Posted by Anthony Adams. 

We arrived in Ukraine last night and went straight from the airport to an evening session with some people trying to come off drugs. These people have come through some rehab and have now signed up to a programme where they report to this centre from 3pm until 9pm every day. They talk about why they are taking drugs, how they must change, they watch videos, and once a week my friend Max will go along and speak with them about the Christian Faith. Last night I spoke to them about the search for satisfaction, from the book of Ecclesiastes, and eventually (since I discovered they wanted an hour rather than 30 mins) led on to talking about the Samaritan woman at the well, from John 4, who found the living water that satisfies eternally. When I finished they started asking questions and we kept going until they had to leave. They were hungry. Pray for them.

Today we met up with Vova, a church planter from another part of Kyiv, and visited a drug rehab centre which is residential. There we met seven men who are in the throws of giving up their drugs. They spend their time growing veg in the land around the house, rebuilding the place they live in (its quite rough - they have just finished an indoor shower!) and working helping the people in the local village. Most of the men have trusted Christ over a period of months, some quite some time ago, others a few weeks ago. They were so refreshing to listen to. They sang and prayed and discussed the Word with us. I sought to encourage them from Colossians 2 6,7, to keep on going in the faith they have found. There is great potential for more of this kind of thing. And for new church plants in a number of places. In the village where the centre is situated, 75 km outside Kyiv, is so impressed by what the church is doing there that they are asking them to start a church for them. How can you turn that down?

This evening we are at the home of Alex and Lena and hearing about their vision for family ministries. More tea on the way. Gotta go.