In early May 2023, we started conducting children’s camps in the city of Tyre. Youth from the USA and Germany came to help. Brothers worked with the boys, and sisters worked with the girls. Every morning, they welcomed the arriving children who eagerly participated in all the activities. The daily service began with collective worship, followed by biblical lessons. The sessions ended with entertaining children’s programs.
The children embraced their caretakers with joy as a sign of gratitude. Many of them told us that they had never felt such warmth and love from their close ones and family members. Our goal was to show Christ’s love, sow the Word of God in the hearts of children and youth, and point the way to Christ. The camps were held with children in the south of Lebanon in the city of Tyre, in the central part of the Bekaa Valley, and in the north of Lebanon near the city of Tripoli. Vyacheslav Kirnev was responsible for administration and organizational matters, and with God’s help, he successfully fulfilled his responsibilities. The children received meals on time, and to the best of our ability, we created all the necessary conditions for these ministries. We sincerely believe that the sown Word of God in the hearts of these souls will bear good fruit in due time.
Dear brothers and sisters, thank you very much for your participation in this ministry. Thanks to your prayers, the Lord arranged, blessed, and protected us from any adversaries and enemies of the Gospel, and your donations made it possible to conduct these blessed services.
For over 10 years, we have been serving in the Middle East in Lebanon in the city of Tyre. At the moment, our eldest son Vyacheslav, his wife, and their three children have moved for long-term service in Tyre. The main goal of this ministry is the evangelization of the population with the subsequent opening of churches. In 2013, while serving with the local pastor Mohammed, we jointly decided to start a ministry among children and youth. To do this, children’s camps were organized in the city during summer. We gathered refugee children from Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon.
During this time, a young church was formed in the city. Many children who attended the camps came closer to God, and some were baptized. Last year, from May 8-13, we held evangelistic services with Pastor Mohammed among the local population. It was our last joint service here on earth – a week later, he was found dead in his car. At the moment, based at the church in Tyre, we continue to work among the children and youth of Lebanon. We sow the word of the Lord in the hearts of the younger generation, wishing to lead them to God. We teach biblical truths and also identify born-again souls to prepare them for ministry among their people.
Dear friends, I appeal to you with a request to become a part of and participate in this ministry. We need your prayers and help. We ask you to direct those who are willing to work in children’s camps in the city of Tyre. The opening and start of the season will be from May 15 to September 30, 2023. Thank you for your prayers and participation!
In Bulgaria, in the town of Gotse Delchev, the need for a house of prayer is very great. The lack of finances did not allow construction to begin. To strengthen and encourage the young church, we gathered at the site where we planned the building and called on everyone to put their trust in the Lord. After praying, we laid the foundation. At the moment, until October 1, 2022, two plots for construction have been purchased, a project has been made, sewerage work has been carried out, a strong foundation has been built according to the project, columns have been built and the second floor is poured with concrete.
For further construction, we are waiting for mercy and funds from the Lord.
We thank the Lord that He encouraged families from California to take an active part in this project. We thank the Lord for the participation of the Oasis Choir from California, the Bright Church from Sacramento, the Grace Family Church and other churches that provided their prayer houses for missionary evenings to raise funds for the construction of a prayer house in the city of Gotse Delchev. We believe that the Lord began this work and will complete it!
Local authorities did not issue permission to hold services this year in open, public places. Istanbul, together with the suburbs, has more than twenty-five million people. In recent years, there has been an interest in Christianity among the younger generation.
We arrived as a group in Istanbul and we decided to distribute spiritual literature and the Gospels to people right on the streets. This is a ministry is unsafe for everyone. No one can foresee how the population will react when they get offered the gospel. Some behave very aggressively and make a police report, who then makes an arrest and might deport from the country. When we were walking around the streets offering the Gospel, we saw a miracle happening, people were willingly accepting it. After our backpacks and bags were empty, we returned time after time, filling our bags with literature, and again went to the designated areas to distribute the gospels.
Sometimes before we reached our destination our the bags were already empty. Some of the group were so encouraged and enthusiastic about their work that they forgot to take any precautions and offered the gospel to the police.
The policemen respectfully accepted the gifts. We expected a negative reaction, but the Lord opened their hearts, because they, too, are people in need of salvation. Pray for the awakening of Turkey. Help us to spread the Good News in this country.
Dear friends, we continue our ministry in the southern part of Bulgaria, in the town of Gotse Delchev. Among the Turkish diaspora, a church was planted among ethnic Turks. The building that we rent, cannot accommodate everyone who wants to attend the service.
Influenced by hostile minded neighbors, Christians are asked to vacate the room they rent. We really want to help them build a church and create conditions for holding services. Without this building, it will be very difficult to find a place to invite to the ministry of unbelievers! We laid the first stone for the Turkish community. We believe that this will be the beginning of the construction of the house of prayer. In this area of the southern parts of Bulgaria, where ethnic Turks live, are very few churches.
Dear brothers and sisters, we are asking to support them so that they are more successful preaching the gospel. The construction, according to preliminary calculations, will cost us about $95,000. Some brothers are ready to do the work themselves. Please help us with the construction and materials and keep us in prayer. God bless you.
Currently, the population of Turkey is over 75 million and they all need salvation. In 2020 many ministers were deported, and young churches were left without mentors. Services in Antalya were held under God’s protection, people filled the halls and listened to the Gospel. Recent observations show that especially young people are interested in Christianity and want to acquire the New Testament.
Before the events started, the specially trained dogs went around to check for explosives in all the buildings where services should have been held. Observing these procedures subconscious, we still understand that our hope is only in the Lord because there is always the chance that someone can enter the hall with a martyr belt.
In December 2020 we continued to evangelize the population in Turkey by taking part in Christmas programs. We ask you to join this difficult work and become part of this ministry of evangelism and churches in Asia. Please pray for us every day to be protected by God from all evil, because we do not know the intentions of the enemy.
