CCF - Bougie Mission

Missions Updates

Eric and Tanya Bougie Poltava, Ukraine
Sunday, April 15, 2012 Happy Resurrection Day from Ukraine! Here are some pictures we took throughout the day. We started at 5:30 am for our 6th annual sunrise service. We worshipped the Lord in song and read through John 20 to remember that many years ago, early in the morning Jesus rose form the dead. This year our whole family went, even Philip. Afterward some of us went to the church to have breakfast. Then we got ready for the main service at 10 am. Many people came and several new people. It was a special time of worship with a few special songs about this wonderful day. Even our children sang "Jesus Loves Me" for the church. Sabrina was supposed to do a solo, and she sang "SO LOW" nobody could hear her! The boys did good too. Unfortunately we weren't able to snap any pictures of the main service, but this is what we have this year. Enjoy the pictures. Many blessings! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, Sabrina, and Philip	Worshiping Jesus at the sunrise service Sunrise at 5:50 am Jesus rose from the dead and the few that got out of bed. :) Breakfast at church Tanya and I The worship group The Vlasenko Family with MIRACLE baby Samuel! Petrenko Family

Wednesday, March 28th: Dear friends and family, Greeting from Poltava, Ukraine! We wanted to let you know what is happening in our ministry in the last two months. At our main services Eric continues to teach through Romans (on Sundays) and Judges (on Wednesday nights). The Lord is allowing us to go through some very important areas of Scriptures to strengthen our faith and challenge us to live godly lives in these last days. During the winter season, the Lord has given us a time of small groups to strengthen the believers in Poltava. I give you a run down and prayer needs. Men's fellowship: We have started a wonderful men's fellowship. It's great to see a renewal in this ministry. In our 2nd meeting we watched the movie "Courageous". The men were really blessed to see such a quality film challenging men to seek after God. We are waiting for a men's Bible study based on the movie. I hope that that God will drawn the men at the church into a deeper relationship with Jesus as we meet twice a month. God is raising up two men to lead a few ministries in the church. Pray for Sasha as he prays about leading the prayer meeting. Also pray for Vadim (and his wife Oksana) as they lead worship for Sunday school and for the prayer meeting on Monday evenings. We are excited to see these men answer the calling of God on their lives. Women's fellowship: Tanya has started a new women's fellowship named "Women After God's Heart". There first meeting was this past Saturday morning. The women were blessed to hear about the need to have a heart like Mary who was sitting at the feet of Jesus and receiving from Him. Young women's fellowship: Tanya continues to meet with the young girls at our church. They are learning what it means to be a women of virtue. We are blessed that we are able to have these 3 small groups at our new home. Our dining room is able to accommodate up to 20 people. Video seminars: Walk through the Bible has wonderful Bible seminars. We just finished "How to Restore Broken Peace". Many of the people that attend are in there 50's - 70's on Thursday evenings. It's a wonderful blessing to be able to fellowship with them on this type of topic. This seminar was extra special because there were a lot of good input within the group. This group of believers are the most faithful in many ways so it is such a joy to invest in their lives. I'm so thank that we will start another 7 week seminar tomorrow. Please pray that God would continue to strengthen these precious believers. African fellowship: We still have quite a few African's that attend our fellowship. Some of them are real witnesses in their universities. We find it important that we get together with them now and again to be able to pray and minister to their needs as they are so far away from home. We are praying about a ministry to bless the widows in our church. In the last few months a few women lost their husbands of 40 or more years. One lady who was already a widow lost her son who was in his 30's. It's been a time of uniting around them in prayer. We are praying for a way to do something special for them from time to time. We have around 15 ladies that are widows. Just on Sunday one lady lost her husband and she called Eric to share her sad news. Pray for Galina who lost her husband of over 45 years. Keep praying for a youth ministry. We are praying the Lord will put is on the heart of the right people to start this ministry in His timing. The church is growing in several ways. God is adding on as He sees fit. We are praying that God would send new believers as well as those who would want to know God's Word in a deeper way. Family life: As many of you know we just return from Poland to receive new visas. The trip was successful. We have asked our landlord to register us at her home. She will go to the immigration office tomorrow to see what she needs to do. If we are successful, we will be able to stay in the country without leaving every 90 days for the next year. Pray that the process will be smoothly. The boys are doing well in their homeschooling. Sabrina is learning as she listens to us teach the boys. Philip is going to be 5 months in April and has been sleeping though the night for a 2 months already. We thank the Lord for learning a wonderful secret (starting with Daniel, our firstborn) so we can get sleep as well as the baby! Praise God that He has given us really good health throughout the wintertime. Tanya and I celebrated 9 years of marriage on March first. We are so blessed to have a pool of ladies in the church that are willing to watch all 4 of our kids for a few hours while Tanya and I can go out from time to time. We are so blessed that we were able to move at the end of January! Our new house is such a blessing! We have so much more space! We are thankful for the landlord we have had for almost 6 years (she also owned the apartment we previously lived in) and the favor God has shown on us through her. Pray for Sveta and her family. Pray that they would come to know the Lord. This past Sunday we had an "Agape Night". We watched "Amish Grace". If you haven't seen the movie, I encourage you to find it and watch it. The movie touched the heart of everyone who saw it. It's based on a true story of forgiveness. Thank the Lord that Christians are making these movies to bless His people as well as reaching out to the lost. We can't wait till "October Baby" is translated into Russian! I know that film is going to be a blessing for the church here too. Unfortunately, our CC Melbourne team had to cancel their short term mission trip for June. We are hoping God will bring a team together before the summer ends. Teams bring a special element into the church in many ways. Maybe the Lord is calling you to come!? Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. On a separate email we will send some pictures. We are blessed to be able to serve here as long as the Lord allows us. Thank you Jesus for making it possible to serve the people of Ukraine! The Lord bless you! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, Sabrina, and Philip	Having Fun! Last day of winter, we hope! Putting on our armor of God! !Buenos tardes! Hola amigos! Some of the judges tasting the food. The ladies made these to win a prize. International 8th of March celebration. Baby dedication of Samuel! (a miracle child)!!! Baby Philip is growing.

