the past month and a half. It was really interesting how it worked out, though. The pastor and I were planning on taking turns; however, every time it was his turn, something came up, and, so far, I have taught every sermon in the series. Unfortunately, they are only in Ukrainian (which is actually a really good thing, because I get to practice preaching in Ukrainian), so you won’t be able to understand them unless you speak the language.
The sermon series is called “Навіщо…”, which can roughly be translated as “Why would you ever want to do that?” The four sermons I’ve taught are: “Why would you ever want to go to church?”, “Why would you ever want to listen to a sermon?”, “Why would you ever want to sing in church?”, and “Why would you ever want to be a Christian?”
Please pray for the preaching ministry in church. Our pastor and I are working hard to get better at it and to bring Christ-centered, inductive teaching to the church.
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Hey, guys! Here’s a video about our trip to Zagreb, Istanbul, and the retreat there. It was AWESOME! Check it out:
I wrote a post (it’s the one about disappointment) about how Katya didn’t get her passport and we weren’t able to go to a conference in Croatia this week… God did a miracle! Katya got a text last night that her passport was ready and that we could pick it up this morning. God is good! We’re going! Praise the Lord!
Here’s the funny part, though… They got her last name wrong! We’re going to change it when we get back. We also had to purchase a whole new set of tickets without a refund from the old ones. That hurts a bit, but we’re just glad that we still get to go.
Please, please, please pray for this conference! There have been so many hurdles to get over – God must be planning something HUGE! All we know is that He is good and He has a plan.
This is a bit of a rhetorical question… I already know the answer, because my wife told me: David, you should do it!
I got out of the habit of vlogging about our shortfilm, because the process started to slow down with the milestones that I wanted to feature on the vlog. We are still making great progress, and I’m proud of where we are; however, things are going slower than a “video-topic-per-week” speed right now.
One of the things I noticed, though, is that the videos I made about filmmaking only have about 40-50 views, while the videos that I made about being a missionary in Ukraine have between 100 and 300 views.
I think that means that I should probably change the focus of the vlog and stick vlogging about missionary life and include filmmaking in there rather than focus on filmmaking and stick life in there.
So, what do you think? Are you interested in bi-weekly videos about missionary life in Lviv, Ukraine?
David & Katya 