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MINISTERING IN THE CHURCHES
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Sunday mornings it is a flurry of activity as we each get ready to
leave for our respective churches. Our monthly calendar looks like a
list of Ukrainian towns and villages with names like Carmine-Kabuska,
Rogatin, Borshtin, Peritichin, Kamarnov, Stebnick, Kreminitz, Sambir,
and Lutsk! Our trip coordinator calls and arranges the meetings for
us, and we call the driver and translator and off we go. Sometimes
Wayne and I actually leave at the same time and head off in two
different directions.
The roads are not well kept, the drive to the church can be between
an hour and three hours one way, and the heater went out on the car
Wayne
was in the other Sunday. The temperatures are dropping and it can be
cold, wet, and tiring. But, it is exciting to minister in these
churches. The people are warm and welcoming. Sometimes the members
give us bags of apples and vegetables from their garden. One pastor
blessed us with two dressed rabbits (to bake) and bags and bags of
vegetables! After we shared half of everything with our translator,
we still had plenty to make rabbit stew!
I have had the opportunity to lead worship in several churches. I
have been learning some songs in Ukrainian and it makes the people
feel that I care enough about them to learn some songs. I bring my
keyboard and my translator sings with me. We have a grand time
singing and worshipping God.
 People
are getting saved, filled with the Holy Spirit and healed in the
meetings. We have a strong group on Tuesday nights for Healing
School in Chevonegrad, and we are starting Healing School in Lviv.
The Healing School will help people learn how to receive their
healing, as well as train people how to minister healing to the
sick. We will train them how to minister in the hospitals before we
are finished. This is the vision in action: Equipping believers to
do the work of the ministry.
PASTORS’ WIVES CONFERENCE – November
17/18
We have given invitations to pastors’ wives
from the neighboring regions and we expect a good turnout. Rallene
Almendarez and I have planned a special Friday night and Saturday
morning event for these precious women. We are arranging to have two
special meals, give them a gift, and Springs of Life is helping them
with housing. We want this to be a great experience for them as we
want to do a longer conference in Spring, 07. There is no real
ministry to pastors’ wives here in Ukraine so we want to acknowledge
and bless them.
The estimated cost for meals and gifts is $500.00. That is roughly
$10 per person. If you would like to send a special offering to help
us cover the cost of this event, we would gladly receive it.
UPGRADES ON THE WEBSITE / COME VISIT US!
We have made some significant changes on our website the past few
weeks. We have added more pictures in the
Photograph section which chronicles our missionary adventures
and our newest addition is a section called
Faith Growers. Faith Growers is
where visitors can read a short teaching in PDF format that will
stimulate and encourage their faith. Each month we will add two or
three new articles.
Although we continue to receive checks and money orders for
contributions, for those wishing to make
online contributions, we have
added this feature to the website. It is a safe and secure system
with Paypal. Online and paper contributions will continue to be
receipted from our Stateside office for your tax-exempt donation.
Please take a few minutes to check us out.
EMAIL NEWSLETTER
We will also begin an email newsletter for those interested in
receiving the newsletter by email. You can sign up below. The
monthly teaching will be featured in the
Faith Growers section of our website
AUTOMOBILE NEEDED
We are believing for a nice car for the US. It is not cost effective
to rent a vehicle for our time in the States. If you have a good,
used vehicle that you would like to donate to the ministry, please
call Richard Hare at 302-836-9109. He
can answer your questions and assist you.
THANK YOU, PARTNERS
We thank you for your contributions to
our missionary work. You can see that it is enabling us to reach
the precious people of Ukraine. We appreciate the sacrificial seeds
sown. We encourage you to believe for a harvest on your giving.
God never forgets a seed!
You can sow your financial seed
toward the Bible school or any of the other outreaches by making
your check payable to: Able Ministers
International, P. O. Box 11904, Wilmington, DE 19850.
(All contributions are tax deductible.)
If you would
prefer to make your donation online using your credit card or paypal
account. It is safe and secure. Click on the donation button below.
With a heart of thanksgiving!
The Hendrickson's
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