Tuesday, February 7th: Dear prayer partners, We finally have a short time to write about what the Lord has been doing since we have been back in Ukraine! So much has happened since we have been back! We returned back to Ukraine December 16th. The weather was like spring! We thought we'd be coming back to the usual cold temperatures in December. Right away we knew we had much preparation since we would be receiving a team from Calvary Chapel Melbourne. So after being away for 3 months we had much to accomplish. The Lord was faithful. He arranged a full schedule for the team. Every time a team comes, the Lord seems to broaden the people we can serve and share the Gospel with. This time the team was able to serve at a few hospitals, an old folks home, a children's museum, a children's club, and a few outreaches to college students. Their time here was such a huge blessing! Each team member was ready to serve in the way He wanted them to. Each time a team comes the church is so encouraged. As a pastor, I'm blessed to see the lasting friendships that are made and how Christians from different cultures can serve the Lord together! I pray the Lord continues to bring teams and continues to add people all over the world who want to know the Lord. When we went to minister to the students we met people from Africa and Asia. Some had never heard the Gospel before. Right before the team came, our the landlord of our apartment wanted to collect the rent and speak to us about moving to another property she owns. She had made this offer before, but we really didn't want to move. But, now that we have six people in our family and about 530 square of living space, we were open just to look at this house. When I (Eric) went to look at it, I knew the Lord wanted us to move. Now we have double the space than we did before. The house is nicely remodeled and we are paying about $50 more a month. The place we live in is in the old part of the city where there are homes instead of in the main part of the city, where there are apartments. Fortunately the house is not far away from the bus stop and transportation comes on a regular basis (but not as often as in the city). We haven't fully unpacked since we have also started a new school year. When we did move, our church family really helped us. We had over 20 people from our fellowship help us move our thing and clean up our old apartment we had lived in for 5 1/2 year. We did say good bye to some of our neighbors. Praise God that they were actually sad to see us move, meaning we left a good testimony behind us. It will take awhile for us to unpack, but we are getting settled slowly but surely. While we were in the process of moving we were invited to a wedding in Kiev. If you remember, this past summer Eric went to Azerbaijan. Little did I know that there was a romance going on between one member of our team (from Ukraine) and one of the brothers from Azerbaijan. When we were in the States, Anya wrote to us and invited us to their wedding! Wow! I was invited to be one of the best men in the wedding. Pastor Losha directed the ceremony. It was a blessed event! Before we went to this wedding, Vadim and Oksana Petrenko let us know they were celebrating 25 years of marriage. They had never married in a church with an official ceremony. Their desire on there 25th anniversary was to have a small wedding ceremony. I officiated the ceremony. We didn't have much time since they only gave us a weeks notice, but everything turned out wonderful. This past week Eric celebrated his 44th birthday. We invited all of the people who helped us move and their spouses. We had over 30 people at our house to celebrate our life in our new home as well as Eric's birthday. He was blessed with a new traditional Ukrainian shirt! We really appreciate our church family! They are so loving toward us. On January 23rd Daniel celebrated his 8th birthday at McDonalds with some of his friends from church. It was fun to watch the kids have fun together. We are in the winter season. And even though it was like spring when the team was here, now we are in sub zero temperatures! During this time we like to have several small groups to build up the church. We will be having 4 or 5 small groups this winter. We will have a men's and women's small group as well as young women's, video seminars and possibly some home groups. Please pray as we renew our visas next month. We are getting all of our documents together and plan on going to Poland. Please pray for this process. (We sent another email with pictures of the many events that happened over the last two month.) Thank you for your prayers and support. We appreciate you taking the time to read our newsletters and praying for us and sending us comments back! May the Lord richly bless you!!! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, Sabrina, and Philip

