Growth Over the Years!

51 months ago (4 years and 3 months!) when we started this compared today is truly like black and white. 1 Church compared to working with 4 Churches now. Our Church attendance has grown from maybe 60 to around 85. I alone and working now with 3 native preachers and 4 AIM workers (reduced by 2 soon, but will probably get another team in May of 2007). Started working in 1 school with 2 classes a week compared to today working in 6 schools and 23 classes a week. Started with nothing in my home and now we have 9 classes every week in my home and in the church building. There very few youth in the church and now we have had 28 baptisms, 24 of which are still active and faithful (86%). We are studying with several others right now.
Many of our young people are of course growing up. We have 7 that are in other cities going to Universities. We have 12 of our young people (not all Christians yet) that are going to Universities, Institutes and Technical Schools here in Kremenchuk. We also now have 4 Christian couples (all are Christians!) that are dating and 1 couple that have just announced their engagement to be married!
Yet with all that are away from us in other cities, we continue to grow. We had 24 for singing last Tuesday night and have averaged around 20 all fall. Now we do definitely have our ups and downs. Some classes are stronger than others. We have things that we have to work on all the time. That is a part of growth! But God is truly working among us. Thank you for being a part of this work. With you, we can continue to grow!