Home again...God's faithfulness

Hello Friends. We are home from Ukraine and it was a great trip. All of our travel was smooth. As usual, we ate great and the Ukrainians showed us amazing hospitality. About 800 people came to Jesus, many people were filled with the Holy Spirit and we will be waiting for the testimonies of those that Jesus healed.

Our last night was perhaps the best of the trip. We spoke at a youth conference. 6,300 teens from Ukraine, Russia and Belarussia gathered at a huge camp. They are living for the week in tents. There was a huge building with no walls, only a ceiling so it was sort of indoor, outdoor. The energy in the place was great and 500 of the kids came to the alter (the front of the stage) to get saved. They prayed on their knees with tears of repentance. I told my interpreter that I think that is the most beautiful sight on planet earth.

Once again I want to thank you so much for standing with us in prayer. It is hard once I am home to explain how much prayer is needed. For instance, we had to travel through a Russian territory to get to Moldova. The border guards wanted to search all of our luggage and our vehicle. They found Christian DVD’s and said we were a cult and didn’t want to let us pass. Three hours later we finally were permitted to go.

It’s stuff like that the could have kept us from the conference in Moldova but I believe, because of prayer, we got through. And then there is the response to the gospel. At one church they held a special Monday evening meeting just because we were there. You would think that people who come to church even on a Monday night were probably already Christians. And yet, in that meeting, at least 20 people that went to that church got saved. How many months or years have they been attending church but never experiencing the conviction of the Holy Spirit that would lead them to repent. But as we pray together, God touches their hearts and draws them to Christ. It is awesome. To have people standing with you in prayer is comforting beyond words.

I am waiting for the pictures. I couldn’t send any from Ukraine. I’ll try to get out one more post with some good photo’s.

With much gratitude,

Dana

270 people have given their hearts to the King of Glory

Prayer Warriors!

Greetings in the Mighty name of Jesus.

We are now on our way back to Kiev from Moldovia. We passed 4 borders to get in and 4 more to get out of Moldovia. We had to pass through a Russian territory and that took hours of filling out worthless papers.

On Tuesday we had a wonderful outdoor meeting. It was the first outreach of this kind ever in this area. There were only a few hundred people there but 70 came forward to give their lives to Jesus. We prayed for every sick person and God really touched these people.


Last night we spoke at a youth conference in Moldovia. It was under a big tent. The meeting lasted 5 hours. There were probably 1500 kids there. About 200 young people gave their hearts to Jesus which awed me since it was a Christian camp. Many were filled with the Holy Spirit and many came to be prayed for to become Evangelists.

Tonight we have our final meeting in Kiev. Please pray for a great move of God among the youth that will be there.

First Nigeria and India...now Ukraine???

Hey my friends and prayer warriors. I hope and pray that you are doing great! I wanted to get this note out to you because I am awed at how powerfully God has used your prayers when we went to Africa and India earlier this year. I would be deeply grateful and blessed if you would engage once again battling for the Kingdom of God through prayer. I am just now preparing to leave for a short trip to Ukraine and Moldova. Mike Elliott will be joining me and we will be meeting Evangelist Slavik Radchuk once we arrive in Ukraine. Our trip will be a whirlwind. We leave on Sunday afternoon, fly through the night and arrive in Kiev, Ukraine on Monday afternoon. That night our meetings kick off. Here is our schedule.

Monday July 6 at 8:00 PM Ukraine time 12:00 Noon Central Standard time we preach at a revival meeting.

Tuesday July 7 at 6:00 PM Ukraine time 10:00 AM Central Standard time we will be preaching the Gospel at an outdoor evangelistic meeting.

Wednesday July 8 we travel to Moldova to speak at a large (5000 people) youth conference. The theme of the conference is “Here am I, send me”. This will probably be at about 8:00 PM Ukraine time 12:00 Noon Central Standard time.

Thursday July 9 we drive back to Ukraine for another similar youth conference. The theme of this conference is “The spirit of Evangelism”. This will also probably be at about 8:00 PM Ukraine time 12:00 Noon Central Standard time.

Friday July 10 we return home.

For the revival and youth conferences, our desire is that God would use us to set these young people on fire to follow Jesus with their whole hearts. That they would be inspired to be bold and take risks to bring the Gospel to the world. That they would get a vision for who they are in Christ and the awesome power and authority that we all carry when we walk in faith in Christ. And above all, that Jesus would be exalted and they would grow in their love and trust and awe of Him.

For the Evangelistic meeting we are praying that the Gospel would be preached with boldness, authority and a demonstration of God’s awesome power. We are praying that God would draw the lost from miles around and prepare their hearts to receive the message of new life in Christ. That every person that walks in as an unbeliever, would walk out as a born again child of God. And finally, that God would minister with healing, deliverance, signs and wonders.

I hope to send you updates each night with a report of what God has done. Thank you so much for your prayers. Faith is the only means by which we can draw on the supernatural power of God and prayer is faith in action. Much love, Dana