Many of you are probably not aware that Mt. Carmel supports a ministry in Ukraine known as Mulberry International. Mulberry is actually the name of the U.S. body that governs three ministries in the Ukraine. The photo at left is take from one of those ministries Project Sasha which primarily works at finding and helping street children. What follows is personal reflections from national field directors of these ministries. Charles McKibben is the stateside director mentioned in the updates.
Camp Report
(This is a report from Galya. Hopefully, we will get pictures later.)
Piece to you, Charles and everyone there!
This is the time when I can write to you about our life here. So the first shift of our camp has been finished and it was a great time when God has shown His mercy and His blessings to us all, it was not just good time, it was also difficult time. There were 65 kids that went the whole time with us.
The kids are all different and our sisters and brother from the US were helping us with them. The kids were crying when they had to leave and were thinking and talking about them all the time afterwards. Those kids who received letters from Christa, couldn't wait to get home to read it. Everything was great! We thank You all for everything.
When we came back to Simferopol we were met by the government officials and parents - they were so much happy that started buying the tickets to the camp next year! Both children and the government officials are thinking good about us!
The second shift of camp has started! There are 60 kids now.
So, this seems to be all. We love you and bless you!
Ministry Update from Kostya
We have got a few good news that I would like to share with you. We've made the tables for SImferopol hospital and the chief of the department has asked us to thank the brothers who have donated money for this. We have installed the window in Sevastopol hospital in the baby's ward and the chief of the department is also telling thank you to the brothers.
Pilgrim staff is still working in the camp. The second camp is going much easier for them. Probably, it's because of the experience they've got in the first camp. We are doing some small renovation in the building of Pilgrim, with our own strength. The room above the garage is slowly turning into a big storage room for clothes, with a lot of shelves and hangers.
Chernov family is so thankful for the construction to keep going and very happy about the family ministry that they are a part of right now. Respectfully, Konstantin. We are doing fine. We thank you for the encouragement and the support in the ministry. Our families are doing great. Galina Gudwill went to the Crimean mountains, to the lake area with the kids for a week. She is planning to send children to the summer camp this month. She had a trip with Vanya to Kiev, a month ago, where they had additional examination for Israel. They have planned another trip to Israel but haven't dated it yet. Right now they are thinking of Yana - she's got a heart disease and needs a surgery in Kiev. She has had a medical examination in Simferopol and she will be getting ready for a surgery in September.Families of Macevich and Goryainov and Chernov are arranging the vacation time for their kids by themselves and are also having computer lessons in the lab. The construction keeps moving. We will try to direct all the work to the finishing works(walls and the ceiling). These are the most expensive works. The price for the finishing work is the highest. We will do everything possible to keep the expenses down. The time will show the results. We all are so thankful to the Lord for the movement that has been done in construction and for the temp. Dear brother Charles, you and your family and all our helpers are in our prayers.Respectfully. Konstantin.
We have got a few good news that I would like to share with you. We've made the tables for SImferopol hospital and the chief of the department has asked us to thank the brothers who have donated money for this. We have installed the window in Sevastopol hospital in the baby's ward and the chief of the department is also telling thank you to the brothers.
Pilgrim staff is still working in the camp. The second camp is going much easier for them. Probably, it's because of the experience they've got in the first camp. We are doing some small renovation in the building of Pilgrim, with our own strength. The room above the garage is slowly turning into a big storage room for clothes, with a lot of shelves and hangers.
Chernov family is so thankful for the construction to keep going and very happy about the family ministry that they are a part of right now. Respectfully, Konstantin. We are doing fine. We thank you for the encouragement and the support in the ministry. Our families are doing great. Galina Gudwill went to the Crimean mountains, to the lake area with the kids for a week. She is planning to send children to the summer camp this month. She had a trip with Vanya to Kiev, a month ago, where they had additional examination for Israel. They have planned another trip to Israel but haven't dated it yet. Right now they are thinking of Yana - she's got a heart disease and needs a surgery in Kiev. She has had a medical examination in Simferopol and she will be getting ready for a surgery in September.Families of Macevich and Goryainov and Chernov are arranging the vacation time for their kids by themselves and are also having computer lessons in the lab. The construction keeps moving. We will try to direct all the work to the finishing works(walls and the ceiling). These are the most expensive works. The price for the finishing work is the highest. We will do everything possible to keep the expenses down. The time will show the results. We all are so thankful to the Lord for the movement that has been done in construction and for the temp. Dear brother Charles, you and your family and all our helpers are in our prayers.Respectfully. Konstantin.
