FIGHTING A GOOD FIGHT IN NY! ))

Hello everyone!

Thank you for checking on us!

Here what has been happening with us in the past half a year:

It's been a busy and a pretty rough half a year but we thank the Lord who has brought us through these months and gave us victory! 

Serge has been working in two restaurants : one in the morning part time and the other one in the evening also part time. This gave us an opportunity to pay our expenses and a small rent for our room at the First Ukrainian Assemblies of God church in East Village where we have been staying since we arrived to NY. We started to help at this not very big but very special church that has been very supportive of us for all the years we have been in Ukraine: Serge by sharing the Word every month, and Lesya by organizing and running Monthly Women's Meeting. We also were involved two to three days a week in helping to construct an apartment for us on the Forth floor of the church. Pastor Ivan with his right hand help elder Peter did an incredible push to have the apartment finished to be used for us.

A number of volunteers from the Ukrainian church and Brick think team of Times Square church came to help too. And by God's grace we moved into our new apartment in April!))    

Avi has finished his first year in school! He was homeschooled by Lesya for the first two grades and he really enjoyed his third grade in a real school with real kids in NY!

God allowed him to flow right in academics wise and also to build friendships quickly. He even got three awards! We thank God for such an opportunity and are looking forward to more of Avi's school while we are here in NY!))

Nadine feels better. Her food allergy has been our main challenge so far since the beginning of the year. In some months it would get so intense that it would leave her- and us - without night sleep for days or even weeks. We can't think of a night that we actually slept through since January.(( 

A month and a half ago her skin instead of a usual rash started to turn into bumps so we had to rush her to the doctor. It turned out that now she had scabies too((. Another two weeks of no sleep at all and an intense therapy for her and the whole family. As God usually does it He used this trouble for good. Nadine's skin got better because of the antibiotics she was prescribed during the treatment which gave us new insights into her condition besides fighting daily for her "dairy free, gluten free, eggs free, citrus free, cereal free, additives free, "any red stuff" free, goat milk and goat kefir only" diet that Lesya has been bravely battling with since the beginning of the year. The antibiotics did mess up her tummy, of course, and she has been scratching intensely for the last ten or so nights but we believe that God promised us Nadine's healing and we are standing by faith on it. It's interesting that four-year old Nadine has the most faith in it sometimes as she explains to everybody that " God is going to heal me and than I can have a strawberry and a candy"(( ).  

One of the biggest blessings during our stay here became NY School of the Bible with Calvary baptist Church. We are glad we can continue being equipped for serving better in Ukraine! Lesya is working toward her Cristian Education certificate which hopefully will help her to open a missionary school for kids one day - something she has been praying about with another missionary homeschooling mom in Ukraine! Serge is working toward a Church leadership certificate and will start working on a "Preaching and teaching certificate" in the fall hoping to be better equipped to teach and disciple youth when we are back to Ukraine.   

We are going to Alabama next week!!

Please pray with us for the funds to go to Alabama to visit pastor Rick Heigins at his invitation THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST. As we continue to wait on the Lord for  more clear vision for building of a House for Orphan youth in Mukachevo we believe we can get some insights from the Pastor Rick's Hosanna house in Alabama. 

The estimated cost of the trip for all of us will be approximately $1000 plus the time Serge won't work at his restaurants. The Lord has provided more than 50% of it already through a generous gift of very dear friends of ours that came to visit us this week- so we are exited and packing!)) 

And the last but not least: 

Lesya's niece Alina came to visit us from Czech Republic for two months and has been such a help to Lesya!)). She had been praying about entering a Bible college and was just excepted to the Summit International School of Ministry! We thank God for the younger generation of Ukrainian youth rising up to serve the Lord with fervency and are looking forward to help equip some more young people in Ukraine! Please pray with us for Alina's student visa that needs to be obtained by September! 

Blessings and thank you so much for your years-long support and prayers! Please write to us if we can pray for you too!!)). We would also love to see all of you while we are here in New York - just let us know!

The quickest way to get in touch with us is : godsrest@gmail.com 

Love you all,

Serge , Lesya , Avi and Nadine Hope 

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM LANDIK FAMILY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS DEAR FRIENDS !

MAY JESUS GIVE YOU JOY AND MAY HE PERSONALLY BE YOUR PEACE THE COMING YEAR!

WE LOVE YOU!

