30 People Baptized Because of Awana
Anatoly and Rya – Commanders of Bethlehem Baptist Church Minsk, Belarus Anatoly shared that in the ten years that he has been Awana Commander, he has seen 30 people baptized because of Awana. He said those people are now involved in the church. He shared stories of multiple families where the children were sent to [...]
Awana Minsk
Yura is a young man (22 years old) who is involved in Awana at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minsk, Belarus. He told me he first learned about Awana through Sunday School several years ago and started out as a clubber. Now he is an Awana games director and oversees handbook time for middle school aged [...]
Testimony from Belarus Pastor
I met up with Pastor Alexandr in the fall of 2011 and told him about Awana. He knew about Awana already because he is very good friends with the pastors of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minsk, where one of only two Awana clubs in Belarus is. He was very enthusiastic about the prospect of a [...]
Former Soviet Republic now a growing mission field
One of the founding republics of the USSR, Ukraine is now home to 320 Awana clubs. Our missionary, Aleksander Vasilkovskiy, recently shared updates from the ministry that now reaches nearly 11,000 children. In Odessa, Ukraine’s third largest city, Vika attends our “Dom Mira” club. She struggled with breathing problems, sometimes unable to breathe at all. [...]
Enthusiasm Spreads
There was a family in a church in Paradubice who attended Awana. They had to move because the dad became pastor of a church in a town about 30 minutes away. The daughter who is in her first year of high school loved Awana so much, she wanted to see one started in her new [...]
God-sent Opportunity
Christina started to attend Awana as a Flame. She became very enthusiastic to get through her handbooks. She was so excited about memorizing these verses that she wanted to go back and learn the Sparks verses! She had a medical problem though. She had diabetes. It means her mother must accompany her at camps, at [...]
Generations
An octogenarian couple from Ukraine share briefly of a time when freedom to worship was costly, and now, the joy they see in their great-grandchildren attending Awana. Vasilyi and Zina Butsenko are the parents (in-laws) of Awana Regional Director Pavils Grigas and his wife, Valentina. For many years, they served the Awana ministry by hosting [...]
Leaders are very creative – Awana club in Kherson, Ukraine
Visiting Awana club in Kherson children told me how they learn to help each other. Leaders of this club is very creative. They look for new ideas for reaching more and more children. That time they paid clubbers Awana money for each new friend who came to the Awana meet. Then they had Awana shop [...]
8 Year Old Oleg in Ukraine Learns to Pray
Oleg is now 8. He has attended Awana club for over 3 years already in Cherkasy, Ukraine. His parents are nonbelievers. Actually both of his parents were raised in an orphanage. They do not attend church, but they allow their son Oleg and their daughter Nastya to come to Awana club. In Awana Oleg learned [...]
Change in Russia
The church in Chegvevka, Russia, began its first Awana club meeting at the city’s House of Culture to attract as many children as possible. An Awana missionary who visited their third meeting was surprised to see a large sign displayed in public announcing the meeting in the formerly communist center where atheism had been taught [...]
Reaching an Entire Family in Ukraine
In the Ukraine, 274 Awana clubs are ministering to children. One of these clubs, in the city of Dnipropetrovsk, holds its meetings outdoors. Often children passing by end up joining in on the fun and becoming regular members. Since many of the children’s parents are not Christians, Awana leaders send permission slips home with new [...]
Spirit Filled Region
Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support. Because of this help I could visit Awana clubs, attend/conduct meets and participate in events. The Odessa club 035 “Khram Spasenia” did Awana meets at a sport gym of a local school. We did Bible Quizzes there too. All Awana teams wanted to win but [...]
