Places to go, People to Serve

There is a child in Ukraine who needs your influence and love. He doesn’t need your money so much as he needs your friendship. Will you give yourself? In July, five American teams will travel to Eastern Europe to serve and to build relationships with the children of Ukraine. Some of these kids are orphans, children whose parents are drug users, abusive, or absent. Other children are kids from more traditional families. As in America, Ukrainian families may be single parent, stressed, irreligious, nominally religious, atheistic, or even devout. They still need God’s love and adult friendships. What’s more, they want to make friends with American adults like you. You may wonder, “What can I offer?” You offer God’s love wearing blue jeans. You offer friendship. You offer the Bible (our teams distribute approximately 10,000 Bibles and Biblical materials each summer). You offer the training in Biblical character that Ukrainian educators, camp directors, and parents want their children to have. And you offer hope for an entire nation. Our teams are already formed for 2013. They are going—and they are going to make a difference. So what are your plans for the Summer of 2014? Do you have places to go and people to serve? If not, we have some ideas!