The Landiks: Serge, Lesya, Avi and Nadine Hope ))

OUR FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN NEW YORK ))

Hello dear friends!

We miss you all very much! Thank you for stopping by our blog again!

It has been a very busy few months as we have arrived from Ukraine to finish our US citizenship process as well as begin rasing funds for a Half-way-house for orphan youth that we are hoping to build when we return to Ukraine.
Thank you so much for your prayers! We really needed them in the last few months as settling down in NY wasn't going as smooth as usual this time.
Please CLICK HERE to read more about our new adventure!

Thank you so much for your prayer and financial support- it really means a lot to us!
Love and blessings from all of us:

Serge, Lesya, Avi and Nadine Hope))

UKRAINE AFTER THE ELECTIONS: defending FREEDOM.

The Elections in Ukraine have happened! Despite of tremendous pressure in the East created by terrorist groups who have claimed several cities Ukrainians went to the voting poles to elect a new president - one of the main aims of the Revolution, that Ukraine has been going through in the last several months. In the captured by the terrorists villages and towns the people were partially scared to come out to vote as terrorists attacked some voting places burning many voting ballots at the end of the Election day last week. One of the Maidan Revolution supporters, Mr. Poroshenko was elected by over 50% of votes to be the new President of Ukraine. One of his campaign slogans have been " Its time to live in a new way! "

( Lesya is voting for a new President of Ukraine )




(with army guards near the voting station)

So shouldn't  the things be getting better since the Elections have happened already. And why are the new alarming reports are coming from Ukraine just few days after the Elections? And what is it that is not allowing Ukraine to " live in a new way" and finally to break away from it's Communist past?

We are asking ourselves the same question here. Every morning, as I pass a currency exchange window on a way to get milk I try not to look but I do. Today I looked again- and yes, dollar is way up this morning and local Hrivnya is down. This means only one thing- things went wrong again in the East this morning and somebody died again. The market reacts to fear. And there is a lot of it in the air.

So what exactly is happening? Let me show you.
This is Vasya. He is 18. He turned 18 just a week ago and in 3 weeks he will be joining Ukrainian army for a required one-year service. He has just graduated from a trade school and is a very good friend of ours because he has been a part of Eunice Brown Home for Children for past couple of years.

And this is whom Vasya will have to face if he gets deployed to the Eastern Ukraine. These are professional assassins, trained in special terrorist camps in Russia and sent to Ukraine every day to destabilize that Region and the whole country and not allow Ukraine to escape from its USSR past- something that is beginning to look more and more like the present for Russia. On this picture the terrorists are standing on the roof of Donetsk Airport that they tried to shot down last week. Thank to Anti-terrorist operation , they were ousted from there by the Ukrainian forces.


They come in different forms and shapes- from professional Russian special forces to locally hired criminals who were trained in Russia and sent back to Ukraine. (On the picture above you can see two "amateur" terrorists in the hall way of a Government building that they took over.)

For the past few weeks more and more of them have been arriving from a Russian province of Chechnya. According to locals Russia played the same scenario there back in 1995. They did it in other regions of the former USSR too, and recent taking over of Crimea is only the latest thing on a long list.

Russia has been deliberately denying any presence of its troops or special forces in Ukraine yet terrorists have been sending  dead bodies of their comrades back to Russia.

But there are many more deaths among the civilians. In the occupied cities terrorists are operating Somali style republics. 

But there are many more deaths among the civilians. In the occupied cities terrorists are operating Somali style republics. People are despairing, get shot or get beaten for even one word said against the terrorists. Many young people disappeared - especially in the early weeks of the so called "Donetsk" and "Lugansk People Republics" that came from other parts of Ukraine and tried taking pictures of terrorists or their stations.

This created a flood of refugees from the Eastern cities to the West- mostly women and children and its been increasing daily. Just this week a small church of 12 members of our friends helped place 50 refugees from the East including an entire Orphanage of 16 kids. Many times terrorists are turning people back if they suspect them leaving. Its been getting harder and harder for regular people to get out. Reports came this morning that a big city of Slavayansk is blocked completely and nobody can get in or out. Many courageous local pastors and volunteers are conducting evacuation operations despite danger for their lives.There are also Prayer meetings that are being conducted in the open in some places which extremely irritates the terrorists. No wonder.

