Recently a friend of mine that’s on the missions committee of a church that supports us asked for a basic rundown of the ministries we are involved in to pray for and understand what we’re doing right now. Sometimes I don’t think I do enough to keep you guys informed on what we do everyday! Here’s the list that I gave to her:
- Katya is translating curriculum for biblical counseling.
- I am adapting a book called “The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses” by Chris Bruno for our small group at church—it’s a great tool for a group like ours, which has unbelievers, new believers, and strong believers all at the same time.
- We are both studying at the local seminary, which takes up a lot of our time—right now we are studying Hebrew Exegesis via Ruth, Koine Greek, and Philosophy in Theology. All of those subjects are challenging and exciting in one way or another.
- I’m working on witnessing to local JW’s, as they are very prevalent in Ukraine (there are more JW’s than Baptists and Pentecostals combined in Ukraine).
- The worship team I lead is growing by leaps and bounds—we are playing our own arrangements of worship songs, and I’m hoping to start writing our own worship songs with them soon (something VERY needed in the Ukrainian context).
- We have a worship retreat coming up in June where we may have an opportunity to try to write a new song—I will be one of the leaders at that retreat.
- I am part of the preaching team at church, though I only preach a few times a year (not including invitations to preach or teach at other churches from time to time).
- I am teaching a class on prayer and worship this month at the local seminary.
I recently read Deuteronomy 6 in my devotions and was reminded about the importance of passing on our faith well to the next generation—most of what we do is involved in that somehow. Please pray for these ministries, that God would help us to be good ministers of the Gospel and His truth!
– David
P.S. Here is the last livestream from our worship team…
David & Katya 