Thanksgiving day

Dear brothers and sisters, we greet you with the peace and grace of Jesus Christ!

I am grateful to God for joint ministry with you and for the fact that we support each other in prayers before the Lord.

1.At the beginning of the month there was a funeral. One elderly sister passed away. She had children and unbeliever grandchildren who heard, on this occasion, the Gospel.

2. We had the blessing of a newborn. One young family brought a son so that God would bless him and his parents. We, together with the church, prayed and entrusted the baby in the hands of God.

3.26 September, on Sunday, our church celebrated the Feast of the Harvest, Thanksgiving Day for all the fruits of the earth with which God blessed us throughout the year. We praised and thanked the Lord heartily through chants and prayers, for His care in relation to us, for love and kindness Whose gentlemen we feel them day after day.

5.Thanks:

-We are grateful to God that we can gather for fellowship and prayer.

-Thank God for giving us good opportunities to preach the Gospel.

6.Prayer Needs:

-Pray, together with us, for those unbelievers who have heard the Word of the Gospel.

-For young people, teenagers and children, so that the Lord will keep them from sin, from the influence of Satan, who wants to win their souls for himself.

-It is about me that the Lord would give me much wisdom in ministry.

-You, brothers and sisters from the USA, we sincerely thank you for praying for us and supporting us financially.

We also pray for you and trust in the hands of God to take care of you and your needs.

With love to you, the Hortopan family.

Blessed month at our church

Dear brothers and sisters of the PIEI organization, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! I praise the Lord for miraculously taking care of us in our ministry in the Lord's Field.

1. I praise God for the ministry that was performed in the Christian camp in Boyany. There were young men and teenagers from families of believers, but there were also young ones from non-believing families. I am very glad that the youth and children have repented.

2.We had dear and blessed meetings with the church when we met for fellowship and prayer. Thank God, one soul repented. At the end of the month, we had the blessing of one child and we prayed, together with the church, for this little one named Mark. We entrusted him in the hands of Almighty God, so that He would bless and protect him from all evil.

3.Thanks:

-Thank God for the ministry that was done with teenagers and children in the camp.

-Thank God for you too, because you are a great help for us in our ministry in Ukraine.

-Thank the Lord that the Word of God is preached and we can gather for fellowship and prayer.

4.Prayer Needs:

-We will pray for many members of our church who are sick and we pray for them.

-For those who repented, so that the Lord would strengthen them in faith and protect them from all evil.

-For me and other ministers of our church, so that the Lord strengthens us in ministry for Him.

We thank all of you brothers and sisters from the United States, our partners in evangelism in Ukraine, for your help and support that we have from you and especially thank you for sponsoring the Christian youth camp of the PIEI Ukraine mission in Boyany. We pray for you that God bless you and so that he would further strengthen you in ministry in His Field. We love you and pray for you.

With love, your brother in Christ, Mihai Hortopan.

Christian day camp

Dear brothers and sisters of the PIEI Ukraine organization, We greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

I always thank God for you and always pray for you that the Lord will strengthen you more and more in your work in His Field.

1.At the beginning of the month, a Christian day camp for children and teenagers was organized in our church. It was a great ministry where all the youth of our church participated. Every day 70 children came before lunch and 60 teenagers in the afternoon. There were big expenses, about 36 thousand hryvnias ($ 1333), but I am glad that our church members had open hearts for this ministry.

2. We also had an evangelistic ministry with a choir from Odessa, where unbelievers who were invited attended our church.

3.Thanks:

-Thank God for having good opportunities to proclaim the Gospel.

-Thank the Lord for the freedom of the Word of God in Ukraine.

4.Prayer Needs:

-Pray with us for the children from unbelieving families who were in our camp.

-For those unbelievers who heard the Word of the Gospel.

-For me, so that the Lord strengthens me in the ministry in His Field.

We thank God and always pray for you because you are for

us a great help in our ministry. We wish you that the Lord blesses you with health, courage and many more blessings from God.

With love to you, your brother in Christ Mihai Hortopan.

7 years waited for God's response

Dear brothers and sisters from the PIEI organization, we greet you with love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! I praise the Lord, because only He cares for us and blesses our ministry.

1. In our church we gather together for worship, prayer, fellowship, Sunday school and the analysis of the Word of God. We are glad that all the services that were previously held (before the Pandemic) have already returned to the church, and through these services we glorify and praise God.

2. Praise the Lord for having heard our prayers: the prayers of a church and one young family. One family after 7 years of prayer that the Lord bless them with a child, thank God that He heard their prayers and after 7 years of waiting, God gave them a little baby boy named Timothy. They brought him to our church for blessing and together with the church thanked the Lord and praised God for a wonderful answer to our prayers and through this answer in prayers the Lord brought great blessings to this family.

3. Collected social assistance, together with our church, for one family who took orphans from a boarding school for orphans.

4.Thanks:

-I am very grateful to God for the fact that lately He has answered many of our prayers.

-Thank the Lord for having the Freedom of the Word of God in our country.

- We always thank the Lord and our dear brothers and sisters from the USA for you, because you are a great support for us in our ministry here in Ukraine.

5.Prayer Needs:

-Pray with us for the celebration of the New Testament baptism planned for our church in early July this summer.

-Pray for the planned children's day camp this summer too.

-For me and other ministers of our church, so that the Lord always blesses us with the Power of the Holy Spirit and that we boldly preach the Word of God.

We love you and always pray for you. We wish the Lord to bless you with health, happiness, peace and joy from God.

With love, the Hortopan family.

The blessing of a little Miriam

Dear brothers and sisters, we greet you with the love and peace of Jesus Christ. Thank God for having an auspicious time when, together with the church, we had wonderful fellowship.

1.One young family brought, in the house of prayer, for blessing their little daughter named Miriam, where we prayed for her and handed her in the hands of the Lord. Our children had a beautiful program of congratulations for this family.

In May, we celebrated the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, where, together with the church, we had a rich program for children, teenagers, youth and our choir. It makes us very happy that unbelievers who listened to the Word of God were at these evangelizations. The Lord touched their hearts.

3. Together with the church we made a donation for missionaries from Ukraine who serve in other countries of the world.

4.Thanks:

-Thank God for hearing our prayers and brother deacon Vladimir, after his illness he felt better and he came from the hospital, thank God!

-Thank God that we can come together for worship and prayer in the house of prayer and the time has come that we began to appreciate these blessed moments even more.

-Always thank the Lord for you, brothers and sisters, for your prayers and for your help.

5.Prayer Needs:

-Pray, together with us, for peace to Ukraine.

-Pray, together with our church, for one unbelieving man (his name is Vitaly) who attended our church and now fell ill with Covid so that the Lord would heal him.

-Pray for me so that I can preach the Gospel at the right time and at the wrong time.

Once again, I thank you dear brothers and sisters from the USA for praying for us and helping us with finances. We also pray for you and entrust you in the hands of the Almighty God, so that He will always take care of you in your needs.

With great respect and love, your brother in Christ, Gortopan Mihai.