Friday, December 30th: Happy New Year! A New Year brings new changes! First, we wanted to thank you all again for a wonderful time in the States! We really felt "cared for" by our care team! Thank you for all you did for us! The Lord is so good to us through you! We did have a good trip back from the States (well as good as a 30 hour trip can be). We have adapted back to the time and life in Poltava. It was great to be reunited with the church. We had a nice home cooked meal waiting at our apartment, complements of some of the ladies from our church. We really love the church here! Next, we wanted to let you know we are waiting for a team from CC Melbourne on January 4th. A team of 6 are going to be ministering with us till they go home on January 14th. We have several special events lined up for them and are waiting for confirmation for a few more. Praise the Lord! He has opened a wide variety of events for us. Please pray for them as they make a very long journey from Florida to Poltava. We are moving at the end of January! We have lived in our apartment in Poltava for 5 1/2 years! Our landlord had asked us in the past several times to consider renting a home that she has in another area of Poltava. We had always told her "no" because we really didn't like the area. Well, it seems that she wants to sell the apartment we now live in, and she had asked us again right when we returned. Eric reluctantly went to look at it just so we could say "no". Well, after looking at it, the answer is yes! We have such a nice landlord (which is hard to come by here) and so we are more than likely going to move at the end of January. The house will better accommodate our big family. We had thought about moving before, but its such a hassle to move. Eric had even looked at places before but we always said "Let's just stay here". We will have to buy a few pieces of furniture since it's barely furnished. There are a few minuses living in a home than an apartment but the extra space and bigger kitchen is a bigger plus. (Plus having that same landlord). We will be upgrading from 600 sq. ft to around 800 sq ft. Please pray for our move. Moving is never convenient at any time of the year, especially with the little ones, but we feel the Lord is giving us the go ahead to move. We'll send pictures once we are able to. After all the holidays and the team leaves, we will focus on some special small groups. Tanya and I are always looking forward to a more closer time with those in the church this way. We are praying for the material that would be best for the season the church is in right now. On Sunday, Eric is teaching through the book of Romans and on Wednesday, the book of Judges. The first two chapters of Judges are so awesome. There is so much application! Please read it when you get a chance! I'm sure the Lord will speak to you as he did me. We will send updates as we go places with the team. Your prayers are appreciated! May the Lord bless you! He has a special plan for each one of us this year! Fulfill it! Please pray our weeklong vacation Bible school that is from January 2nd till January 6th. We have a weeklong schedule filled with activities for the kids at our church while they are out of school. Pray for those who will teach and do many behind the scenes things. During this time, the kids will prepare for a special recital for our Christmas service on January 8th. Thanks for praying! Love, The Bougie family

Saturday December 17th: Dear Friends: We made it to Poltava without any problems! Thank you for praying! It took us 34 hours from door to door! We slept 13 hours after we returned home. Tomorrow is service! God bless you! Eric and Tanya

Wednesday December 14th: Dear Friends: Tonight is our last night in the States. Tanya and I are getting ready for tomorrow's journey. We did have a wonderful time and we saw how the Lord worked in our lives and He just worked everything for the good for us. Thank you for your fellowship, prayers, encouragement, kind words, generosity, faithfulness, care (and the list goes on). If we think of all the situations we have been in, events, and the like, God has been faithful. Philip is doing well, Tanya has quickly recovered (her doctor said quicker and better than most), and we've all been in good health for our stay here. Pray for traveling mercies , divine appointments, and smooth travel for us. We are first flying from Ft. Lauderdale to Dulles (Washington D.C.) at 11 am. In Washington we has a 3 hour layover and fly to Moscow (with a 6 hour layover) and then on to Kiev. We are looking forward and getting back to the flock and see what the Lord will be doing this coming year (we have a team from our church coming right after the New Year). That's about it for now...back to packing! We love you all and wish you a very blessed Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, Sabrina, and Philip