So, back to Vasya who is also an orphan. At this point fresh men are not sent to fight terrorists by most part. Vasya was told that he will be deployed most likely into Odessa- place where fighting has stopped less than a month ago. But in the East, terrorists keep arriving through Russian border.. Just THIS MORNING twenty trucks with terrorists and five armored cars broke through the border into the Ukrainian territory and took over five villages with terrified villagers as well as one empty youth summer camp. Usually they wait for orders for some time and pretend that they are not there. Ukrainian forces simply can not cover all the vast territory. Interesting fact is that the former president Yanukovich fired up to 75% of the Ukrainian army over the time of his presidency, which is a very unusual behavior for a Dictator. But now that he escaped to Russia it became clear whose orders he was following all these years.

We ask you to please pray for Ukraine one more time: for God to protect it from Russian aggression. People continue to die and that shouldn't be. It took over hundred people dead during the Revolution to fight for Ukraine's Democracy, but now there are many many more people who are dying fighting the terrorists or at their hands. Ukraine can not be even compared to Russia in size or might but its in a better position because it is praying. People are praying everywhere- even in the occupied territories in spite of a danger to be killed. So we know that God will continue to move as He has been obviously doing from the first days of the Revolution this year. But please pray and ask other people to pray for Ukraine and its freedom. Thank you!

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Please also pray for us as we are preparing to go on our furlough for a year to the US. We originally planned to be in the US at the end of May but got delayed because of the Revolution. We are trying to raise $2500 for our first months in the US for our settling down as well as for all the expenses for traveling and storing of our apartment for the time we will be away. We do have the tickets already and thank to everyone who donated. May God's blessing be on all of you! Blessings! We love you and we will see you soon! The Landiks.

LIVING A NORMAL LIFE ( while there is still peace).

      Today Lesya and I went to the City Hall of Mukachevo to register her to vote in the Elections that are coming up May 25th. Lesya is from town of Rakhiv that is up the mountains four hours away from where we are, but if you register you are allowed to vote in the town were you actually live, which is Mukachevo for us.

( courageous father and the son ).

      Like everybody in Ukraine we are praying to have wisdom for who to vote for. But the main thing : that Elections would actually happen. In Donetsk a few but heavy-armed terrorist conducted an illegal " referendum" last Sunday and are now asking president Putin to send there his army to " help" them. The Elections there are in danger of being blocked now. We are praying for God's intervention there too, as well as courageous local believers who have been openly gathering for prayer every day in the square despite of constant life threats and beatings. ( see pictures above).

      Comparing to Donetsk, we have been leading a "normal" life, praying at night for God's protection on people of Ukraine and checking with trembling in the morning if nobody died that day as well as if Russian army did not already move out of Crimea further into the territory of Ukraine.

      So change of location helps to change the atmosphere a little which we had an opportunity to do last five weeks. I had to travel to Rakhiv a few times to help at a church there and than we had to go to Ivano-Frankivsk, 7 hours away from us last week. Lesya has been very good with keeping Avi on the schedule with his homeschooling, so they had to study on-the-go as we traveled. Here are some pictures for you of Home Schooling in Ukraine: ( And Thank you so much for your prayers ! Please continue to pray for Ukraine! ).

(Avi is studying in a body shop where we stopped for a repair).

 

( Lesya: checking the textbook for the day ).

   ( Avi is feeding a horse on a brake).

   

( Back to class- the school is about to start again :). All is quiet here so far on this side of Ukraine.

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"A Report On Corruption" or "A Revival in Ukraine: PART TWO."

    Above are the pictures of billboards in our town of Mukachevo ( with Nadine standing next to it :) that appeared right after the victory of the Revolution- not just in Mukachevo. Here we think they are paid by the City hall or somebody local in power. Its says on them : " Don't give or take bribes! Live in an honorable way! ".

     For a country that last year ago was 156th worst corrupted country ( out of 160 counties with the top one as the least corrupt) it is a miracle for sure. Many prayed about , and even more I think stopped praying about long time ago. The Church in Ukraine was just like everybody else- trying to survive in a corrupt system were bribes were integral part of living. Christian behavior used to be just to give LESS bribes.

