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STADIA CHURCH PLANTING ORGANIZATIONMy time in Orlando, FL with Stadia church planting organization was very beneficial. I went to observe their three day process and was afforded an opportunity to participate.The main lesson for me was assess church planters from every angle (mental, spiritual, marital, financial, etc)  and don’t grade them on a curve (with […]

DO YOU HAVE A ONE DOLLAR BILL? My time in Ukraine was coming to an end so I returned the car I rented and took an eight hour bus ride back to Zhytomer. I sat next to a 46 year old soldier named Alexander. I expected he had a story to tell and conversations make […]

While doing evangelism in Kiev we met a soldier from Serbia. His name is Drazhen and he spoke good English. He is in his mid thirties and as a young man had served his country in the military. Afterwards he joined the French Foreign Legion and now he came to join up with the Ukrainian […]

Eight updates have been sent in the last two weeks via WhatsApp and Telegram.

A COLABORER Last summer I spent two months in Ukraine doing evangelism. All in all I drove 5000 miles in country and distributed more than 10,000 booklets that were well received. Truth is I struggled getting started and knew encouragement (and accountability) was mandatory. I met Frank Grabanski the previous summer while in Ukraine. So, […]

MY PAST REVISITED The church that was planted and registered in St Petersburg, Russia has some very enterprising ways to conduct outreach. Caution must be exercised as such activity is very restricted. Recent pictures show some distributing literature. Periodically and with regularity they have musicians come to conduct concerts inviting the public to join them […]

SOMETHING IN COMMON! Last fall, after I returned from the Ukraine, my son told me he had some colleagues from Ukraine that he wanted me to meet. He said the family lives in California but will be in Texas in the middle of September. Initially I was excited about meeting them, but as time drew […]

by KEVIN PLASTER November 8, 2023 PURPOSE MAIN — EVANGELISM SECONDARY — STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE THOSE IN COUTRY DOING MINISTRY PREPARATIONS A. 10,000 TRACTS 10,000 tracts were prepared, tracts we used in Russia, translated from Russian into Ukrainian, in order to do evangelism in Ukraine.  The name of the tract is “Are you an intelligent […]

HEROES (these made my trip to Ukraine possible) BASIC FACTS (about my trip to Ukraine) ***DATE: June 7- August 11, 2023 ***RENTED A CAR – drove 5000 miles (8000 kilometers) in country. ***UKRANIAN TRACTS – 10,000 was not enough – We continued sowing seeds using other evangelistic material. (Frank Grabanski traveled with me most of the […]

(To download a pdf file click here) MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023 — DESTINATION KIEV KIEV What a great experience. “HAVE A GREAT DAY!” We spent our time in the central district passing out tracts. Every time someone took one of the tracts I would tell them to have a great day. Sometimes I reminded them […]