Hopkins Family Update
Faith Amidst Adversity:
Journeying with the 99for1ukraine Team
Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus!
I know many of you are praying for me and my family and our 99for1ukraine team. First thank you for your ongoing support for us and the team, it's very needed. The enemy does not want us to keep going.Pray for my health, I am struggling with knee and foot, back, and kidney and liver problems, it is not all but enough. I am working on exercise, changing my diet and of course praying!
Valya and the girls are doing well, Valyas still working with the military wives and also some ladies from Bakmud, a city that was totally destroyed. Also she is taking great care of our girls and our home, which for me is my garden of eden where I can look at and see God's blessings, beauty and creation. It's where I have many of my personal times with God and rejuvenate after and before trips.
Last month, I was in the USA sharing about the war and our ministry. It was a very focused time of sharing and sadly I did not have much time to visit some family and friends. But it was a fruitful trip.
Since I got back, I helped my family get ready for the summer. Spending time with my beautiful girls, just good times together.
Our 99for1ukraine team was planning a trip into a new location about two weeks ago but had to cancel because of scheduling conflicts. But we rescheduled and are planning on going to the new location, it's called Slavyansk, It's near Donetsk close to the front.
We don't know much about this area. We are in contact with another team in the Poltava region that has gone there several times to bring in humanitarian aid and share the gospel. They asked us to come and to show them what we do by bringing in the salvation message, something they have yet to do, that's all I know. It is obviously a bit of a dangerous area. The Russians have been aggressive there since the start in 2014.
We need your prayer support, prayers are very needed. We will leave April 24th-May 2nd - First- That we would be very full of God and boldness. Safety for the team and all vehicles to run well, great teamwork, good health. Also that hearts of all the people we meet will be open for receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Also favor, with the local authorities and military posts we need to go through.
Heads! up for anyone interested- Valya and I will be helping with a DTS school our base is running in September 22. It's a 5.5 month time of getting to know God more intimately. I call it, a honeymoon with God. If you're interested or know someone that might want to be going through such a school, let me know. It's 3 months of lectures and two months of outreach. part of that is with me. It's for married or single foks, I would recommend this school, yep it's in Lutsk.
Thank you for your support in prayers and finances.
Love,
James and Valya, Arina and Samantha Hopkins YWAM Lutsk Ukraine
I know many of you are praying for me and my family and our 99for1ukraine team. First thank you for your ongoing support for us and the team, it's very needed. The enemy does not want us to keep going.Pray for my health, I am struggling with knee and foot, back, and kidney and liver problems, it is not all but enough. I am working on exercise, changing my diet and of course praying!
Valya and the girls are doing well, Valyas still working with the military wives and also some ladies from Bakmud, a city that was totally destroyed. Also she is taking great care of our girls and our home, which for me is my garden of eden where I can look at and see God's blessings, beauty and creation. It's where I have many of my personal times with God and rejuvenate after and before trips.
Last month, I was in the USA sharing about the war and our ministry. It was a very focused time of sharing and sadly I did not have much time to visit some family and friends. But it was a fruitful trip.
Since I got back, I helped my family get ready for the summer. Spending time with my beautiful girls, just good times together.
Our 99for1ukraine team was planning a trip into a new location about two weeks ago but had to cancel because of scheduling conflicts. But we rescheduled and are planning on going to the new location, it's called Slavyansk, It's near Donetsk close to the front.
We don't know much about this area. We are in contact with another team in the Poltava region that has gone there several times to bring in humanitarian aid and share the gospel. They asked us to come and to show them what we do by bringing in the salvation message, something they have yet to do, that's all I know. It is obviously a bit of a dangerous area. The Russians have been aggressive there since the start in 2014.
We need your prayer support, prayers are very needed. We will leave April 24th-May 2nd - First- That we would be very full of God and boldness. Safety for the team and all vehicles to run well, great teamwork, good health. Also that hearts of all the people we meet will be open for receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Also favor, with the local authorities and military posts we need to go through.
Heads! up for anyone interested- Valya and I will be helping with a DTS school our base is running in September 22. It's a 5.5 month time of getting to know God more intimately. I call it, a honeymoon with God. If you're interested or know someone that might want to be going through such a school, let me know. It's 3 months of lectures and two months of outreach. part of that is with me. It's for married or single foks, I would recommend this school, yep it's in Lutsk.
Thank you for your support in prayers and finances.
Love,
James and Valya, Arina and Samantha Hopkins YWAM Lutsk Ukraine
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