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Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18,19 In my Bible Study today, God just hit me with some truth, and it was truth I needed to hear. 2 Corinthians 5 has some good stuff in it. But what hit me above all was that "Christ gave us the ministry of reconciliation." rec·on·cile    1.to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to somethingnot desired: He was reconciled to his fate. 2.to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable: toreconcile hostile persons. 3.to compose or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.). 4.to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible orconsistent: to reconcile differing statements; to reconcile accounts. God not only desires us to be reconciled with himself, but we are called to ...

Apartment hunting has been an interesting experience so far... I've had the song, "Be Optimistic" from an old Shirley Temple movie I watched as a kid. If you have never seen the movie, you should... And if you've have no clue about this song, here is the youtube link  But be warned, it will be stuck in your head since it is quite catchy:)  But anyways, yes, I keep telling myself to be optimistic and that I will find something in my budget to live in and have ready for when the summer intern comes (and potential other guest).  The first apartment, it was okay. It was two rooms (here each room counts as a room, unlike in the states where only the bedrooms count), that for here in Ukraine, were not bad. But the bathroom, and the bath room (again, most Ukraine homes have the bath tub, and the toilet in separate rooms), well the toilet room and the tub room, were not that great. My word was "uncleanable" but my mom said that all in all that plac...

* This is the newsletter that was sent out in the mail two weeks ago. So if you missed getting a copy, you can read it here! Thank you all for your love and support over these last 6 months... And I am looking forward to what God has in stored these next 6 months:)  Radical Feet Ministries “The Sixth Month Mark Newsletter” Dear Friends and Family, Time has gone by so quickly. I can no believe that is has been six months since I first packed my bags and move to L’viv. The time I have spent here so far has been filled with so many adventures, trials, and God’s provisions! I am so excited to share with you through this newsletter some of the stories that have taken place over these past few months; share with you stories of ministry, and also let you in on the things that are to come for me and Radical Feet!           First, I would like to start with sharing about this pic...

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I really hope that you will continue to invest in me and the ministry going on in Ukraine. With the rise of "other" faiths here, it is even more important for Christian missionaries to be present here. So please be in prayer for the missionaries here, and for the support of churches and people like you to back them and encourage them, and to financially bless them! Wow, what a week. Got 51 letters mailed out to celebrate 6 months of me being in Ukraine ! Hope you signed up to get the 6th month newsletter, if not, be looking on here for the republishing of it:)  Can you believe it? Time sure does go by fast sometimes;) The last couple post I have put on the Facebook page have been about some exciting things. First is this summer Radical Feet will have its first "intern". She is an acquaintance of mine, and I am so excited she is coming to work with me and my parents ministry. I think God has some great things in store for her and for me as well! And with...

First Grade This weeks lessons was on Jesus' Baptism and the Holy Spirit They love doing crafts! This is Yura. Deanna Nadia Edgar explaining the craft 2nd graders You already know Pavlick Zhenya-- the green stuff is what they use here on cuts Helping Danilo with his craft Pavlick proud of his "dove" Hope you all had a great week, we sure did here! Newsletters went in the mail today, hope you are excited about getting yours... I will post the newsletter on here in two weeks, so if you did not get one, you will still be able to read the update:) That's it for this week, come back next week for more on what's going on here in Ukraine;)