     And society around the Church continued to spin out of moral control of any kind :

  .. Last year a position of a county judge was going for $ 100 000 bribe or more- depending on a region.
  .. A position of a surgeon in a General Hospital was about $10 000 in 2010 when we came to Ukraine ( we found out about it when Avi broke his arm- and a VERY rough looking young guy in a leather jacket who was smoking with friends outside a local state Hospital turned out to be THE surgeon).
  .. Also, when a young Head of Customs officer on a major Custom point at the town of  Chop on the Ukrainian border with Hungary and Slovakia  got arrested by the Maidan activists in the first days after the Revolution victory he confessed that he used to send 30 000 EURO DAILY as a DAILY CUT of bribes to the central government in Kiev. He was barely 30 and received his position as a Birthday gift.

     I never met a christian in our 4 years living in Ukraine that thought that this would ever change. Especially with the last Government that was made up of god fathers fighting about entire Regions of Ukraine to have control over ( may be that is why they were called " Party of Regions " :)). And surely nobody would ever think that it could be changed overnight. But God is merciful and hears the cries of His people of many years.Two nights after the Revolution won we had regional Praise Night for youth. At the end of the Night we ended up praying about Christian youth to stop giving bribes for tests in the Universities which many times they are forced to do or to give bribes anywhere else. This was before any slogans. And this is how we know it's God's doing. God came to deliver first of all His Church from a bondage to the worldly living- and NOW is the time to receive it. Please pray that Ukrainian Church- especially youth does not miss the moment this time.

     And what about the politicians? Well, the bill boards got a little dusty already- but not too much for now. The new Prime Minister is appointing really young Governors and key people all over Ukraine not to miss the opportunity to change something, but there are already reports of pressure from the local Millionaires who don't want the " Lyustration "- the Revolution word when they have to give an account for their wealth, even though many of them, like here in Mukachevo are the ones who most likely paid for those nice slogans. So there is a lot of work for the new Government, not to mention Russian army piled up on Ukrainian borders.

     Our prayer though, is that the Church would go in the front lines of the Anti-corruption movement in Ukraine and would again become " the City set on top of the hill ".

     Thank you for praying with us!

( A EU flag on our town's City Hall building - something unthinkable just a few short months ago as the Ukraine was being sucked back into the modern version of the old USSR being restored by the Russian president Putin. This flag is now illegal in Crimea.)

Please continue to pray this week for the Eastern part of Ukraine where the fighting with loose groups of terrorists, most likely Russian special forces, already began. Please pray that Eastern regions of Ukraine would not fall in to the sad fate of Crimea and Ukraine would continue to exist as a whole state. Thank you so much for your prayers and calling others to do so. This is the most important for Ukraine right now as only GOD CAN PROTECT IT.

We are back.

Hello everyone! We haven't blogged since the Revolution began in Ukraine. We could not see how you can write anything when everything changes every two hours. Most of you are on FB so we watched and prayed together. And now we are praying together again. We are praying for another miracle: that God would protect Ukraine from an invasion  from outside after He protected from one from inside.Thank you for stopping by! love you! landiks

THE REVOLUTION OVERVIEW : IT'S A REVIVAL.

Nobody knows how a revival comes.In the early eighties, when belivers of Ukraine- still part of the old USSR where praying for a revival, many thought that it will start when people will come to their quiet churches, put on head coverings and will sing old hymns. Instead a buch of young people showed up, started to dance and clap their hands and talk about Jesus in the trolleys and buses and many thought it couldn't be a revival. But it was. Later, those young believers, now with their own families and churches were praying for a revival too, thinking that a bunch of young people will show up and will make some noise for Jesus and revival will begin. Instead old and young people filled town squares and parks all over the nation, many on their knees, of all denominations, crying out to God to protect their country from a war and a foreign invasion, many not saved, but earnestly seeking God's answer. Nobody thought it would come this way. But a revival began again in Ukraine.

