IHOP Poland!

Christian (my 15 year old son), myself and Nataliya Khomyak have been in Poland since Friday. We are visiting some friends that have an International House of Prayer room in Warsaw and Wroclaw Poland. We got in late on Friday, but got to experience 2-hours of prayer and worship this morning. It was a great time to soak in God's word, worship and pray. After we were done we took a five hour train ride from Warsaw to Wroclaw this afternoon and will be spending Sunday with the IHOP team in Wroclaw. We unexpectedly made the decision to head to Germany tomorrow with the Wroclaw team to visit the city of Herrnhut, Germany. Herurnhut is the center of the Moravian Church; this movement started in 14th century and still has a presence today. One of the key achievements of the Moravians was 24/7 continuous prayer for 100 years (they did this in the 18th Century)! We are in Poland on behave of Orphans Promise to pray about a partnership with one or both of these IHOP ministries to help orphans, vulnerable children, and women that are human and sex trafficked through Poland. Maciej and Dorota Wolski are leaders in the IHOP in Warsaw. They have such a great heart to serve the Lord and pray for Warsaw and the people of Poland. Currently they are praying and worshipping 4 hours a day. More updates when we get internet. Thanks for your prayers for our trip.

Got to Miami

Were in Miami tonight, will leave for Haiti tomorrow morning at 9:30am. We get to see Raymonda at the airport and have her for 5 days. We will be doing work at the mission and having some meetings on the adoption and projects. We leave for the Domincan on Thrusday hoping to help children that are being human trafficked. More to come!

First Day with Raymonda

Tried to post a picture, but the internet is too slow. Were in PortauPrince at the Orphanage that Raymonda is staying until we can get her home. She is sleeping in our room while we are in Haiti. She has a funny little personality. She is 22 months, but is behind a bit in her development. Having her at the orphanage and being able to get nutritional food is really going to help her grow. Here stomach sticks out due to the lack of nutrition over the past 22 months of life. Her mother died 3 months after she was born and her father died before she was even born. In most cases, children like Raymonda would die. Tried to post a picture, but the internet is too slow. We are in Port-au-Prince at the Orphanage that Raymonda is staying until we can get her home. She is sleeping in our room while we are in Haiti. She has a funny little personality. She is 22 months, but is behind a bit in her development. Having her at the orphanage and being able to get nutritional food is really going to help her grow. Her stomach distended due to the lack of nutrition over the past 22 months of life. Raymonda’s father died before she was born and her month died 3 months after she gave birth. In most cases, children like Raymonda (she cannot walk yet due to the lack of nutrition), die before the age of 5 years old. In fact, 1 out of every 5 children in Haiti die before the age of 5 years old, and a lot of these children that die are facing the same challenges as Raymonda. God is good, we are praying for 100% healing of her legs and full recovery from any issues she has from lack of food. We take her to the doctor tomorrow for blood work for the adoption and also see the lawyer on the Haitian end. Thanks for your prayers. Please pray for our four children at home in Ohio, we miss them very much!