Repentance of young girl

Brothers and sisters, salute you, peace and grace to you from the Lord Father and the Lord Son Jesus Christ.

In prayers, I constantly thank the Lord for you, because you are our support and help in serving Him.

At the beginning of this month, in our church, there was a funeral, and we had the opportunity to preach the gospel to parishioners who do not know Christ. I pray for those who hear the word of God, so that it touches their hearts and leads to repentance.

I am very pleased that the Lord works with the hearts of youth. That week, a teenage girl named Loredana repented and dedicated her life to Christ. May the Almighty preserve it under His cover.

In the past Resurrection, our youth visited the Romanian church in the city of Chernivtsi. They served as sermons, psalms and poems. They were joy and encouragement to the church, and a motive to glorify the Lord.

I also attended a Romanian ministerial conference, where a brother from the USA has been a missionary in Austria for 40 years. We took a lot of instructions for ourselves, and also heard many testimonies from his missionary life. I realized for myself how beautifully God works through those who devote themselves fully to the Lord.

Prayer Needs:

-For the youth, for the choir, which is so important for the church, that the Lord protect them from all evil, and that they warm up their gift.

-For the church, that the Lord keeps from false doctrine.

- For my family, so that every member of the family performs the ministry to which they are called in faith.

Thank you so much for your support in the ministry, you are helping us a lot. We love you and pray for you. With love, the Gortopan family.

Youth ministry

Dear brothers and sisters of the PIE Ukraine mission, together with my whole family, we welcome you, peace and grace to you from our God the Father, and God the Son Jesus Christ.

Always in prayer, we pray for all of you with joy, for your participation in evangelism. You are a great help and support for us, as well as motivation for the thanksgiving of the Lord. I strongly wish that through the services of all our members of the church, the name of our Lord be glorified.

Our young sisters visited our brothers and sisters who are sick and cannot attend the meeting. By this they show Christ not by words but by action. Through these visits, the relatives of our patients who do not know Christ can hear the word of God.

Our youth held a ministry last week of this month. They had a very interesting program about worship, which greatly encouraged us and brought great joy to everyone.

Prayer Needs:

1. Pray for the people of our village who hear the word of God so that the Lord touches their hearts.

2. Pray for the one man Eugene who attends our meeting, that the Lord will bring him to Him.

3. Pray for family evangelism on March 1 at the restaurant.

Thank you for the help we receive from you.

We wish you a close relationship with Christ, and that you see His blessing every day.

With respect and love to you, the Gortopan family.

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.