Wednesday November 30th: Hi everyone! Here is a picture of Philip! Thanks for praying! In Him, Bougie Family


Tuesday November 22nd: Hi everyone! Happy Thanksgiving! This is the first time in 6 years we celebrated Thanksgiving in the States! Tanya is excited to make a turkey and a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner! We all have much to be thankful for! We'll share some things we are thankful for! Tanya and baby Philip are doing fine. Tanya is almost 100% better and almost 100% recovered from the surgery! Yesterday we went to Miami to get Tanya and Philip's passports. Praise God that the agency processed the passport applications the same day! We were able to pick up the passports the same day! Also, we are thankful for the Lord's protection! On the way to Miami a pretty serious one car accident happened right before our eyes. If we would have been just a little bit closer to that car we would have been involved too. We have a little over 3 weeks left of our time in the States. We are thankful for the many blessings the Lord showered on us! Too many to count! We are thankful for the many people that have helped us in so many ways! We were hoping to get our visas to Ukraine while we in the States, but the Lord has a different plan.. and we are thankful that HE ALWAYS HAS A PLAN for us! Last Sunday Pastor Mark shared a wonderful message in Philippians 4 about joy. If we know the promises in the Scripture, know the Lord loves us, and all things work together for good for those who love Him and called according to His purpose we'll never lose our joy! Have a joyous Thanksgiving Day wherever you may be! Know that He loves you! He has so many promises for you! Trust and believe Him! With much love, Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, Sabrina, and Philip

Saturday November 12th: Eric and Tanya are proud parents of: Philip Eric Bougie Born 11/12/11 at 2:03pm EST Boca Regional Hospital 8 pound 4 ounces Tanya is recovering fine from the surgery. Baby Philip is doing well. Pray for stable breathing. Thanks for praying! Eric pictures to come later :)

Monday November 7th: Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that we received a call from a US immigration officer today. He told Tanya that her oath ceremony was scheduled on the 18th of November. Tanya explained that her C-section was scheduled the same day! Since the 11th is Veteran's Day they have no ceremonies, which would delay the date till December (and we are leaving on the 15th). So the officer said he would see what they could do. The officer (who happens to go to Calvary Chapel) called us back just now and said to come in today for a special individual oath ceremony! We are getting everyone ready to go! Praise the Lord! Thanks for praying! God bless you! Eric and Tanya

Thursday November 3rd: Dear friends and family, We just wanted to send you a little update on the things we have asked prayer for. We have already seen the Lord answer some and we are still waiting on others. Thank you for partnering in prayer with us. Praise reports: Tanya passed her citizen test! Praise the Lord that our 3 other children will be taken care of by friends while Tanya is giving birth! (Thank you Anzhelika and Pete and The Hinzte Family!) Our Ukrainian dinner turned out great! It was great to have over 40 people show up (in increments). The food and fellowship was wonderful. Lord willing we will have another one next year when we come for a visit. Praise the Lord that we are meeting more new people at the church various Bible studies. It make our big church small! Praise the Lord for the good amount of rest we have been given! Praise the Lord that while we are away things at the church in Poltava are doing very well! Praise the Lord that the boys homeschool year was evaluated and accepted. The new school year starts when we get back to Ukraine. Prayer requests: We are waiting for the oath scheduling. Please pray this will happen before the birth of the baby. Hopefully it will be tomorrow or next Friday (the ceremonies are only on Fridays). Tanya's pregnancy is going well. Her C-section is scheduled on November 18th at 12:30 (Eastern time). Pray the Lord would guide the hands of the doctor as this is the 4th C-section Tanya will be having. Pray for Tanya's and the baby's well being during the birth. Visas to Ukraine. With new laws just implemented there is still uncertainty of what to expect. Unless something changes we'll have to apply for our Ukrainian visas in a nearby country. Pray for wisdom and the Lord's leading. There is a small possibility to get them while we are here in the States. Tanya and baby's passports. Speedy and smooth process. Tanya can only apply for hers after the oath ceremony. Pray for Daniel and Stephan. They are getting over a cold. May the Lord bless you! Thank you for your prayer and support. We'll keep you posted as the Lord answers our prayers. Pray for good weather this Sunday as we have another gathering with friends at Fred Lee Park in Palm Bay at 1 pm. Hope to see you there you are invited! In His love and service, Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, and Sabrina

