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January 2008
We
arrived
in
Kiev,
Ukraine
on
January
9,
2008.
Worked
on
the
Ministry
Center
until
we
left
for
Crimea
on
Monday,
January
14th.
We
arrived
in
Simferopol
on
Tuesday
by
train.
Geralyn
Keller
met
us
at
the
train
station.
Bruce
and
Geralyn
Keller
are
in
the
process
of
adopting
their
2nd
child.
Geralyn
and
Misha
are
having
some
good
quality
time
together
as
they
wait
until
they
can
depart
for
the
United States. It was wonderful to visit with Geralyn and see Misha’s beautiful smile.
Galya,
who
works
for
Life2Orphans
and
who
has
also
ministered
with
The
Least
of
These
also
met
us
at
the
train
station.
We
were
able
to
give
her
a
suitcase
full
of
baby
clothes
that
will
be
used
to
help
unwed
mothers
and
also
be
used
as
an
inroad
to
an
orphanage
for babies with Autism.
After
a
wonderful
visit
with
everyone,
David
Hallowell,
a
missionary
in
Simferopol
arrived
with
a
van
and
we
traveled
with
him
to
meet
with
the
Foster
Family
who
lives
in
a
village
in
the
Belogorsk
Region.
Galya
blessed
the
Foster
Family
by
donating
money
so
that we could bring from America underwear, socks and T-
shirts for the Foster Family who have 11 foster children.
We
had
some
wonderful
fellowship
playing
and
singing
with
the
children.
They
recited
several
Psalms
that
they
had
memorized.
After
spending
time
visiting
and
in
prayer
we
traveled
to
Belogorsk
to
spend
the
time
with
two
families
whom
we
have
had
the
pleasure of ministering with for the past 3 years. Plans were worked on for the April outreaches. It was a great time of fellowship.
Foster Family
The
next
morning
we
were
on
a
bus
headed
to
Kerch.
We
stayed
with
Vika
and
Inna
who
are
missionaries
with
The
Least
of
These
in
Kerch.
God
has
blessed
their
ministry
to
the
children
in
Kerch.
Wednesday
afternoon
and
night
we
were
able
to
be
with
Vika
and
Inna
at
the
big
Internot.
We
sang
songs,
played
and
prayed
with
5
different
groups
of
children.
It
is
impossible
to
communicate
the
deep
relationships
that
have
been
made
with
these
precious
children.
I
am
convinced
that
many
of
these
children
have
made
life
changing decisions to serve Jesus.
Kerch
On
Thursday
morning
we
had
a
meeting
with
Pastor
Sergey
Frolov,
Pastor
Sergey
Homenko,
Andre
Shpigunov,
Vika,
Vitalik,
Sherrel
and
me
to
work
on
the
plans
for
the
fruit
ministry
in
Kerch.
This
year
we
have
changed
the
fruit
project
to
the
two
weeks
before
Easter
from
Christmas
time.
We
will
have
a
program
with
puppet
skits
sharing
the
Easter
story.
Then
we
will
give
a
bag
of
fruit
to
each
child
from
the
three
Orphanages
in
Kerch.
This
year
we
have
also
added
almost
3,000
children
from
the
kindergartens
in
the
public schools in Kerch. Can you imagine having Christian programs in all these kindergartens!!!
Vika and Inna blessed us so much with their wonderful hospitality. They are an incredible blessing to all of Kerch.
Sherrel, Vitalik and I caught the 12:50 PM train from Kerch arriving back in Kiev at 11:20 this morning.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
God bless,
Rich Richmond
A ministry targeting young people around the world,
sharing the Love of God in Word and Deed.
