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Passion for Ukraine!

There are stories and pictures on the journal entries from the 2007 mission trip. We pray they touch your heart. Our God is amazing!

We also have a 2008 blog for the San Antonio Christian School's Odessa, Ukraine mission trip. www.PassionForUkraine.blogspot.com

June 2008: the blog always being updated, but adding pictures takes forever..still in progress. For some new pictures, click on

http://picasaweb.google.com/PamDeFrees/Ukraine2008DanaSPictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/PamDeFrees/Ukraine20082Dana

http://picasaweb.google.com/PamDeFrees/Ukraine2008

http://picasaweb.google.com/PamDeFrees/Ukraine2008Mike

Each web site has a LOT (and I mean a lot) of pictures, so grab a cup of coffee, get comfy, have your kleenex handy, and enjoy. Allow God to speak to your heart as you look at the faces of these children and know that there is more that we can do!

July 2008 update: God is leading some of us in an exciting adventure. We are in the beginning stages, but we are looking into ways of bringing some of these older teens here to continue their education. Education is only part of what God wants to do through us. The main thing is to give these teens (who are no longer adoptable and some are no longer even in the orphanage) a Christian family who will love them unconditionally, teach them of God's love, and give them a family structure so they can learn how to be part of a family. They can return to the Ukraine strong in the Lord, educated, and they can be filled with the hope of Jesus.

Below: 2007 mission trip:

We are so glad you are here.
We are excited to tell you what God is doing!
God has called us all to minister and spread His Word. The orphans in Odessa, Ukraine are hungry for unconditional love. They cling to the love they see in us. They get a glimpse of Christ's love and experience His unconditional love; many experience this for the very first time in their lives. It is not because of what we do or say. It is because God is working through us....we are being His hands, His feet, His Words.

"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!'"
Romans 10:14-15

Mission Statement: Touching the hearts of these orphans and showing them the love of Christ in everything we do and say!

The following are all part of the team going to Odessa, Ukraine Summer 2007:

Meredith Groves

Mike DeFrees

Pam DeFrees

Dana DeFrees

Whitney Leininger

Welcome!

Mission Ukraine 2007