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A new ministry year has begun!

When was the last time you experienced an such a specific answer to prayer that you knew it was God? That's the experience I and our Budapest teammates had this past weekend! We were responsible for putting together a conference called the Church Multiplication Learning Community. By God's grace we gathered about 80 participants from all over Europe and the US (even Asia) to hear David Garrison, the world's foremost authority on church planting movements (rapid reproduction of simple churches in which large numbers of people come to faith in Christ). Thanks for praying for me and our team! The conference was a success in everyway.

Here are a few comments from participants . . .

"Thank you for all your advanced work that made our community experience very worthwhile." - a missionary from St. Petersburg, Russia

"Thank you again for inviting me to the conference. I am going to bring together pastors and share about what church planting movements are all about and how God is working in different parts of the World." - a Ukrainian church planting leader

"It (the conference) was valuable, I really enjoyed hearing Garrison speak." - a missionary from Lublin, Poland

One of the participants in the conference was Nick Mikhaluk (quoted above). Nick and his wife Maia lead a church planting ministry called International Partnerships headquartered in Kiev, Ukraine. Our team is helping them connect with other like-minded ministries that can help them equip national church planters for their staff.

Here's a picture of Nick and Maia and me in Kiev . . .

Thanks again for praying! And would you pray for our team as we travel to Romania, Ukraine and Kazakhstan over the next couple of weeks? We need wisdom to understand exactly what God is doing in church planting movements in these countries. See the "Prayer Wish List" at right for specific suggestions for prayer.