{"id":12048,"date":"2019-08-28T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=12048"},"modified":"2020-01-03T22:09:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T20:09:52","slug":"summer-is-over-ministry-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/summer-is-over-ministry-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Is Over! Ministry Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you believe summer is already over? I just dropped our kids off for the second day of school! Yes, summer has flown by and I want to take a couple of minutes just to share with you a few of things that went on this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Parents 50th wedding anniversary<\/h2>\n<p>We just returned from a quick two-week trip to the States for my parent&#8217;s 50th wedding anniversary. It was a wonderful time with family but it was also a time when we were able to share with many how my parents marriage is built on their faith in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>We had a big celebration for them with lots of family out, our daughter Naomi even came from South America with her family.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the anniversary party that was held at our church below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1566976887\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/530575\/events\/8782495\/videos\/195171991\/player?width=960&amp;height=540&amp;enableInfo=true&amp;defaultDrawer=feed&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Baptisms in Odessa<\/h2>\n<p>In the meantime things did not slow down here in Ukraine. We got back to Ukraine on Friday and on Sunday we had a baptism.<\/p>\n<p>Praise God for three people who publicly declared their faith in Jesus through baptism! We had two young girls and a<\/p>\n<p>92 year old! She was so glad to get baptized and with tears she said \u00a0&#8220;I have a new life&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12052\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12052\" data-attachment-id=\"12052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/summer-is-over-ministry-update\/1b7a1178\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;IRINA RODOSLAVOVA&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566726620&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1B7A1178\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Baptism in the Black Sea&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-1073x715.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-483x322.jpg 483w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1B7A1178-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baptism in the Black Sea<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">There was a fourth person who wanted to get baptized but <\/span>their family was very very against it and they ended up not getting baptized. We realize that the spiritual battle is very real and ask that you pray about this situation.<\/p>\n<h2>New School Year<\/h2>\n<p>We are already on our third day of the school year! How thankful we are for Anchor School here in downtown Odessa. This year Mishael is in 12th grade, Noelle is in 9th grade, Anastasia is in 7th grade, and Nickolas is in 5th grade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/summer-is-over-ministry-update\/img_5410\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566809258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5410\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12053\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-953x715.jpg 953w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-483x362.jpg 483w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5410-263x197.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year I have get to teach New Testament Bible class to the ninth and 10th graders. We appreciate your prayers for our kids as they enter another year of school and pray for me as I teach the Bible class.<\/p>\n<p>I also decided to go back to school this year and will be taking a Ukrainian class with Mishael.\u00a0I speak<br \/>\nRussian and I preach in Russian. Odessa is mainly a Russian speaking city, but more and more there&#8217;s a need for Ukrainian here and why I&#8217;ve decided this year to study it.<\/p>\n<h2>Fall Ministries<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, friends I want to ask you to pray for us as we go into the fall and restart some of our ministries. We are planning to start up our<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> Russian Club again and our <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">outreach to foreign students. There&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">a lot of opportunity for that here and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">sometimes just it&#8217;s hard to find the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">time too <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">be able to do as much as we <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">want to in that ministry. Pray for us <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">as we get that ministry up and going <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">again and pray that God will give us the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">real gospel opportunities with <\/span>these foreign students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you believe summer is already over? I just dropped our kids off for the second day of school! 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Dima surprised his finance Ivanka with a short beach wedding just outside of Odessa on the shore of the Black Sea. \u00a0After we took a few pictures on the beach we headed back to town\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ministry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ministry","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/ministry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0572-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0572-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0572-001.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1199,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/ministry-in-moldova-and-cmi-open-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":12048,"position":4},"title":"Ministry in Moldova and CMI Open House","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"September 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Va salut cu pacea Domnului! 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