October 13-25, 2011
Donets'k, Ukraine
- Preached in 14 different locations.
- Drove over 1500 miles in Donets'k and surrounding districts.
- Distributed 500 Russian Bibles.
- Saw 46 people make professions of faith in Jesus Christ. (over all teams)
- Heard testimonies of persecution and faithfulness by Ukrainian Baptists.
- Enjoyed numerous fellowship times with believers.
- Gained a greater respect for public professions of faith.
- Refocused vision from temporal to eternal.
- Sampled numerous variations of cabbage and potatoes.
- Tried partially cured lard for the first time.
- Spent the night in Frankfurt, Germany on the way home.
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| Me and my interpreter, Helen, delivering a sermon. |
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| The home where I stayed while in Donets'k. |
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| At a fellowship meal. The woman on the right had been beaten with sticks because of her faith in Jesus Christ. |
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| A 17th century Russian Orthodox church building. |
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| Bobby & Jeannette Smith (with Helen) preparing to sing. |
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| Me at the Sea of Azov (connected to the Black Sea) |
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| Students holding up their new Bibles. |
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| A 21st century rural Baptist church in Ukraine. |
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| Pastor Dima (r) and Deacon Genna at a fellowship meal. |
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| Bobby Smith distributing Bibles. |
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