Fall 2008.  Between October 7-November 3, John will be traveling to Eastern Europe in Ukraine. The focus of this trip will be teaching and preaching and following up on the distribution of our benevolent shipments. John will be traveling to these places: Kyiv, Donetsk, Kramatorsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Stary Lysec, Pereginsk, and Chernivitsy. The trip to Chernivitsy is exciting as there appears to be no congregation of the Lord’s Church in that Oblast and the Lord’s Church is completely unknown. John will be visiting with officials that will receive two flood relief containers.

Once again this trip will have an eye surgical team (Dr. Gary Jerkins and his nurses) and Dr. Ron Swang a dentist. The eye surgeon team will perform operations and work with the eye hospitals in Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk. Dr. Swang will continue to set up a clinic in one of the villages where the Lord’s Church was established recently and will explore possibilities for working with some of the orphanages in the region.

Email reports will be sent back as John has access to internet connections. You may have already subscribed to the email report list where these are automatically sent to you. If you have not then you can subscribe by clicking here and following the directions for receiving the reports. Or simply read the reports on this web site as they are posted. On this trip John will be going alone because those that normally travel with him have spread out their trips to have a more constant presence in the areas where they are working. This means that he will miss being with those companions and will especially miss opportunities to torment his dearest “Emma.”

John continues to be thankful for the support that has been given that allows this trip to be possible. Thank you also for the continuing support that allows our efforts in Ukraine to continue. The scope of our involvement in the world has become a juggernaut and as John leaves we are in involved not only in Ukraine but also in Honduras, India, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Sudan, Somalia, Nicaragua, Iraq, Tajikistan, and Mexico. There are discussions as to immediate involvement in Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Laos, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. Just this week we have been presented with an opportunity to be involved in Dilijan, Armenia!  [Read about John's Misison Work around the world]

John will be sending back email reports as often as possible. At times he will be in locations where email is not possible. You can receive the email reports automatically by subscribing to the mailing list.

Be sure to keep John in your prayers as they travel and work in various aspects of this trip!

Click here or on the Ukrainian coat of arms to see a map of Ukraine that you can use to follow the travels and places on this trip.

Last Updated 10.20.2008