David & Annette Dryden

For anyone who has been wondering if we made it back to Ukraine–the answer is yes.  We had a good trip back to Ukraine and started getting settled in right off the bat.  One thing we quickly picked up on after getting back to our house was that not much had changed, both at our house and in the community.  No major events took place except that a few people passed away while we were in the US–one of those who had passed away was a minister who had a heart attack.  He had been a very instrumental evangelist and church planter in our region as long as we have been in Ukraine (we first met him in 2003).  You can pray for his family (the Olenik family), as he left behind a wife and a younger daughter as well as 2 older sons who are both married with children.

We’ve been spending most of our last month trying to get life in order.  As you can probably imagine after 9 months in the USA there were a few things to get used to, and we needed to get a car since we had sold our car before coming to the US.  We also had to tame the “jungle” that was growing wildly around our house, and reestablish relationships with Christians and non-Christians in our community.  We have only just come to the point where we are feeling settled in the most basic sense, but at least now we can start living like normal (whatever normal means!).

Dave has had several significant opportunities to share with friends of another religion about Jesus and things are moving forward in exciting and new ways as the Holy Spirit is opening unique opportunities for relationships to be built.  Keep these new opportunities in prayer.  If you’d like to hear more about what is going on or have a specific question about something–send us an email.

Dave picked up an American in the beginning of July who will be staying in our village for the entire month of July helping us get some video material put together.  Pray for the project they will be working on and for the experience this young man from the USA will have in Ukraine.  Pray that they will be able to accomplish the goals they have and that the result would be something that can be used in ministry on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.  The main thrust of the video will be to allow a non-Christian people group to tell their personal stories about their history.

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