Children devoted to God

I greet you all through the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank God for you, for your support in prayer and in material, my prayer that the Lord gave you every reward.

This Sunday, in the early service, the Church of the Christ (Rokitne Village), had the opportunity to rejoice again for the young family who brought Gabriel to devote himself to the Lord. Just 2 weeks ago we had the ministry of blessing the child. In such ministries, I preach only about the family, as well as 20 of our children sing, also serve as servants to the Lord.

Thank God for our Church, I pray to God that Ukraine had a good future, and children are our future.

Ask to pray for us, for our children, so that they could praise God in the future. For my family, for my wife, pray for us so that we can go through all the affairs with victory in Christ.

Missionary and pastor in the Rokitne village, Kioresku Grigoriy

Ministry in an orphanage

Dear brothers and sisters,

First, I greet you with the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Every day I thank the Lord for you, for your support, prayers and everything you do for us. May the Lord reward you!

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27

God tells us to look after them so we have to fulfill it.

Together with Br. Pavel and s. Larissa, we visited an Orphanage in Sadgory. 95 children of all ages have heard about the main person of the Bible, God and Jesus Christ. We talked to them, sang songs and played games. Gifts were handed out at the end. Thank God for such a ministry.

Thank God for our brothers and sisters from the United States, who are with us in prayer and materially.

Pastor Kioresku Grigoriy

The fruit of Christian camp

I am happy to be a servant of God. He entrusted a very important ministry for us – make people followers of Jesus Christ.

Thank you, everyone, who supports us and pray about us. You help us to realize our vision of ministry.

This Sunday after common congregation we conducted the youth meeting. There were a lot of young people who came to worship God and to hear the Scripture. One brother was preaching, his name is Edgar and he had repented last year in the Christian youth camp in Boyan. So, how it is a pleasure to see the fruit of that camp that this guy came to Jesus and even much more he is preaching today. Praise the Lord.

Please, pray of him, because his parents are unbelievers and make some persecution to him. Let God gives the strength to his faith.

Love, the Kioresko family

Rich in Blessings

From the first lines I greet you with the Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank God for you, for your prayers for me and for the financial support in the ministry in Ukraine. 

  The month that passed has been a month rich in blessings. With the help of God, I preached in the church I serve, encouraged the Church and urged the members to draw nearer to God and more knowledge of Him.

On the second Sunday of the month, we dedicated the Sunday service to our youth at which they served with singing and preaching. I write with joy that at that service, a young man, Edgar, who repented in the PIE camp last summer, went out to preach. In his family he is persecuted by his parents, but God strengthens him and he faces any difficulty. I pray for him, spend time with him praying with him, and I see him rejoicing in the Lord. Join with us in prayer for Edgar.

Ministry of People

In February I preached at two funerals, visited and preached in six churches in our region, prayed at the ordination of two deacons in a village called Ropcha, in another church I assisted at the election of two deacons and in another church, I counseled a couple who have been living together for a year and want to divorce now. I am terrified of what is happening nowadays in our churches. I prayed with them and we continue to pray for this family to get wisdom from God and keep their marriage. 

I rejoice in the Lord for the family He has given to me. We serve together the Lord. My wife Milla has had some problems with her stomach recently. The others are fine. I thank you once more for your support, may the Lord reward you with His rich blessings! May His peace follow you! 

Love, the Kioresko’s family

God's Wonderful Works

Dear brothers and sisters, 

With our first lines we greet you with the peace of our Lord Jesus. 

By the help of God, the first month of this year has passed and I come to the Lord with much gratitude for His rich grace and His wonderful works.

Right from the beginning of the year, we had a week of prayer at church and every day we met up for prayer, then for two days we went caroling through the village to the people's homes, and there we had a special grace to preach about Jesus to people in our community.

This month we visited 5 churches in our region, where by the Grace of the Lord we could serve those churches and encourage them, as well as the church in our village. 

Charity and Outreach

Our church raised some charity for brothers in Christ from the war area. We gave the charity to our brothers from Dinauts church who went to Donetsk region and brought it to our brothers in need there. We thank the Lord for protecting our brothers in Christ in the way and have been able bring joy to the brethren who live in the war zone. We also thank you for praying for them and for your help in this ministry. 

Our church organized an outreach in the center of the village for the people of our community. 50 unsaved people, 30 children and several youths came to the outreach. We pray that the Lord will work on the hearts of those people who overcame shame and came to the evangelization. Let the Holy Spirit investigate their hearts as the Word sown in them brings fruit.

Our family rejoices in the peace of the Lord. Thank you for supporting us in the ministry. May the Lord bless you and reward you and may His peace be with you! 

Love, the Kioresko family

Bringing In the New Year

Dear brothers and sisters, 

I greet you with the peace of our Lord Jesus! I praise the Lord for you who stand with us in our fight against the enemy and pray for us and the ministry in Ukraine. I thank God for the financial support too which is not less important in the ministry. 

