What are we planning to do for Christmas? First of all, of course, gifts for the children. Each gift costs about $10. We would like to give out at least 100 gifts to children.
Once, on New Year’s, I bought a cake and was taking it home. While driving, I saw some Vietnamese acquaintances of ours—a mother and her daughter whom we support. I turned around, drove up to them, gave them the cake, and realized that they didn’t even know what it was. What joy it was for me to share my bread and bring them happiness.
Holidays are an excellent opportunity for spreading the Gospel. In addition to gifts, we are preparing printed materials (cards, calendars, booklets). This year, we also want to minister in the neighboring country of Laos, which is in even greater need of evangelism. We have new fields there (new friends) who need to meet with us and receive support. We also have people with leprosy there whom we are helping together with you. Each food package costs $17.
Without your help, we will not be able to carry out these projects. We sincerely hope for your participation in the work of the Lord.
Beloved ones, from the depths of our hearts and souls, we continually thank the Lord for your labor of love. Your coworkers in God’s field…
We began building the “Timothy Logos” Center in 2021. It is the only center for discipleship and biblical education located at the border of three countries—South Sudan, Uganda, and Congo. South Sudan is home to 64 tribes, but due to constant internal and external conflicts, reaching these tribes is not easy. Believers from South Sudan also work in North Sudan, and for them having an educational center in Moyo, northern Uganda, is an absolute necessity.
In Titus 1:9 it is written that a pastor must hold firmly to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able both to encourage with sound doctrine and to refute those who oppose it.
Work has already begun at the Timothy Logos Center, and many students have shared testimonies of refuting false teachings in their churches, which prompted many churches to restructure their leadership and congregations. These testimonies were truly encouraging, as they did not cause divisions or conflicts but, on the contrary, led to unity. We have already trained pastors from 15 tribes across Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan.
We thank you for your continual prayers, support of the ministry in this region, and partnership in proclaiming the Gospel.
For several years, we have been preparing to visit Mongolia. A church pastor and former head of the alliance, Mukhtava Darisuren, invited us to conduct training in pastoral counseling within their union. The situation in the country and in the churches is quite distressing. Many men struggle with alcoholism; their families live below the poverty line, enduring unbearable heat in the summer and extreme cold in the winter. In many churches, there are no male preachers or pastors, so women lead the ministry.
The need for qualified help for families who are already married, as well as preparation for marriage for young Christians—who from early childhood have lived with closed hearts, resentment, suppressed aggression, and who have endured various forms of abuse—is obvious. The institution of marriage is falling apart; the growing number of divorces, even within Christian circles, is a crying need.
Our first acquaintance with this people left very pleasant memories. After the service, they gather together to drink hot, salty tea with milk.
In 2026, we plan to conduct the first two-week training for 14 ministers and their wives. The cost of airfare, venue rental, printing of materials, and the seminar is about $6,000.
Thank you for your participation in this ministry to Mongolian believers.
A team from our daughter church in Obura visited our other daughter church in the village of Himarata (a 2-hour walk through the mountains). They were able to participate in the Sunday service there and bless widows and low-income members of the church with food. This is one of our newest churches, and we are praying and planning to build a better church building in the future. Let us know if the Lord puts it on your heart to take part in this need.
The youth from the main church in Yonki are actively laboring in the Lord’s harvest field. Our daughter church in the village of Barokira has built its first church building! (For now it is made of reeds and covered with bamboo, but at last they have their own place to gather on Sundays!) They not only hold youth meetings and D-groups, but also visit surrounding villages with evangelistic trips.
The women’s ministry Promise Land holds Saturday-night prayer meetings every week, and they also pray for you, dear friends, who support our ministry financially. May the Lord reward each of you!
This month we visited three orphanages and held two meetings with orphanage graduates. This is a very valuable time: while in the orphanages we focus on building relationships of trust, working with graduates is very different. With them, we need to walk through many moments of their lives and influence them by our example.
We visit about 20 children twice a week — we play with them, sing songs, give gifts, and do crafts. We also work closely with their mothers. Two children have recently been admitted to us — a boy, Dima, and a girl, Liza. Their medical tests are very poor, and they are undergoing urgent examinations. They are in great need of our help.
One of the graduates paid money for a room without taking any documents and almost ended up on the street. We intervened in time and resolved the situation, preventing scammers from deceiving him. Another graduate opened a small business and almost took out a large loan without thinking about how he would repay it. Many of the graduates attend services and are happy to build friendships with us.
Thank you for your joint labor, for the glory of the Lord!
In the children’s hospice, 18 children with very serious conditions are undergoing treatment. They needed medicine, hygiene supplies, and special nutrition, and we were able to bless them with these in the oncology ward.
We need to complete the construction of a bomb shelter. Our children’s center has taken in a large number of children, and they need a safe place to hide. This is a very difficult task given the severe shortage of resources. Please pray!
I need to travel again because of the many sermons and seminars I am conducting throughout Ukraine. I am very upset because several good families from our church are leaving Ukraine because of the war. They are mature disciples and a very important part of our ministry. And now I need to start the discipleship process all over again — build a new team, look for new disciples, raise new leaders. I feel lonely and tired. Things are very difficult now because of the war.
Please pray for God’s protection over me and my family. My wife is experiencing very strong headaches due to stress. My daughter is expecting a baby, and she is also very worried! Thank you — I know that you are with us!
I know that the devil wants me to give up — wants to intimidate me and stop me because of the lack of believers and the lack of resources. The devil wants me to feel alone in a dry desert with empty pockets. But I will not give up! I will continue my mission. And I need your shoulder, your prayers, and your support in this extremely discouraging season.