Monday October 17th: Dear friends and family, Tanya passed her test with FLYING COLORS! She will be an official U.S. citizen the first week in November! The man that interviewed her was from our church! Now that was NOT a coincidence! God had His hand on everything! It was such a joy! Her oath ceremony should be the 1st week in November! Thank you so much for your prayer and support! Many blessings! Eric and Tanya

Thursday October 13th: Dear friends and family, Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus. Hope all is well and you are fighting the good fight of the faith. May the Lord come quickly as we see the signs of the time as Jesus has already told us in advance. Be ready! This is the first time we've written since we've been back to the States. We mostly want to share with you a few prayer requests. Our time has been wonderful so far. We have been able to see some of you that live in Florida and that has been a great joy. Our time is going very fast. It has been a special blessing to share the Word of God with a few men's groups and at Calvary Academy. In the weeks to come we will be visiting a few home groups within our church as well as sharing with the singles group this Friday. It's always a blessing to meet new people in our large church. We are being blessed and well taken care of by our care group. We praise the Lord for giving us some rest, great fellowship and great teaching from the Word of God. Our pastor is going through the whole Bible on Wednesday nights in 70 weeks! We heard the first teaching in Genesis last night after we share a little about what it is to be a missionary with a 2nd grade class. Thank you for praying for our time here. Just a few prayer requests: Tanya will be taking her citizens test on Monday, October 17. We have been told that we can just stop in anytime (without an official appointment) at USCIS in Orlando. We have been working with our local governmental official to make this work. Pray our drive won't be in vain (they won't turn us away) and that Tanya will remember everything she has and is studying. Tanya's pregnancy is going well. Everything looks good with baby. He is going to be really big if the ultrasound is correct. Tanya will have her fourth c-section for pray for safe surgery, a good recovery time, and a healthy birth. We have scheduled the birth on the 21st of November, unless Tanya goes into labor before that. We have a two hour drive to the hospital, so we pray that she won't go into labor before that date. However, we may need help watching Daniel, Stephan, and Sabrina. Thanks for praying for this. We know the Lord already knows the day. Pray for our visa situation. We were hoping to get our visas in the States but it seems like it won't be until we get back to Ukraine. At first we were going to go one route but it seems like we will be going to Ukraine without visas then leave to a nearby county (maybe Hungry or Poland) to apply for visas. We were hoping to take care of this here but unless something changes and a certain processes can be sped up, we will have to travel outside Ukraine in March. This in not the best option since we will have a little baby, but it seems like the only one we have. However there is still a bit of hope so pray that if it is the Lord's will we can get visas while we are here. Most importantly Tanya's passport needs to be processed after she gets her citizenship. We have our Ukrainian dinner next weekend. If you haven't RSVP'd yet, please do so by this Friday. We are looking forward to seeing everyone that can make it. May the Lord bless you! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, and Sabrina

Wednesday August 31th: Hi Everyone! We are winding up our time here in Ukraine for a time. We thought the best way to keep in touch with ALL of our friends in the States, Ukraine, and Russia is to sign up on Facebook! If you would like, send a friend request and we will add you! Can't wait to see everyone in the near future! Tanya is feeling well! The kids are finishing up school! Looking forward to our time of rest. We will be in the States from September 16 to December 16. Pray for the things we should get accomplished (Lord willing, of course!) Birth of our son (around the middle/end of November). Tanya's recovery after the birth (this will be her 4th C-Section Tanya's citizenship Tanya and baby's passports Lots of great fellowship with friends and family A possible trip to Wisconsin to see my 85 year old grandma and sister and family. We'll send updates, but we will start updating on Facebook now (including pictures of baby : ) ) May the Lord bless you! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, and Sabrina

Saturday August 27th: Hi Everyone! I wanted to let you know that you can visit our Facebook page. A brother in the church had the desire to make this for the church. Please enjoy! Here is the link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calvary-Chapel-Poltava/147107468699578?sk=wall Many blessings! Eric and Tanya

Wednesday August 10th: Hi Everyone! Here are a few highlights from our trip to Azerbaijan! It truly was a wonderful time! I hope to go back in the months to come if it is the Lord's will! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di6cuJiQrG8 In Him, Eric

