More Travels

I hope and pray you read the last blog again I still need your prayers. I am home long enough to wash clothes and try to catch up on email. If I have forgotten someone, please forgive me. I do not have internet access when I travel. It will cost an addition 500 hrv or about $60 initially and then about $15 per month. I am already paying $15 per month for unlimited in Cherkassy.

I arrived home last Sunday and Julia’s husband was such a dear to pick us up and he drove me home. I was totally exhausted and crashed on Sunday. We had ‘harvest festival’ in church, so it was great to visit and see everyone. By some strange coincidence, if you believe in such things I was asked to dance in front of the church. This was a first and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Worship dance is what originally brought me to Ukraine but not a priority for me at this time.

Pastor Vadim who opened a new college in Nikolaev is one of our first students who attended the college in Nikolaev. He has his bachelor degree and will be attending some of the master classes! God is so good and keeps bringing back people for healing and restoration.

I am so excited in renewing broken relationships due to political or personnel issues. There are so many questions about the past that are uncomfortable to answer. Yet as I obey God, He keeps growing and changing the college.

Graduation at Nikolaev New Generation Church last week was wonderful. I had an opportunity to encourage the congregation in going deeper in the Word and a relationship with God. The best part of graduation is encouraging the students to continue their education. Afterward, Pastor and his wife took us out for lunch and we had a wonderful time, but it was too short. I will be going back and staying with them to visit, not minister. This month I am in Nikolaev four weekends out of the five!

Julia and I taught three days at the new college in Nikolaev and then we were literally whisked off to Odessa to teach in their college two nights. Then we took an early bus to Kherson Saturday morning to teach a nine hour day in the Master program. Afterward, I was so tired because I only had 2 hours sleep that night that I needed quiet. I begged off of being entertained for the evening and asked to go to a quiet restaurant with wifi! I wanted to play a bit. However, I ended up working.

We were schedule to take a platzcar wagon (train) home. Now have you ever been in one of these cars? Let me explain it. You have about 60 people crammed into one wagon and the top bunks are very small, you cannot even sit up in them! Ok – so I prayed, talked to Julia and we decided to see if we could exchange our tickets for a koopae, (sorry I don’t know how to translate the Russian into English!) This is a small room with 4 beds, of course they are bunks. We were able to get upper beds. The young man who had one of the lower bunks gave it up for me! I was truly blessed.

A new adventure is beginning, while I wait for two hours in McDonalds for my friends to pick me up. They live on the edge of Kyiv, which at this time is about 5 million folks! I teach a new Master class tomorrow and Friday and then I travel to Dnepropetrovsk for our first Doctorate program and graduation on Sunday.

Thank you for your continued prayer support.
May God shine His face upon you today
Kathy

Keeping the Pace!

Greetings!

I hope and pray you read the last blog; I need your prayers.

We are in Nikolaev and had a great service on Sunday in New Generation Church. Last night we opened a new school in the Fire of Revival, there are 15 students. It is exciting to participate in a new work, both the college and the church. We are staying in the pastors home and we are being treated like royalty. This is something I am very uncomfortable with. The food is out of this world even for Ukraine. It is beyond the normal great food!

Today, Pastor and I sat for a time and asked questions on a one to one basis. We both felt very safe to ask the type of questions one does not normally ask. This really was the first ‘safe’ conversation I have had with a pastor that I could truly ask and not be intimidated, and Pastor felt the same way. It is good to begin a new relationship with trust.

I did not realize until this moment how past hurts have affected my trust level. I am thankful God is healing these deep hurts. I was confronted with many of the past issues of the college this weekend and many tears fell; remembering the difficult times yet it feels good that I can move forward in God’s strength.

Tonight and tomorrow we teach here in Nikolaev. By the way, there four colleges here, so if you get confused . . . I am baffled at times also! Thursday night we are preaching in Odessa and teaching on Friday. Saturday we teach 9 hours in Kherson for the Master class. Hopefully our Saturday night we will return to Odessa again. By Monday morning we need to be in Cherkassy.

Tuesday, next week we have a Master class in Cherkassy. I have to be in Kyiv for graduation and to begin a new Master class on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Friday evening I leave for Dnepropetrovsk for graduation and a doctorate class. Please pray God provides human strength and fortitude for me. I also need God’s wisdom and for the Holy Spirit to prepare the way.

Thank you for your continued prayer support.
May God shine His face upon you today
Kathy

Prayer Request

I am attaching my schedule for October. As you can see it is full. Please pray that I receive God’s wisdom, strength, and stamina.