With God’s help and mercy, we lived one more year, the last month of which was quite busy. We have the privilege to celebrate Christmas twice this year. We celebrated it on December 25th, when we had a special service at church. We will celebrate it on January 7th again, with other people in our community. On December 31st we had a special service at church which started at 9 p.m. and ended at midnight. Thus, everybody from our church had the opportunity to begin the New Year in the church. 

I preached at two funerals in December and made ten pastoral visits. I visited two nonbeliever families and I had the opportunity to share the Gospel to them. 

In December I had a bad flu but with God’s mercy it passed without side effects and I am alive and fine now. I praise the Lord that no one in the family caught the flu I had. 

May the Lord reward your sacrifice you do for us in Ukraine! May the peace and love of the Lord be with you!

Love, Kioresko family

Through Grief Comes Hope

Dear brothers and sisters,

From the first lines I greet you with the peace of the Lord who carries us in His chariot of victory every day. God has shown us His amazing mercy during the last autumn month providing us everyday with food, peace in our area although our country is at war, and leading us triumphant from trials. We praise Him for everything.

We had a funeral at our church. A sister in Christ, a member of our church, passed away. Her children who are not believers and a lot of unsaved relatives were able to hear about Christ’s love for them. We had a wonderful opportunity to evangelize the unsaved people. 

At church we are preparing for winter holidays: the youth, children and the choir have singing practice and other preparations. Most importantly we pray for our country which wastes a lot of money on the war in which so many people have been dying. Because of the war life in Ukraine has become very expensive and we can hardly bear it.  Join with us in prayer for God’s plan in our country, and if this is His plan, to humble people, then pray for us to receive power from God to withstand all the trials.

May God’s peace be with you!

Love, Kioresko Grigoriy

Gospel in the Radio Waves

Warm greetings in Jesus’ Name from Chernauti, Ukraine!

I and my family always thank our Lord for you, for your prayer and financial support. I pray Him to be your great reward.  

With God’s help and your prayers, we have lived through one more beautiful fall month. In October I visited some churches in Constantsa, Romania, where I preached in five churches. I had the opportunity to be live on a Christian radio in Constantsa where I could share with the radio listeners how God works in Ukraine. 

Opportunities to Share

I preached at a funeral where the relatives are deep orthodox believers. I preached to them about Jesus’s salvation and His blood sacrifice for us, sinners. 

Two young women and a young boy who is 16 and who is orphan started to come regularly to our church in Rakitna. Please, pray for them to choose Christ for their lives and repent. 

 We praise the Lord for blessings and trials He gives us in our family. Pray for us and for peace in our country. The situation in our country is not stable, it is becoming harder and harder, as the prices are rising incredibly. Please pray for God’s ministry to continue and not stop. I leave you with the peace of our Lord.  

Best regards, Kioresko Grigory

Camp Follow-Up

Dear brothers and sisters,

First, I greet you with the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Every day I thank the Lord for you, for your support, prayers and everything you do for us. May the Lord reward you! 

With God’s help we lived through the first fall month. It was a difficult month from both sides, spiritual and physical. I worked with the youth who accepted the Lord at the PIEI camp this summer. I tried to encourage them. I bring to your knowledge that Edgar’s parents don’t persecute him anymore. We praise the Lord for this. Please, pray for him and for Dan Statnik to be strong in their faith and to resist the Devil’s attacks.  

Care For the Orphans

On September 30 we celebrated Thanksgiving. We had a blessed service. We raised money and bought all kinds of goods and bought them to the orphanage for disabled children from our region. The kids and the staff enjoyed our visit a lot. The staff asked us if we can bring them potatoes. I told the church members about this problem and we are ready to bring them the potatoes. Please, pray for this important ministry. 

Please pray for me and my family to stand all the trials that come upon us. Thank you again for everything you do for the ministry in Ukraine. 

May the peace of the Lord be with you! 

Love, Kioresko Grigory

Teens Witness To Their Families

With God’s help we lived an amazing month full of blessings, and God’s gratitude surrounded us day by day. I and our family thank God for you, for your prayers that God answers and for the financial support you help us monthly. 

I am so grateful for the youth who accepted the Lord at camp this summer. One teen, whose name is Edgar, had parents who persecuted him after they heard that he became Christian. We praise the Lord that Edgar resisted all persecutions and now he is still in the church. The father of another teenager, Dan, hearing that his son repented, expressed his desire to attend church and become a Christian too,  as only he in their family is nonbeliever. Please, pray for these boys and their families to be saved. 

Vision in Ministry

Pray for me to have vision in the ministry and guidance from the Lord. We plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in the center of the village. We don’t know exactly how it will be, but we pray for this event and we ask you to join with us in prayer too. 

I thank you once more of being part of my life and working with me in the Gospel field in Ukraine. May the Lord reward you all the sacrifice you do and may His peace be with you! I am glad for you and pray for you. 

Grigory Kioresko