There are times when God visibly steps in into National events, even though, He holds the whole world in His hand. It's the time like this for Ukraine. What started as a small student protest back in November for Ukraine to join Europe, became an all National revolution of all ages against corruption, old communist control, and fake democracy. God visibly stepped into the situation at the end of revolution, when police special forces, professional snipers suddenly retreated, even though killing over a hundred people, plus hundreds that disappeared. Nobody thought it could end so rapidly and according to a pastor we know, bishop Sergiy Balyuk, who saw it first hand during those days, that if special forces would attack Maidan one more time, they most probably would overrun it that night. People on Maidan at that point were exhausted, hurt, and having very little hope left that something can change in Ukraine - and that's when God intervened!!! Suddenly, dozens of country authorities were fleeing the country the next morning, even more congressman started to declare that they are leaving the ruling party and police started to take the people's side. Within days, new government was formed. Parliament voted back the Constitution of 2004 - taking away the exaggerated power from president as they have it in Russia now and giving it to the Parliament. And finally a born-again believer, who is a Baptist deacon, was elected to be temporary president in charge till new and free election in May. It seemed like this was the final God's miracle for Ukraine for now. But it turned out that it wasn't over. People in Crimea woke up in a few days to the Russian tanks entering their streets and blocking Ukrainian troops from exiting their military bases, keeping in mind that Ukrainian army was almost 75% fired last year by a former president to the surprise of many, especially seasoned military officers. Ukrainians understood that president Putin's plan to have Ukraine back in the former USSR that he has been building in Russia went to the next stage. But Ukraine again decided to call on God. Ukrainian military are encouraged by a new government not to strike back in any circumstance, i.e.not to give any excuse for a military actions to Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine. Instead, Ukraine is praying. There are many interdenominational prayer meetings around the country. And the main thing, the new government openly calls for prayer as the only protection for the new Ukraine from foreign invasion, and sending Ukraine back into its communist past.

  It doesn't look too good in the natural realm right now. Crimea is occupied and many think its not over. Russian troops are piling up on the Eastern Ukrainian border as provocations continue in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkiv and other major cities of Eastern Ukraine, that are closer to Russia. Western parts of Ukraine are beginning to be flooded by refugees fleeing from Crimea refusing to be bound again. Many of them are Crimean Tatars who openly rejected foreign military occupation and boycotted the illegitimate Referendum. It is becoming more and more obvious that Russia may not stop just at Crimea. As we write this tonight a Global Overnight Prayer for protection of Ukraine is going on. Please join us in Prayer for God to show Himself strong on behalf of those who wait on Him for Deliverance! Thank you !

Blessings!
Serge, Lesya, Avi and Nadine Hope

( Our FB: " Lesya Serge Landik")

PS. The first picture is a of a Russian Babushka in Moscow being arrested for holding a slogan " War with Ukraine is an Insanity ". She used to teach Geography. This time she was not allowed to do it..

Video: Last in December YOUTH HOME GROUP.

We started the Home Bible study Group back in August both as supplement for the Youth Nights, as well as a help to the local youth work at our church. Serge sees it as a next important work after helping at Eunice Brown Home for Children.

Please pray if you can that:
1. God would help Serge to be diligent in studying and receiving His word for these kids ;
2. that they would grow in the Lord and
3. become Prayer Warriors to pray for Lord's move among the youth in their church and in Western Ukraine.
Thank you!
     We will continue meeting after the Christmas School brake...       
     Happy New Year!!!
 

                             

Latest VIDEOS: Last for 2013 " Praise and Waiting on the Lord Night ".

Praise and Waiting on the Lord Night for Youth. November 30th. God's Presence has been increasing from an event to event. This one was attended by youth from about 5 churches from different towns of the region.

It probably had the biggest turn out out of all previous Nights too.

We are praying that we would continue to tuned to the Spirit and that He would continue to draw us to Himself. We also pray that Praise Nights that are starting at other churches of the region by the youth that came to the Nights, as well as those that existed before the regular Nights at our church would be filled with His Presence. And that the would be a few places in the region ready to receive the move of God's Spirit among the youth .

Thank you so much for your prayers for us! WE love you and miss you all!

Merry Christmas!!!! 

AN UPDATE FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL

Hello everyone!

Here is a little update for this Summer! I am sorry for being too long though :). We are hoping to have it ready for you in writing soon! Thank you so so much for your prayers this Summer and Fall! God has been answering your prayers!

We love you all !!
Serge, Lesya, Avi and Nadine Hope :)

New PRAYER POINT

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRAYING!! We had a wonderful night of praise and waiting on the Lord with young people from all over the Transcarpathian region. We will have some videos of the night coming up this week. Love, Landiks.

Prayer Point: MARCH ( fixed :)

Hello!
      Thank you for checking on us! I am sorry for a not working post for a few days- here it is now! I am sorry also for talking so slow- I ll try to be shorter next time! Thank you so very very much for praying for us! God bless you!

