Dear Cross
Culture family,
Kenny spent
most of March in Kiev, flying out, as a precaution, just before the
presidential election. I am happy to report that there were no problems with
the presidential election, and the new president should be inaugurated sometime
in late May. Please pray for a peaceful transition of power.
Kenny, who
is back in Kiev now, will spend the rest of May through mid-June in Ukraine. My
schedule for teaching at Borys Grinchenko University is already filling up. My
plan is to share with the students the topic “Living a Good Life?” – a
discussion of how Jesus leads us to live a life that makes a difference in the
world and how you can measure if your life is good. I already had one session
on Friday which went well, with great interest and insightful questions from
the students.
I will also
be meeting with the Teen small group each Friday night and the Young Adults on
Sunday evenings. These meetings are a time for sharing a meal, reading a Bible
story and discussing it, and catching up with one another as we play games.
Time together always provides an opportunity for disciples to grow in their
faith, and for seekers to learn more about Jesus.
I continue
to preach each Sunday via Skype to the church in Gorlovka. The war continues
there with daily surface to surface missile exchanges between the Ukrainian
Army and the Russian Insurgents. Each week the ladies give me the report of how
the “shelling” was that week. Not the normal topic for conversation at worship!
Please keep these faithful and precious women in your prayers each week.
We are still
short about $30k for our 2019 funding. Kenny is arranging trips in late June
and July to speak to churches and other groups who are interested in our work.
If you think your church might be a good place for Kenny to share the Cross
Culture story, please PM me and we can talk about it. If you are not currently
supporting Cross Culture financially, but have been blessed by our ministry,
please consider becoming a monthly support partner. You can donate through our
website (www.crossculturegorlovka.blogspot.com),
mail a check to PO Box 505 Luverne AL 36049, or send me a message for other
options.
On a
personal note we are in the process of completing our move to Franklin,
Tennessee. We moved one truckload of storage items to Franklin and unloaded it
at our new place, Lora is working through it all now. We hope to get the second
load in late June completing our move. It will be nice to have a landing place
when we are in the U.S.
Thanks for
being such faithful ministry partners. Please continue to pray for us and our
ministry of “sharing the love of Jesus with the people of Ukraine!”
Grace and peace,
Kenny Payne D.Min.
Director, Cross Culture, Inc.
