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HERE'S WHAT GOD IS DOING AT ANCHORED IN ZION, UKRAINE!

TODAY AT 10 A.M. (TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2000), MARTIN (THE INTERPRETER) AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF THE KIEV CITY STATE ADMINISTRATION, MR. ANATOLY TOSTOUKHOV, Ph.D.

AS WE WENT IN, I PRAYED THAT THIS MAN WOULD LISTEN AND HELP IN SOME WAY. I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT GOD HAD IN STORE FOR HIS WORK IN THIS MEETING.

AFTER THE INTRODUCTIONS AND THE EXCHANGE OF OUR BUSINESS CARDS, HE ASKED ME VERY CLEARLY HOW HE COULD HELP.

I STARTED BY SAYING THAT I HAD BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR SEVEN YEARS. I WENT ON TO SAY THAT I FELT THAT IF WE WERE TO SAVE THIS NATION OF OURS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO OUR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN DISCARDED BY MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND WHO THE GOVERNMENT NO LONGER COULD CARE FOR. I SPOKE CLEARLY, TOO, AND SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO USE TO REHABILITATE THESE STREET CHILDREN EITHER.

I SHARED WITH HIM THAT ANCHORED IN ZION IS INVOLVED WITH THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY AND THAT THESE ARE CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY HAVE LITTLE OR NO MONEY AT ALL.

HE ASKED HOW MANY CHILDREN WE HAD. I TOLD HIM THAT WE ARE, AT PRESENT, CARING FOR 81. BUT LAST WEEK WE HAD BEEN ASKED TO TAKE ANOTHER 150 CHILDREN WHO ARE ORPHANS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. I EXPLAINED HOW WE GIVE HUMANITARIAN AID, CLOTHING AND MEDICINES. ALSO, WE ARE TRYING TO BRING PROFFESIONAL PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS FIELD TO UKRAINE TO HELP.

I TOLD HIM OF THE KINDERGARTEN BUILDING THAT WE HAD GONE TO SEE THREE DAYS AGO. WE ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS BUILDING FOR OUR CENTER. HE ASKED ME FOR THE ADDRESS OF THIS PLACE. WE WERE NOT SURE OF THE EXACT ADDRESS BUT WE WILL GET IT FOR HIM.

AT THIS POINT IN THE CONVERSATION HE SAID THAT HE HAD A PROPOSITION FOR ME. "WHAT IF YOU DID A JOINT VENTURE WITH THE UKRAINE GOVERNMENT? " I IMMEDIATELY WAS ON GUARD. I KNOW THAT THE STATE DOES NOT WANT THE BIBLE TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I SAID, "IF WE HAVE A CENTER WE WILL TEACH THE BIBLE TO THE CHILDREN BECAUSE ONLY GOD CARES FOR THEM AND WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A HOPE AND LOVE FOR THEIR LIVES."

HIS ANSWER IS ONE THAT I DID NOT THINK WOULD COME FROM A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, " THIS IS NO PROBLEM." I REPLIED, THAT IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I HAD NO PROBLEM WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UKRAINE.

MR. TOSTOUKHOV THEN WENT BEYOND ANY THING THAT I COULD HAVE DREAMED OF. HE BEGAN TO TELL ME THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD GIVE US THIS KINDERGARTEN TO USE WITHOUT RENT. WE, OF COURSE, WOULD NEED TO DO REPAIRS WHICH WE WOULD HAVE DONE IN ANY CASE. WE COULD HAVE THIS BUILDING, BY UKRAINE LAW, FOR 49 YEARS, WITH THE FULL CO-OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.

I WAS ABOUT TO GET UP, AS I THOUGHT THAT THE MEETING WAS AT AN END, WHEN HE ASKED IF I HAD ANOTHER MINUTE. I SAID, "YES, OF COURSE, I DO."

MR TOSTOUKHOV BEGAN TO TELL ME A STORY THAT I KNEW ABOUT BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN. THE FOLLOWING IS THE STORY AND PETITION THAT HE MADE TO ME.

HE SAID, "WE IN THE UKRAINE HAVE A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR UNDERAGE GIRLS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN CONCERNED OR CARED WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM TILL THE DAY I TOOK MY WIFE TO THIS FACILITY. WHEN I SAW THE LIVING FACILITIES AND CONDITION AND THE GIRLS, MY HEART WENT OUT TO THEM. OUR UKRAINE SYSTEM HAS TRIED AND FAILED TO HELP THEM. NO ONE IN THIS PLACE CARES WHAT HAPPENS FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT."

PRAISE THE LORD, MR TOSTOUKHOV SAID, "I HAVE HEARD YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HELP THESE GIRLS. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOVE AND HOPE THAT YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR YOUR CENTER IS WHAT THEY NEED AND I AM OFFERING TO YOU THIS PLACE."

IT IS TIMES LIKE THIS THAT I FEEL SO INADEQUATE. I SAID TO HIM THAT I COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT PROMISE ANYTHING, BUT, I WOULD GO HOME AND MAKE THIS NOT ONLY A MATTER TO THINK ABOUT, I WOULD TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS GREAT NEED AND SEE WHO GOD HAD THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO WORK IN THIS GREAT HARVEST FIELD.

SO THE FIELD IS RIPE UNTO HARVEST AND WORKERS ARE NEEDED.

WE LEFT THAT OFFICE AND I CRIED OUT IN MY HEART TO GOD TO SPEAK TO SOME ONE TO COME AND UNDERTAKE THIS NEED.

SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE READING THIS LETTER AND GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOUR HEART. I BEG YOU, DO NOT PUT THIS TO ONE SIDE AND SAY, " I WILL THINK ABOUT IT AT ANOTHER TIME." THE TIME IS NOW! OUR TIME TO DO GOD'S WORK IS NOW! LET GOD SPEAK TO YOU AND THEN PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL OR SEND ME AN E-MAIL AND LET'S START THIS GREAT WORK.

GOD BLESS YOU
IN CHRIST,


DAVID AND CAROLE NICHOLSON
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