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 [...]
Ukraine Awana Leaders Go Rafting
Last July we had Awana camp for leaders and Directors of clubs. It was special camp. For 5 days we rafted the Yuzhniy Bug river, 60 km in all. When we stopped we had time for Bible lessons and Awana trainings. Our main teaching was building a good ministry team. There were 5 lessons on [...]
Legos and the Gospel?
What in the world do Legos and the Gospel have in common? Not a thing! That would have been my answer if you asked me a few days ago, but then this story came across my desk from Radek Kalensky, Awana Missionary in Czech Republic. This project was originally from a partner denomination in [...]
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 [...]
Game Circle Lights Up In Romania
I recently traveled to Romania to help the ministry team re-launch Awana in their country. What a fun and creative team God has blessed us with. Ben and Ada Paul are our Awana Coordinators in Romania and they are just contagious with energy and passion for the reaching children for Christ. As we shopped for [...]
Answered Prayer in Slovakia
Where is God? Does He even care about my ministry? If I pray will He even hear me? These are questions I think we all wrestle with at some time or another in our lives. A story came across my desk from two Awana Commanders from a small Awana Club at Cirkev Bratska Giraltovce Church [...]
