“We have Easter every day, we just celebrate it once a year.” – Martin Luther “The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed!” – with these phrase people all over the world greet each other during these days. In most Western European countries Easter 2018 is already a past event. We just celebrated it this…
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In this newsletter we want to introduce the different camps and projects which took place during the summer and we want to give a short outlook to the things planned in the coming months.
With great thankfulness we look back to the last three month. Our summer holidays were filled with great projects, encounters and events. In our summer newsletter we want to share about this blessed time and give a big “THANKS” to God and all the people, who have taken part in it.
A very intense and extremely eventful year has come to an end. We would have never thought that our country would change so much in only twelve month, that war and fear of war, refugees, soldiers, people with wounded bodies and souls would become part of our every day life.
What a joy! Yesterday we unloaded 12 tons of humanitarian aid, which hopefully will soon find their way to the poor and needy in Odessa and in other parts of Ukraine.
Only one more night and this summer 2014 will be history. On Monday, the first of September, our children will start the new school year. Nevertheless this year everything is different.
After 12 weeks of very busy summer holidays , I want to give you some impressions of all the things, which have happened during that time. We are very thankful to those people, who have supported us during the past months by spending their time with us, contributing with their ideas and help, praying and donating for our ministry. Thank you very much!
Since one week springtime has finally come to Odessa. At warm summery temperatures the kids already spend lots of time playing outside. Every ever so long and uncomfortable winter is followed by enjoyable spring days that bring out new life in nature. This fact also describes what we have experienced the past three months.
“Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be comforted as to comfort, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. We only receive when we give. “
10 years ago, in December 1999, we founded the NGO “Schiva Nadija” (English: “Living Hope”) in Odessa. When I came across the following Scripture some days ago, I remembered once again how often we could experience God’s guidance and his answers to our requests over the past few years.
