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Letters from Kyiv, Week Three “The enemy wants to kill pastors, destroy lives and wipe out ministries off the records completely. But they forget that the Church is not a building – it is the people.”   — Tim Vashchyshyn,…

Letters from Kyiv, Week Two “The Lord stretched His hand out to me” — Sofia, 16, Ukraine Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Sofia arrived at iYouth Camp in Germany carrying a grief most teenagers never know. Her father had died before…

Letters from Kyiv, Week One “Before we go to bed, we check to see where it is safe to sleep.” — Tim Vashchyshyn, Pastor, Kyiv, Ukraine Thirty-two-year-old Pastor Tim Vashchyshyn lives with a reality most of us can hardly imagine…

Something new is brewing at Elevate Europe, and we wanted you to be among the first to know. About 30 years ago, I (Jeff) wrote a play telling the Christmas story through the eyes of the innkeeper and his family. The…

Last month, you made it possible for 80 leaders from 17 churches to gather for worship training events in the southwestern Spanish cities of Seville and Algeciras. That alone is remarkable. But what happened during those gatherings was even more…

Thanks to your faithful support, Kathy and I are blessed to have friends and ministry colleagues in different parts of the world. Many of these relationships exist because our paths crossed in Brussels. You may remember a couple of emails that…

Last week we were in the Andalusia region of Spain and had lunch with missionaries who live on a street on which Easter parades occur the seven days leading up to Easter. The missionaries told us that some of the floats are…

Worship training opportunities in southern Spain are few and far between. But thanks to you, 30 leaders from eight churches came together for a day of worship training last Saturday. One of those leaders, Melanie from The Wave Church in Marbella, drove her team…

When the world gathered in Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics, you helped open a door for the Gospel. As he has for the past few Olympic Games our friend, Ronney Joe Webb, joined an outreach team during the Games…