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Dear Praying Friends: The summer is over and fall is beginning.

For our family this was a season full of events, probably more than any other time of the year. This summer we had many kids staying with us and much work to do.

Kiev, Ukraine

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In June Bogdan put on the insulation for the boys’ house and replaced the roof.

This was a good time of working together with our boys. We also installed a new fence instead of the old wooden one that previously caught on fire on several occasions as people walking by dropped cigarette butts near it.

In July we had 5 new kids come to stay with us – 2 girls and 3 boys. At first this was not easy for them as they were adapting to their new life conditions and new responsibilities. They came to spend one month with us, and after that they had to return to the orphanage until August. Now that they have returned to us from the orphanage, we finally had a chance to talk to them about their future plans regarding them staying with us. All of them have passed their entrance exams to Kiev colleges and had to decide where each of them would like to live.

SUMMER 2010 PRAYER POINTS

 For new kids adjustment to new environment, school, & relationships.

 Adjustments of senior kids moving out of Safe Haven.

Also this summer we had a camping trip with our senior kids. We also invited those children who no longer live with us in the transition home. This was an in credible time, moments of fellowship, early morning prayers, and testimonies of Spiritual growth how God is working in the lives of our children and a lot of fun time – moments that and development of are hard to forget. children.

A guy and a girl (who had a wedding later this July) for some time already had a desire to be baptized and we had a chance to baptize them right there at the river side, as it was something they wanted to do before their wedding. This was a joyous celebration for all of us. We were rejoicing, greeting the newly baptized and spent much time praying for them.

The Lord gave Bogdan and I this time with the children we will never forget – this was very encouraging and we were very blessed.

The week after this camping trip we had a wedding – this was the first wedding of our children that Bogdan and I had to prepare for them.

The wedding ceremony was held in our back yard. It was a homelike and cozy atmosphere, with much joy and very touching. We were especially blessed to see

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Kiev, Ukraine

how other children got involved helping to prepare the wedding celebration. Everyone felt a part of this process and acted highly responsible – no one had to ask or look for help, as all children were eager to do something to be a part of this big family celebration.

Two weeks later we had another wedding – this time a girl that had lived with us for last three years was getting married to a guy from our church. On this wedding we played the role of bride’s parents. This time the wedding was large and noisy. Everyone in our family and in our church had greatly enjoyed the celebration. We as parents are very thankful to God for his miraculous provisions in finances and on the organizational side.

Our family had a week of camp, when all of our children had a chance to go to Ivankiv (60 miles away). There our good friends and partners in the ministry – Jenny and Andrew Kelly from Jeremiah’s Hope had prepared a special program for our children. This was a special treat for our children as well as for us, as Bogdan and I got to spend some time together – as if this was our mini vacation.

The last three weeks of summer were hectic as we were preparing our children for school season.

This September our oldest son - Daniel is going to the first grade. September is also a month when our senior children move out to live on their own, so we would like to ask you to pray for God to give them everything necessary in this new step of their lives as they adapt to new life conditions and responsibilities. Please also pray for our new children as they also enter new phase of learning both in the area of life skills and formal schooling.

SUMMER 2010 PRAYER POINTS

 For new kids adjustment to new environment, school, & relationships.

 Adjustments of senior kids moving out of Safe Haven.

 Spiritual growth and development of children.

 For dramatic increase in monthly funding.

We need 100 people to commit $40/ month support to Safe Haven.

Please also pray for further spiritual growth and development of our children. Become a Financial Beginning this fall two of our senior kids start to lead two different discussion/Bible Friend of Safe Hastudy groups for our younger kids. ven by clicking: We greatly appreciate all your prayers and support of this ministry.

Bogdan and Anya

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