Category: David’s Posts

 So, I’ve got some new ideas of things to do with FNL, but I don’t have the money to do all of them.  I’d like to take the group out to do various fun activities / community projects like:

Read these like a MasterCard commercial…
– Going ice skating (about $70 for the whole group to go for one hour)
– Going bowling (about $60 for the whole group to go for two hours)
– Having some kind of outreach downtown to little kids with drama, baloons, and stuff (cost would be materials for skit props, baloons/pump, games, candy)
– Caroling (no cost here! = D)… Christmas is coming up, but I need to learn some Ukrainian Christmas carols… haha.  It would be interesting to see if we could set up a table downtown and carol and pass out hot beverages and talk to people about Jesus…  (maybe $20)
– Passing out clothing to the homeless (unknown – there are many thrift shops around the city… we’d pick up clothes there one evening and then go another evening to pass them out)
– Picking a random area downtown and picking up trash (materials to buy – trash bags, gloves for the whole group $10-30)
– Going around downtown and talking to people about Jesus (obviously, this wouldn’t cost much money except for transport, which runs about $12 for the group when we take the bus)

I don’t really want to ask the Ukrainians to pay for this stuff, because most of them are already struggling Financially.

If you have more ideas or would like to contribute, e-mail me at dsnead@ccbci.org (or just click on the Support the Work page), but make sure you send me an e-mail letting me know the money is for the FNL activities.  Otherwise, I’ll probably spend it on groceries.  =)

Well…  It’s official.  It was -3 Celsius this morning (about 25 Fahrenheit).  This is what it looked like out my window.  When I first got up, I couldn’t see anything out my window, because the fog was so thick…  In fact, the camera actually sees out the window a little better than my eyes do, for some reason.  In Texas, this would be far past winter… haha.  Pray my blood gets a little thicker.

Sorry for the delay, guys.  Constant Contact is messing up or something.

So, I met a homeless guy today.  I’ve seen him before, but I actually met him today.  The last time I saw him, I was watching him dance to the music of a local group of American Indian performers.  The performers will set up in the middle of downtown, play music, and sell souvenirs.  A lot of people think they are fake.  This guy obviously doesn’t think so by the way he was dancing.

When I saw him today, he was reaching in a trash can to pull out a coup and get something to drink.  I walked up to him and asked him, in Ukrainian if he was hungry, and he answered me in English.  That was really weird.  I talked to him in English for a couple of seconds, asking him if he was hungry again (because there was a McD’s right there…), and he said no.  I then told him, “Ok… God bless you.  Jesus loves you,” and walked away.

Please be praying for him.  I don’t know his name.

So… where do I start?  I know!  Let’s start with God…

God, thank You so much for what you did tonight.  It was a breath of fresh air for me and a great time for everyone else.  You came through in ways that not many will see and breathed life into our fellowship in a way that only You can.  You are good.

So… first they came.  We met at a grocery store across the street from my apartment building.  We waited for a while so that we had everyone together and then started walking down to my place.  There were two guys that didn’t show; regardless, we had a packed house.  We barely all fit in my small kitchen while I was getting the hot water ready for tea and coffee.

After getting to know each other a little, we sat in my living room and played some ice breakers and then charades.  That was a lot of fun.  After that, we sang a few worship songs and then got into the message.  It was about how God offers us the best thing, while satan offers us a counterfeit “good” thing.

After the message, we had an awesome time praying for each other.  It was really cool.  I was touched.

It’s funny how you see things differently when you’re getting ready for something like this.  While I was cleaning my apartment before FNL, I was thinking about that.  Before today, my apartment was just the place where I eat, sleep, and get ready to do stuff elsewhere.  Today, it’s like God made the place alive and gave it purpose, meaning… haha.  The sheep came and were fed here… that’s such a crazy thought.

Thanks, God, for letting me be a small part of that.

Here’s another pic of us trying to look a little crazy…