Nikolaev: graduation and open new college
10/2 through 10/6
Odessa: teach in the new college
10/7 through 10/8
Kherson: 9 hours of master class
10/9
Odessa: mid-week service and Sunday service
10/10 through 10/11 or 10/12
Cherkassy: Master class
10/12
Kyiv: Master class (2 days)and graduation
10/13 through 10/15
Dnepropetrovsk: Master class and graduation
10/15 through 10/18
Cherkassy: Doctorate class
10/20
Kyiv admin meeting
10/22
Kyiv: overnight and travel to Nikolaev
10/22
Nikolaev: Graduation
10/23 through 10/25
Cherkassy: Master class
10/26
Cherkassy: Doctorate class
10/27
Nikolaev: Master class
10/29 through 10/31
Cherkassy: preach in home church
11/7

We started a new college last month in Odessa, in Southern Ukraine and on Monday we will be opening another college in Nikolaev. I have been asked to teach the first subject which consists of 12 hours of teaching. I will also be teaching a Master class, which is 9 hours and then I have been asked to preach two Sundays, plus the mid-week service.


Thank you for your continued prayer support.
May God shine His face upon you today.
Kathy

Catching Up . . .

So much has happened in the last couple of months. I am not sure where to start. Ministry and life are always changing. Scripture verifies that we move from glory to glory.

We, Julie and I, returned from a 10 day trip to southern Ukraine this week. We conducted our first Master class of the season and graduation ceremony. We traveled unto Odessa and started a new college. It was so much fun to experience their hunger for the Word of God. Many students are in class only because they want the degree, learning is not their priority. But this school is much different. It was very pleasant to teach these new students.

The students provided an excursion of the city of Odessa. It is a beautiful city and very clean. The architect is absolutely unbelievable. A French man founded Odessa. He was an engineer and brought engineers from all over the world to design the city and buildings. I would highly recommend a visit to Odessa. Also, it is on the Black Sea, if you like the water and boats.

Today, I leave for Dnepropetrovsk for their graduation tomorrow. Monday we will begin the first Doctorate class. I am excited. God has given me some awesome material to teach regarding the ‘Real Jesus and the Original Church.’ I have learned so much from studying and writing this course. The Doctorate level will focus on Revelation and how the other 65 books point to it and how they are prophetic of the Book of Revelation. For example: the sacrifice in the Garden of Eden; and the lamb sacrifice in Exodus and Leviticus points to the ‘Lamb Who had been slain.’

When God is going to move in a great way, we experience opposition. Please pray that we are over-comers of the opposition thrown our way. The college hired Julie. So far she is doing a great job and providing great encouragement for me. Please pray for her. Our first class was full of confrontation and disbelief; we have one school who desires the paper degree and have an attitude of ‘we know it all.’ It is a difficult situation and they treated Julie very poorly. We prayed afterward and God rewarded us with the desire for knowledge in Odessa. Praise God.

Thank you for your continued prayer support.
May God shine His face upon you today.
Kathy

Rosh Hashanah - 2010

Dear Family and Friends,

Yesterday began the Jewish New Year, which is followed by the 10 days of Awe. I have posted CBN’s celebration to the blog. Please enjoy the video. It is one of the seven Feast the Lord instituted in the Old Testament and is not fulfilled in the New Testament. I hope and pray each of you will receive a new revelation and that you are written in the Book of Life!

To view, please click on the link below.

May He shine His face upon you and give you peace.
In His Service,
Kathy

Rosh Hashanah - 2010

Rosh Hashanah - 2010

Life Happens

Dear friends I have been meaning to write for such a long time and have not done so. I tend to let the college business over run my time. So much has happened since my last communication; however we will catch up with that later. I want to share my morning with you!

This morning I was preparing rice in the microwave, with 102’ weather, I did not want to turn on more than one gas burner. As the rice was cooking, I was preoccupied with my sweet and sour chicken preparation. I cut the meat up and while it was marinating; I prepared the veggies.

I checked the rice and it was not quite done so I turned the microwave on for an additional five minutes. Great! I was eager to complete my preparations and get back to studying. Church meets at 3:00 and I am attending an engagement party tonight.

Guess all my preparations got me into trouble. Ok – you electricians will love this. My microwave is from America and uses 110 volts and we have 220 here. Therefore I have a transformer for the microwave. I have never had a problem with it. I have used the microwave for five minutes at a time and then another five and so on. Well today, I put my rice into cook for ten minutes and then another ten and so on.

As I was stir frying my chicken, smoke began to fill the room and I grabbed a towel to cover my mouth and nose. I could not see where it was coming from and the microwave was still running. I had enough sense to turn it off. The smoke was so thick, I could not see the fridge or the transformer. I grabbed my fan and set it up to blow the smoke out the window. This was great I can see the transformer is on fire. Paranoid about electrical fires I panicked. I had no idea of what to do. I ran into the big room, furthest from the kitchen and asked the Lord to send me someone to help.

I heard a banging on my door. It was my neighbor from upstairs. He came to investigate what I was doing and saw the smell. He stayed and helped me clean up the mess and get the power turned back on because half the apartment was without power. I had no idea they had circuit breakers. Now, I know!!!

Oh, by the way when I fled the fire, I also burned my chicken! Life is the same no matter where you live – it just happens.


By the way, here is a photo of my burned sweet and sour chicken and my scented candle. The burning smell is horrible!

Be blessed and may the Lord shine His face upon you.