Day 1: English - club, hooray! We had active prep and at the evening our 2 groups, "so-so" and "good" united. We watched 3 pieces of 3 films, of course in English, and had quiz afterward.
When our time ran out, some of the students stayed to play Mafia with us. :)
Day 2: Tuesday was our day off, which I spent not rushing anywhere, walking around and
checking my navigation skills, having creamsoup in a bread bowl, and changing money. The rate
for Ukrainian money is...low. When we just arrived it was lucky moment for us, but later the rate
dropped down (the lowest now is 1 UAH to 0.50 LEI).
Day 3: Early, early in the morning, three of our DTS male students and I went to the school. We arrived 40 minutes early and during this time each of us spent some time on tuning our hearts and minds. That day we had 6 classes, grades 59. The 7th grade behavior impressed me and it
seemed as though they were the 9th graders. We are still reaching teens about Friendship. So far, for 2 weeks we reached about 1,000 teens! One of the highlight descriptions of friendship was one I heard from a 7th grader: “Friendship is a partnership; it is to see yourself in another person. Friendship is giving: by giving you are fed spiritually, by receiving physically.”
Day 4: Love feast? Yes. We had it that evening at the “Church without walls.” It was an evening to remember what our Jesus went through and how we are supposed to live with that. Good time to spend with this people and be reminded of great sacrifice.
Day 5: All of us spent time together. We had a walk in a park and played a quest, which brought
me to meet 2 musicians, French and FrenchCanadian. On the way back home, we met local TV reporters, and they offered us an opportunity to ask any question to any minister of Moldova, and I asked a question we are interested in: “How can you help your youth to develop their creativity and ideas today for their better future?”
Day 6: Again early morning we left to the Sculeni village (where earlier our guys went once
already). This is a place where Ivan's, our outreach leader, mom lives. People are building a
church there, for 4 summers already by this point. We had about 8 hours to spend with those
people, have fellowship and help practically. Lillian and I decorated for Easter, Lilya helped with
salads. We've been blessed with an encouragement, that that day we did "a ministry of
partnership".
Day 7: Sunday, for students was a day of good challenge: the volunteers from the church and
them led their first Sunday school. And the church was so thankful for that! It was their dream to
have a service for kids and now it was started. That day, later, we visited one more church and
heard more about Easter. We also had a lamb! At the evening, since the next week is final, Peter
and friends invited us for a BBQ. It was such a good time to share about YWAM (I did it for most
of the time), DTS, plans, understandings and encouragement. That day we also got blessed
financially! Let's party :)
PRAYERS for the final week in Chisinau:
* be bound more together as team
* for a place to live in Kagul and ministries there
* for more summer!
* to finish this week bright and organized
When our time ran out, some of the students stayed to play Mafia with us. :)
Day 2: Tuesday was our day off, which I spent not rushing anywhere, walking around and
checking my navigation skills, having creamsoup in a bread bowl, and changing money. The rate
for Ukrainian money is...low. When we just arrived it was lucky moment for us, but later the rate
dropped down (the lowest now is 1 UAH to 0.50 LEI).
Day 3: Early, early in the morning, three of our DTS male students and I went to the school. We arrived 40 minutes early and during this time each of us spent some time on tuning our hearts and minds. That day we had 6 classes, grades 59. The 7th grade behavior impressed me and it
seemed as though they were the 9th graders. We are still reaching teens about Friendship. So far, for 2 weeks we reached about 1,000 teens! One of the highlight descriptions of friendship was one I heard from a 7th grader: “Friendship is a partnership; it is to see yourself in another person. Friendship is giving: by giving you are fed spiritually, by receiving physically.”
Day 4: Love feast? Yes. We had it that evening at the “Church without walls.” It was an evening to remember what our Jesus went through and how we are supposed to live with that. Good time to spend with this people and be reminded of great sacrifice.Day 5: All of us spent time together. We had a walk in a park and played a quest, which brought
me to meet 2 musicians, French and FrenchCanadian. On the way back home, we met local TV reporters, and they offered us an opportunity to ask any question to any minister of Moldova, and I asked a question we are interested in: “How can you help your youth to develop their creativity and ideas today for their better future?”
already). This is a place where Ivan's, our outreach leader, mom lives. People are building a
church there, for 4 summers already by this point. We had about 8 hours to spend with those
people, have fellowship and help practically. Lillian and I decorated for Easter, Lilya helped with
salads. We've been blessed with an encouragement, that that day we did "a ministry of
partnership".
Day 7: Sunday, for students was a day of good challenge: the volunteers from the church and
them led their first Sunday school. And the church was so thankful for that! It was their dream to
have a service for kids and now it was started. That day, later, we visited one more church and
heard more about Easter. We also had a lamb! At the evening, since the next week is final, Peter
and friends invited us for a BBQ. It was such a good time to share about YWAM (I did it for most
of the time), DTS, plans, understandings and encouragement. That day we also got blessed
financially! Let's party :)
PRAYERS for the final week in Chisinau:
* be bound more together as team
* for a place to live in Kagul and ministries there
* for more summer!
* to finish this week bright and organized
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