Prayer points:
          1. To sit at the Lord's feet before and especially while doing anything for Him so that we are moving  with Him and in His pace.
          2. For Avi's homeschooling: for strength and wisdom for Lesya, for discipline and structure for Avi.
          3. For Serge's knee and ankle timely healing with no complications.

PRAYER POINT: MARCH

...coming up!

BROKEN LEG, BUT GOOD SPIRITS :)

Hello dear friends and family,

         This is Serge. I am sorry for disappearing for three weeks. I promised to have a new PRAYER POINT Video for you the week following our last post, but it never came.

         What happened was I broke my leg the next day after the last post. I went skating again with the older kids from the EBHome for children (see our last post). The ice was very smooth that day and I was a little tired from a very busy week so I wasn't very careful. Going a little faster than usual I got distracted on a turn and I hit the skating rink wooden fence on a bad angle breaking my leg in two spots.

       Many of you prayed for me after Lesya posted something on Facebook right away. Thank you so very very much!! The Lord truly answered all of the prayers by making the process as smooth as possible.
       Right before returning to Ukraine from New York in October we signed up for a very reasonable health insurance for the whole family that  missionary friends of ours recommended. It covers countries in Western and Eastern Europe, so in serious cases like this you can avoid going to Ukrainian hospitals, known for their often bad treatment and corruption.

       So after spending a night in a local Mukachevo hospital and praying about what to do we decided to go to neighboring Hungary the next morning - just a half an hour drive from us. We went to a hospital just across the border that our local missionary friends went to in the past. There a new set of x-rays and topography was made and doctors said that they had to operate both the ankle and the knee.( In our town's hospital the night before doctors were not going to operate the knee but just to put a cast on it seeing that  x-rays were not showing anything serious. Only the MRI in the Hungarian hospital showed the problem ).

       The Hungarian hospital didn't do knee surgeries of the kind that I needed so I had to be transferred to a Regional hospital another half  hour drive into Hungary. So at the end of the week two very successful surgeries were performed by - as it turned out-the head surgeon of the hospital. (Only in the hospital ward later I found out using my 10-word Hungarian and English that the doctor , who " happen" to operate me was very respected by the locals who travel to him even from other regions). I was released home another week later with two screws in my knee and screw and a wire in my ankle.

        I have been home ever since with another 3 weeks to go before I will travel across the border again to be checked by the doctor who will  let me know if I can start stepping on my foot. I do feel the progress every day though slowly moving around the apartment with a walker. I can spend a pretty long time sitting on a chair now, so I hope to post the PRAYER VIDEO in the coming week. God has done so much in me thru this whole thing that I don't even know if would agree to live without it even if I knew that it would cost me this. ( Of course it is easier said than done :)). But I want to share some of it with you next time God willing.

         I want to take time to say that my wife Lesya did and continues to do an incredibly good job. When I was away in Hungary for a week and a half I really worried if it wasn't going to be too much for her with kids and everything. But God gave her tremendous grace and also surrounded her with helping brothers and sisters from our local church, neighbors from our apartment building and finally Lesya's parents who came to help too. But without her determination and relying on God it would be very hard. I am really proud of her and enjoy watching what a woman of God she is becoming every new year, falling in love with her again and again. ( I also try to help: teach some of the Avi's homeschooling while lying in bed and peeling potatoes two days ago for lunch :)).

       Thank you again so much for your prayers and simply for your friendship! 
Talk to you soon Lord willing!
serge.

SKATING RINK VIDEO AND photos with older kids :) :)

                                                             This is Yura  

Hello everybody,
here are some pictures and a VIDEO from the Eunice Brown Home for Children Christmas celebration ( older kids ). We didn't have older girls with us ( Ira and Kristina ) because they were with us when we went to the mall with the younger kids.
This was first week of January and everybody was preparing to celebrate Ukrainian Christmas ( Jan 7th ). Enjoy!
Thank you for your prayers!!! We had a wonderful   time and treasure each of the opportunity to get closer to the kids.
P.S. Next week we are hoping to start a new kind of posts:  "VIDEO PRAYER POINT"  where we ll be SHOWING you once a month what we are praying for, so check on us NEXT WEEK!                  

This is Vasya

                                          Vasya                                             Andrey

Yura

Christmas with Eunice Brown Home for Children kids.

Hey everybody,

Merry Christmas again and Happy Old New Year!

