Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, our partners in evangelism in Ukraine, we greet you with the love and peace of Jesus Christ!
I am very glad and grateful to God for what the Lord helped to accomplish, and this month, my ministry before God in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1. Baptism in Dynivtsi.
-With God's help, I visited the church of the village of Dinivtsi, where the pastor is brother Alekh Pascar, and there was performed water baptism of 6 souls. Husband and wife, the brother of this wife and 3 other young people. All these 3 young people Katerina, Venya and Margarita were in our camp and repented. Thank God that the sown Word bore the fruit of repentance and baptism. I preached the Word at this evangelization, thank God that there were many unbelievers and listened attentively to the Word. We pray for these people.
2.Pastor's Conference:
-After the baptism in Dynivtsi, we organized, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a pastor's district conference in a church in the village of Mamalygi. At this conference we decided how to help small churches. Therefore, we appointed big churches to help small churches. Every big church knows who they need to help and when to provide this help. This is how we did so that there would be growth in small churches.
3.Pastor ordinations:
-I attended and preached at the ordination of the pastor in the churches of the villages of Forosna and Zhilovka, brother of Alik Hrab.
It was a blessed ministry for the glory of God. Brothers and sisters from these churches were pleased with this brother who was ordained to this ministry.
4. Regional nursing conference:
-21 August, in Chernivtsi, in the Zhivaya Loza church, a regional nursing conference was held where about 300 sisters from all churches of the Chernivtsi region were present. Our sisters studied the Word of God, prayed, and the responsible sisters in all districts of the Chernivtsi region gave a report on the work done in for almost 2 years. During the pandemic, we did not hold such large-scale conferences and now the sisters were very happy about this meeting, they missed such meetings. They prepared with a program of songs and worship. They actively participated in these programs. My wife, Larisa, also gave a short report about the ministry of sisters from the churches of the Novoseletsky district. There was a blessed meeting for our sisters. Our brotherhood has now, in August, all regional and district meetings, because in the fall we do not know what will happen with this pandemic. We hope that it will not happen again Lockdown. For churches this is not very good, but the most important thing is that this pandemic stops and people do not get sick. We pray for that too.
5. Layouts:
-In September, on the 5th, we planned, with God's help, to conduct baptisms in the church in the village of Nesvoya. We pray that the Lord bless this ministry. Also, on September 19, our church is preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of our Evangelical Christian Baptist Church in Nesvoi, Glory to God ! May the Lord help us in this ministry.
6.Thanks:
-I am grateful to God that I was able to conduct these services in August and did not get sick with Covid.
-I am grateful to God for the fact that 3 young people who repented to our camp of the PIEI Ukraine mission, in 2019, received water baptism this month, Thank God!
-Thank God for the fact that every missionary from our mission performed water baptisms in their churches.
-Thank the Lord for helping our brothers and sisters from our church to carry out major repairs inside the church and change the roof of the meetinghouse during these months (July-August).
-Always thank the Lord for you brothers and sisters for your help and for your prayers for us. For helping us make the Christian camp last month. May the Lord bless you and return you a hundred blessings.
7.Prayer Needs:
-Pray for the baptisms that we will conduct in September in the church of Nesvoi, where I am a pastor, so that this ministry can be carried out in the power of the Holy Spirit.
-Pray for our feast of Jubilee of the 100th anniversary of the founding of our church in the village of Nesvoi. So that this feast is held in the power of the Holy Spirit. There will be many guests invited to this holiday. So that no one gets sick with Covid. And most importantly, that more people hear the Word of God and repented.
We always pray for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA. Please accept the heartfelt greetings from my family. Be blessed!
With love to you, the Petihachny family, Pavel and Larisa.
