Prayer Needed for Orphanage Ministry!

For the past year or so we've had some problems getting in to do ministry at the Pravdinska orphanage. Basically Ukraine changed the way you can be approved for visits to the orphanage and they are now requiring registration as the Ukrainian equivalent of a non-profit. In the past our American registered non-profit has been sufficient for us to work under but now we needed more. Some good friends of ours, Andrew and Jenny Kelly, run an organization called Jeremiah's Hope. They do similar work with orphans and graduates, own a camp outside of Kiev and run an amazing ministry there. At the end of last year they graciously offered to take us under their organization for the sake of saving time and money in registering Open Arms here in Sumy. We've been working since then to put together the necessary documents and meetings to get us back into the Pravdinska orphanage and hopefully other orphanages in the Sumy region.

Tomorrow morning we've got a scheduled phone call with the head of the department of education in Sumy. The phone call is to make sure this woman has time and will hopefully allow us a meeting tomorrow to go over our documents and begin the paperwork for allowing us back into the orphanages for visits. Please be in prayer for us as we prepare for the meeting, whether it turns out to be tomorrow or later. We're nervous as this meeting could define our future in ministry in the orphanages in Sumy! 10pm California time is when we'll be making the call to find out about the meeting. Watch the Twitter for updates and please keep us in prayer!