Our recent trip to Ukraine was an amazing experience of blessing and being blessed. We are returning to the UK with so many happy, painful and poignant memories of our encounters with so many people in desperate situations of need in some of the poorest regions of Europe.
We spent
We are very grateful to faithful friends at Horley Baptist Church for their generous support of our work in Ukraine. Yesterday, I gave a brief presentation, showing a few photos of our ministry to a disabled home in Eastern Ukraine. The church responded by donating over £700 (mostly in small,
It was an honour to meet the Head of the Catholic Church in Ukraine, His Beatitude Archbishop Major Sviatoslav Shevchuk, at a recent event at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, London.
The Archbishop gave a presentation entitled, ‘The Mission of the Church in Ukraine Today’. He
Thanks to the generosity of our friends, family and various anonymous donors, we were able to send a dozen zimmer frames and a dozen sets of crutches to a disabled home in the Dnipro Region ahead of our trip later this month.
This equipment will make a huge difference to
Each of these Youtube videos will give you an insight into some of the summer camp activities:
The First Session
Fun and Games
Excerpt from an English Lesson
Organising into Groups
Karine’s Announcement
There’s an old joke which goes something like this: What’s the difference between the English and the Ukrainians? The answer: “English people leave without saying goodbye, whereas Ukrainians say goodbye without leaving!”
This week at the camp we were all Ukrainians. We knew we had to say goodbye, but the
At the summer camp we had the privilege of playing out key scenes from the Bible in fun and creative reenactments. As well as playing games and learning new skills, the children were also told about God’s love for them. We were blessed to have such a talented and creative
Consultation between the UK and Ukraine Leaders of the Camp
We arrived into Dnipro on the overnight train from Kyiv and after a quick breakfast in the waiting lounge at Dnipro Central Station, we boarded the eastbound train to Vasylkivka, the venue of the summer camp.
Arriving in the town
I couldn’t believe it. In Ukraine in July the only weather-related concern that I had was that we’d have to endure several days of the usual scorching heat under the blazing sun. Instead, on this first morning of the camp, it started to pour with rain!
Not put off by
We’ve just arrived back from an exhilarating week at the Dnipro Hope Mission children’s summer camp in Ukraine. It’s been quite a remarkable week and we are returning from Ukraine with so many memories.
After flying from Heathrow to Kyiv on 11 July, we spent the