That's right, there is such a thing as OLD New Year celebration in Ukraine. It is Jan 12th to 13th- a remains of the old calendar that is still used by the Orthodox church here ( that's why Christmas in Ukraine is on Jan.7th - so we had two this year :)

These VIDEOS are the both Christmases celebration with kids from Eunice Brown Home for Children, where we have been helping. The younger kids went to a fancy playground recently opened in our town , and the older- to a SKATING RINK !! Here are the VIDEOS with younger kids ( the Skating rink ones are coming up in our next VIDEO post ). Enjoy!

Thank you for watching and praying for us!!!

FIXING THE VIDEOS BELOW

Hello everyone,

Merry Christmas again and Happy Old New Year ( that's today in Ukraine- an old calendar holiday )!

We are working on new VIDEOs today- but the old ones don't work-we will fix it shortly! See you soon!

Landiks.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !

Hello dear friends and family.

Thank you for your support and prayers this month.We are doing well here in Western Ukraine. Besides enjoying Christmas season we were also able to participate in some cool projects with the local church. We are hoping to tell you about those in our next few VIDEO updates. For now enjoy some of the videos we shot in Transcarpathian mountains on the way to Lesya's town to pick up her new passport. Enjoy! We miss you!  May Jesus warm your hearts with His Presence and give you an assurance that you are His no matter what! He loves you dearly and so do we! Merry Christmas!

OUR FIRST VIDEO UPDATE!!!

Hello everyone! 

   We are in Ukraine already. It was a little dramatic getting out of NY this time 3 weeks ago because of the Hurricane. But God helped us  to fly out on time Nov 1st out of  JFK. Sorry we could not say Bye to everybody or visit you as everything stopped in NY our last days there and as we were packing using a flash light :)

   We were really looking forward going to Ukraine though, feeling that God strengthened us and encouraged us for the next two years here. We are looking forward to what He has planned to do through us in Western Ukraine and want to keep you well updated on everything that will be going on. That is why we will SHOW you more instead of WRITING this time!! ( And it will be easier for us too- we will not have to wait till kids finally fall asleep so we can work on the blog- it didn't work so well last year :)

   Here is our first VIDEO UPDATE. Enjoy.( Avi did a really good job sitting still- just watch him :) Nadine was sleeping in the car). Blessings! If you want to write to us , please use our email as comments on the blog get lost sometimes.

   Thank your for your prayers- we really really appreciate them as we pray for Gods will to be done through us here! See you soon on our blog again for the next VIDEO UPDATE!!!

ps. We hope you like the way our blog looks too! Please write to us: godsrest@gmail.com !

HELLO AGAIN !

          Hello again our dear friends and family.

Its been a while since we wrote. With 95% of you we are exchanging news on the Face Book; but our apologies to the rest of you , who haven't heard from us in a while. We are planning to simplify our posts and begin to bring you VIDEO UPDATES soon which would be easier for us to do more frequent and more interesting for you to check out.



We are very well : had a very busy summer. We spent most of it in NY, where all four of us came to extend our Travel Documents, which were expiring in July. We had some rest, but than got quickly pulled in into  New York fast pace. Serge began working in the restaurant where he used to work while we are here full time for the whole July. We started to meet with people we were planning to meet with while in NY. We also tried to be at our church as much as possible to allow God to speak to us so that we can have a clear vision for the next two years in Ukraine...( to be continued ).

Hello Family and Friends,

This is your Serge and Lesya from Mukachevo. We are doing well. We didn't have Internet for the first couple of months since we moved in into our new apartment - and we kind of got used to it:), but to be honest, we got swamped with all the settling down activities, beginning of our work at the Eunice Brown Home for Children, getting involved at our new home church, and our own children getting sick all the time everywhere in between:). But the Lord is faithful and we got through the winter.

 What we have for you today, the pictures of our most dear children from the Children's Home that we started to help at and its graduates. The pictures were taken during Christmas celebration that we organized together with a missionary from Scotland who has been working with the kids for a number of years. What we are doing now is teaching them English twice a week(4 classes each time), and a Bible Studies on Fridays. We also do Craft Time with smaller children once a month. We see as our main task now is to become good friends with the children and with the house parents and see what God has in store for us here. We will write on other developments of work in Mukachevo in our next postings.Blessings, please pray for us let us know how you are doing.

Love,
Landiks