Wednesday August 10th: Hi Everyone! Just wanted to touch base. I've sent so many mini updates this month so I've decided to make this one short and sweet. We are heading off to our annual summer conference at the Sea of Azov (from the 11th to the 14th). There will be 60 of us from CC Poltava heading down south tonight on a bus we rented out. During the conference we hope to get through the whole book of James. I will be sharing from chapters 2 and 4. Tanya will be leading worship a few times during our time there. Pray for a safe trip and a good time of fellowship and spiritual encouragement. After we get back we'll have a month left in Ukraine and will be heading back to the States! We've had a great summer of ministry! Going to Azerbaijan was icing on the cake! Thank you for your prayers and support! We are looking forward to seeing many of you during our time in Florida. May the Lord bless you! Eric, Tanya, Daniel, Stephan, and Sabrina

Saturday July 30: Hi Everyone! Wow! God is really doing a great work! I am so blessed to be able to be here! Yesterday was another awesome day! The guys went to another city to see what the Lord is doing. We met with a pastor from the Baptist church. They were ending a week of VBS. One of the young guys took us around town...a huge difference from Baku! At 9 pm we went to the center of Baku and brought the guitar and started singing worship songs. At first no one came and after awhile around 30 people (if not more) gathered around, started clapping to the music as we sang! During the time we got to share the gospel on a personal level with several people. I was able to share the full Gospel with Terrell (below). He spoke good English and said he will think about it. We are going to meet up with him tomorrow. Our time is running short and don't want to leave (except wanting my family with me). It's a very different culture with some very respectable characteristics that can't go unnoticeable. We will probably do much of the same tonight. Thanks for praying! Many blessings! Thanks for supporting my short mission trip here! I would have missed out on much if I didn't go! Eric



Friday July 29th: Hi everyone! Thank you for praying! The Lord is doing some GREAT things! Life is totally different. It seems like life begins in the evening! So many people walking outside enjoying the cool of the night. So many impressions of the capital city Baku! A very very beautiful city with many pretty fountains! Today we had some important meetings with some other believers. We have been handing out tracts. Today I was able to share with Mumed (one guy Dima, one of our team members met a few days ago) and his friend the full Gospel. I will send a few pictures on a separate email. Today we went to the center and started singing Christian songs (in English, Russian, and Ukrainian) and several people came up and we started some great conversations about the Lord. Today was a real eventful day and we are hoping for more. Continue to pray with us. God is starting a good work and I'm honored and humbled to be a part of it. Till next time! Eric

Tuesday July 26th: Hi everyone! I made it to Azerbaijan! It's REALLY hot! It's 101 degrees! We are heading to the Caspian sea for a little rest. (It's 6 pm here and seems like noon) I am excited to see what the Lord is going to do! Thanks for praying! Eric

Tuesday July 19: Here is a short update! We are having a blessed time with the team from Melbourne! Words (and time) can't express the MANY divine appointments we have had! It has really been an incredible time! There has been some real warfare as well. We continue to trust in the Lord! Here are some pictures from one of our events today! Please pray for some dear brothers (3 of them) from Nigeria that are studying in Poltava. They got word that his father unexpectedly died of a heart attack today. I left the team to minister to one of them before he told his other two younger brothers the news. Their father was a respected pastor at a church in there country. The Lord bless you. Tomorrow we are going to a hospital and later showing our "Heaven's Gates, Hells Flames" drama. We are expecting a good turnout. Pray for endurance! It's HOT here! Until next time, Eric and Tanya


Saturday July 16: Dear Beloved! Our team from CC Melbourne at 10:30 pm last night. They were supposed to arrive at 3:55 pm but there was a big dely. On top of that 10 of their suitcases are floating around and have yet to arrive in Poltava. Please pray for their quick return as some of the items in the bags are needed for ministry! We finally arrived into Poltava around 6:00 am. Everyone got a little sleep and then we had a wonderful picnic! We had a great time of fellowship as some good teaching around the Word of God! I enclosed a few pictures. Tomorrow is the service brother Art is teaching and then we are going to Camp Lighthouse to minister to many children. We will have our children's festival and then show our "Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames" drama. Should be a blessed time. I will try to send updates everyday. Pray for a good nights rest for everyone and a fruitful day of ministry tomorrow. Many blessings! Eric and Tanya PS. Yesterday I received my visa from the Azerbaijan Embassy! Praise the Lord! This is definitely going to be an interesting trip!


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