December 20, 2008

Piece and blessings of the Lord, to you.

We thank you for the support and encouragement during this difficult time. Galya Osipova is expressing her gratitude for your prayers and the help you offered. The Lord is our hope in everything. Galya is still treating TB and keeps hear blood tests. Right now her condition is satisfactory. She is still very weak and feeling sleepy. She will try to find good doctors and good treatment.

Children in Galina's Gudwill family got adjusted well but we still work on their paperwork. New children in Chernov's family are feeling all right as well and they are happy about their new parents. Unfortunately, the state isn't giving any financial support for these children yet – they say that in January and February the family isn't going to get any support for them.

Total situation in Ukraine is very interesting and unpredictable. The government is trying to make it look so as if they were working. The economy is falling down rapidly. Nothing is being done to overcome the crisis.The banks do not give any credits. Salaries aren't paid out. Products aren't selling from the enterprises. Unemployment is increasing fastly. Prices for real estate, cars and home supplies are getting down. Prices for food have increased.A wave of robberies and murders has covered the country. The banks and the apartments are robbed. The old age people are killed for their little retirement pension. People get into the buses in the day time and rob people. People who have received their money in the bank or had done currency exchange are getting killed right there in the street. We keep praying for this all to end up and we thank God for every day that we have lived through.

Staff in Pilgrim is preparing program and presents for the kids. The Bookkeepers are busy with yearly reports for the government officials.All in all the ministry is going on. Everybody will be happy for the Christmas bonuses.

We thank God for every sacrificial heart. We are praying for you.

Respectfully. Konstantin.