{"id":2783,"date":"2013-06-21T20:14:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:36:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T13:36:40","slug":"ministry-in-moldova-and-student-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/ministry-in-moldova-and-student-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry in Moldova and Student Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you again for praying for us! God did some amazing things last month!<\/p>\n<h4>Ministry in Moldova<\/h4>\n<p>We started May by traveling to Faleshti, Moldova where we ministered with church planter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1146\">Vasiliy Kaletnik.<\/a><\/span> We taught evangelism seminars in 3 different churches to with about 100 participants. \u00a0Pray for Vasiliy as he works hard in several church plants in the Faleshti area. So far he helped start\u00a0about 10 churches!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.595572397129944.1073741827.193268747360313&amp;type=1\">Check out some pictures of our ministry in Moldova!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On our way home from Moldova we stopped by a cemetery to observe the traditional custom of having a meal at the grave of loved ones. They call this holiday <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=2628\">&#8220;Pastele Blajinilor\u201d<\/a><\/span>\u00a0It was sad to see so many people putting their faith in empty rituals and prayers for the dead! The scene reminded us of the great need for the hope that only the Gospel of Jesus can bring!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SA5VFitqhD8\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Missions Course<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Also a big &#8220;thank you&#8221; to for praying for our missions course at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cmieurasia.org\" target=\"_blank\">CMI<\/a><\/span> in May. This course provides a Biblical foundation for missions and helps students learn how to effectively communicate the Gospel in different cultures. Students participated in different cultural activities to help them get the feel of what it might be like in another setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pray that God will work in the hearts of our students and lead some of them to serve full-time in another culture!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Mission -Perm, Russia\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?page_id=2547\">Student Mission Trip<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Almost 20 years ago I went on my first missions trip to Ukraine. I never thought that the Lord would lead me back to this place but he did! Short trips are often crucial moments as God leads people into missions! That is why I&#8217;m so excited about this trip and that is why I want to ask you to pray for and\u00a0help support our students.<\/p>\n<p>I recently read a survey from the Perm area. Evangelical believers represented not 1% \u00a0and not 1\/2%, they were not represented at all! \u00a0Yet we know there are a couple of good churches there and they have asked us to come and help!<\/p>\n<p>Lord willing I&#8217;ll be driving our students in our van from Khakov, Ukraine to Perm, Russia, over 2,000 km one way!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray for our group as we travel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pray for effective ministry in Perm.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?page_id=2547\">Learn more on our site here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Support Perm Missions trip\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abwe.org\/give\/online\/name\/Caleb%20Suko%20-0133543%20Perm%20Missions%20Trip\" target=\"_blank\">Go to straight to our mission&#8217;s site to give.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=XLFd9yeMpt0&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=https%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fpodcast%252Fnow-is-the-time-with-caleb-suko%252Fid658436314%253Fmt%253D2%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"_blank\">Now is the Time -Podcast<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ve started a podcast called <strong>&#8220;Now is the Time&#8221; <\/strong>where I talk about how we can worship God with every aspect of our lives.\u00a0You can listen to the first two episodes<a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?cat=297\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>or go over to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=XLFd9yeMpt0&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=https%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fpodcast%252Fnow-is-the-time-with-caleb-suko%252Fid658436314%253Fmt%253D2%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/span> to download them. I&#8217;ll be adding to them regularly so let me know if you have any suggestions for topics.<\/p>\n<h4>How are you?<\/h4>\n<p>One sided communication can be boring so that&#8217;s why we want to hear from you! Just leave us a comment and let us know how God has blessed you recently or how we can pray for you. That&#8217;s one simply way you can encourage a missionary!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you again for praying for us! God did some amazing things last month!<\/p>\n<p>Ministry in Moldova<\/p>\n<p>We started May by traveling to Faleshti,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,35],"tags":[46,64,195],"class_list":["post-2783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry","category-video-updates","tag-good-soil","tag-missions","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/jun-vid.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-IT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1116,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/ministry-in-faleshti-moldova\/","url_meta":{"origin":2783,"position":0},"title":"Ministry in Faleshti, Moldova","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I left Odessa early Saturday morning with my father and my father-in-law for a weekend of ministry in and around the town of Faleshti, Moldova. 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