Christmas carols

My dear brothers and sisters, at the beginning of 2020, we want to greet you with these words: peace and grace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ, we wish you a blessed and happy New Year with the Lord.

At the beginning of this year, we celebrated the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, on this holiday children, youth, the choir, prepared an interesting program, and we also had the opportunity to evangelize our village through the carols. Also, the meetings that were held are evangelism, which was attended by unbelievers who were invited by the youth through the preaching of the gospel during the carol. And the older generation, visited the sick of our church, so that they also felt the festive mood of Christmas through the carol and the history of the Nativity of Christ. They were happy, and felt comforted.

Prayer Needs:

1. For those who have heard the good news of the gospel at the feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ.

2. For those who have fallen and departed from the Lord, so that they return to Him.

3. For me, so that I can diligently spread the gospel.

Thank you for the congratulations, for the medicines, for the gifts that brought us joy. We love you and always pray for you.

Regards, the Gortopan family.

Meeting 2020

My dear brothers and sisters, peace and grace to you from our Lord Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I constantly thank the Lord for you, and also for the grace that our Lord Jesus gave you, because through Him you have been enriched in all areas of your life, and you are also a great witness and blessing for us.

Soon 2019 leaves us, this year was blessed, we lived it by the grace of God, and we can repeat the words of Samuel (the Lord has helped us to this place) and we praise the Lord for what He has done for us. For the past week, this month, we have had prayer every day for the services of our church. We prayed for ministers, missionaries, for holiness in the church, for the right motives that the church connects.

The Last Sunday was a sermon on the topic of the young generation in ministry, about their relationship with each other, about their spiritual growth and the growth of adolescents and children. The youth that day served: good sermons and worship through psalms.

For the church, it was a blessing and the motive is praying for the younger generation, which is our future. Our youth are also visited by patients. In our church there is a young girl Alina, who is 20 years old with down syndrome, who had surgery, she was also visited by our youth. They pleased her with their presence, songs, prayer, and a word of comfort through the word of God.

Pray please:

• For Alina, so that the Lord would strengthen her after the operation.  

• For our youth, adolescents and children, so that the Lord changes their character and prepares them for His service.

• For me, so that the word that I preach is in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Thank you so much, because throughout this year, we have honored your support in serving in Ukraine. In the new year, we wish you a lot of grace from the Lord and His blessing to accompany you every day.  

With respect, missionary Mihai Gortopan.

A fruit of the ministry

Greetings, peace and grace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ. I thank and pray to the Lord always for you, that He will strengthen you in your ministry, because you are a great blessing, support and help for us.

One man from our village named Victor was in a very difficult fall condition, depending on the addiction of alcohol and cigarettes. He visited, periodically, our church, and he decided to go to the Christian rehabilitation center, where he spent the whole of 2019. The Holy Spirit touched his soul, and he was reconciled with the Lord. Now he abides in the word of God, and every day learns to walk the path of our Lord Jesus Christ. This month, he was baptized, on December 1, at church No. 2 in Chernivtsi. We are very happy for him, and we pray for him, that the Lord will protect him from the slavery of sin, which took so many wonderful years from him.

One young family of our church brought their daughter for a blessing (the baby's name is Anastasia). For a blessing, their friends and parents of the mother of the child who did not know Christ as the Savior came to visit, therefore this service was like evangelism, where the word of our Lord was preached. A youth choir sang to the service, and the children congratulated their parents through an interesting program with their newborn daughter. The Church and I prayed for the baby, and entrusted her into the hands of the Lord.

We thank you brothers and sisters from the USA for working with us in the field of God, supporting us and praying for us. We also pray for you, and wish to be partners with you in God's work for as long as possible. We also want to congratulate you on the birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ. We wish you many blessings, peace and joy from the Lord, so that His blessing never leaves you and your families.

Prayer Needs:

1. For Victor, who received the baptism, so that the Lord will protect him from the devil.

2. For preparing for the holidays, so that as many unbelievers as possible come to hear the gospel.

3. For us servants, that the Lord will help us present the gospel in the Holy Spirit.

We love you, with respect, Mikhail Gortopan.

Evangelization of our village

Dear brothers and sisters, I salute you, peace and grace of our Lord Father and the Son of Jesus Christ be with you.

I am grateful to the Lord for all the memories of you that I keep and pray for you all with joy and love, because you are support for us in the ministry which we work with you. We live in a large village where a very large number of people live, of whom we pray, and we try to preach the gospel to them in different ways.

In our church, we organized evangelism, with the choir and with the preachers, from another church who helped us in this ministry by singing and preaching the gospel. On this Evangelization, there were our church members and unsaved souls, for whom I pray that the Holy Spirit touches their hearts.

Also, I came to visit the church of the village of Marsintsi, where I preached the word, and where we rejoiced and praised our Lord with them. Thank you for your help and support in many of our ministries.

Prayer Needs:

1. Pray for Victor, who attends our church, he is very ill, for his healing, and that through these difficulties he will repent and be reconciled with the Lord.

2. For services in our church.

3. For me, so that I can preach Christ to non-regenerated people.

Blessed be my dear ones, with respect your brother Michael Gortopan.

Donation for the family of Alex Pascar

Brothers and sisters, I salute you, peace and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. I always thank our Lord in my prayers for you. After all, you are for us great support and help in God's work in which we work. I thank God for choosing me to be a minister in the church of Christ.

 At the beginning of this month, we had a collection of donations, we collected finances for the family of Alex Pascar from Dinovtsov, who went through difficult and difficult trials. I also visited them at a church service, where I was given the opportunity to share the word of God. We prayed for them, and we continue to pray, so that through these difficulties they will draw closer and closer to the Lord.

In our church, together with my brothers, I began to study the topic: the second coming of Jesus Christ, where we learn to stay awake and be prepared to meet the Lord Jesus Christ.

 Thank you so much, for, through your help, we can be of benefit to others.

Prayer Needs:

1. Please pray for our youth, and our brothers and sisters in age, that they show brotherly love and understanding of each other.

2. For peace in Ukraine.

3. For me and my family.

Sincerely your brother Michael Gortopan.