Judy's Journal

Faithful Men

     Last week our church hosted our 6th annual "Faithful Men Conference".  Thirty men from around Ukraine attended.  The speakers were Pastor Mark Priem, Missionary John Spillman,  Pastor Igor Solod, Pastor Dema Pischanetsky, Missionary David Sloan, and Pastor Bob Van Sant.

   The purpose of the conference is to build strong leaders/nationals within our churches.  But as always, the focus is also on salvation.  There were two men in attendance that were not saved.  One man accepted Christ as his Savior and the other man was in our church this past Sunday.  He promised to be back next week and he wants to continue discussing his need of the Savior.

Faithful Men 2012 - Sevastopol Ukraine

     This year the men watched the video "COURAGEOUS".  We were so excited that the video had been translated into Russian.    I have seen the video a couple of times and I asked my husband if any of the men cried.  He said men don't look around to see if other men are crying. :-)   However, the film touched hearts beyond measure.  We were able to translate "The Resolution" into Russian on certificate paper - it looked really nice.  Leaders from each church received copies for them to discuss with their men later.

    Bro. Igor Solod is pictured above - and here he is preaching at the conference. Igor & Sveta are one of the missionaries our church supports.  They have six children (yes, he looks so young).  He is doing a wonderful job in a village just south of Kiev.  He preached in our church the Wednesday before the conference. We are glad to have a part in this young man's work!

   Many important decisions were made and we look forward to seeing the results.