June Newsletter from Lviv Ukraine

Exciting things are happening for God in Ukraine! CLICK HERE TO VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER

 

Prayer Requests Invitation Letter & Paperwork Traveling to get my visa June 30-July 4th Learning Ukrainian For good health To find a good apartment to rent before Sept. For discipleship opportunities For New Horizons Church For Divine Appointments to share Jesus daily For continued finances & provisions To be filled daily with more of the Holy Spirit Counselor at the Jeremy Camp concert in Kiev June 22nd That our outreaches would produce much fruit For God to keep changing me For the orphans and all children of Ukraine My first Month in Lviv Dear Family and Friends, Thank you so much for your continued support and prayers!... it is so good to be here in Lviv and serving  alongside the Pratts, Sneads and Janisses. I arrived in Lviv on May 14th after a three week missions trip to Lviv, Kiev and Kharkiv with Calvary CHapel Bible College Indianapolis, to start working with New Horizons Lviv a new Calvary Chapel church plant. My brief time here has been busy with VBS, a missions team from Virginia, English Club, Koinania Cafe, Sunday Service, the two dogs I watch, shopping to get basic necessities, figuring out transportation, trying to learn the leanguage, and steeping into my new role and duties at the church. Your contnued prayers and support are greatly appreciated! A Place to Call Home God is so good and always faithful! I was worried where I would live once I arrived in Lviv. Dennis and Georgia Janisse graciously hosted me for a couple of nights and then God opened up a place for me to serve and stay. One of the missionary families serving in Lviv for eight years did not get their visas and had to leave for three months to the states. They asked if I would watch their two dogs, Carrie a dalmatian and Duke a dauchund, and sublet their apartment for three months. I was glad to and God opened up a place for me to stay and to have all I need. I have two new babushkas (grandmas) to look after and they look after me. The Ledfords were so great to show me around the city and show me where to shop, pay bills, and all about public transportation. Getting use to a new place is not always easy but they made it seem so. I am at home in Lviv and am looking for an apartment of my own as they plan on returning in September. VBS at Public School Our church had the privilege of hosting a Vacation Bible School at the public school on our block for two days this past week. We had a time for games, Bible stories, crafts, snacks, hand painting and balloon animals. 39 kids attended and we all had a great time together. Please pray God would keep opening hearts here at this school and others for the Gospel to be shared. You can see more photos here Click Here! Jeremy Camp Concert Kiev June 22nd Some of the people from New Horizon Lviv will be going by train to the Jeremy Camp concert in Kiev on June 22nd to help be counselors to those wishing to pray and accept Jesus. Please pray for this outreach, pray hearts would be softened and open to the Gospel. Pray for all the finances that are needed to put on such an outreach, pray for the Kiev Calvary chapel as they host this event, pray for safe travels as we go and for many to come to know Jesus! Contact Me! Email: greghemsley@yahoo.com Facebook: Click Here! Mailing Address: Greg Hemley Keramichna #4 Apt. #48 Lviv, Ukraine 79053 To send Support Online through Horizon Christian Fellowship: Click Here! Or to send Support via Mail to: (please do Not write in the subject line on check but attach a separate note "for Greg Hemsley, L'viv") Horizon Christian Fellowship Attn: Missions/Greg Hemsley 7702 Indian Lake Road Indianapolis, IN 46236

Our Bags Are Packed

Our team spent the afternoon packing and we are all set to go Monday! Praise God!

Travel Plans

Well here we are....in just a few days I will be traveling with 8 other students to Ukraine to set out on a missions trip with them for 3 weeks and then off to Lviv on my own on May 13th to start serving full time with the Calvary Chapel Church "New Horizons". I am so excited. Praise God! Here is a brief itinerary and I will share more as I get the details and as we go.

April 22 - leave Indiana at 2pm and fly to Alanta, then we fly to Amsterdam
April 23 - arrive in kiev, Ukraine and take an overnight train to Lviv
April 24 - arrive in Lviv to work with New Horizons church
April 29 - taking a van with others from Lviv to the National Conference 
April 30 - Calvary Chapel Ukraine National Conference - in Concha Zaspa,at "Kastan" camp near Kiev

May 4 - take a train to Kharkiv, Ukraine to work with the church

May 12 -take an overnight train to Kiev for the rest of the CCBCI group to

            fly back to Indianapolis

May 13 - I take an overnight train to Lviv 

May 14 - I will arrive in Lviv to work with the church as a missionary

Here is my flight info: Delta Airlines

MON, 22 APR 2013 6 DAYS FROM DEPARTURE

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ATL

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DL 1613

FLIGHT STATUS: ON TIME 

DEPART: 

2:15 PM

ARRIVE: 

3:49 PM

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DOMESTIC TERM-SOUTH

ECONOMY 

 Details

LAYOVER IN ATLANTA, GA 1H 46M

MON, 22 APR 2013 6 DAYS FROM DEPARTURE

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AMS

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DL 238

FLIGHT STATUS: ON TIME 

DEPART: 

5:35 PM

ARRIVE: 

-8:25 AM

THIS FLIGHT ARRIVES - TUE, 23 APR 2013.

INTERNATIONAL TERM

ECONOMY 

 Details

LAYOVER IN AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 55M

TUE, 23 APR 2013 7 DAYS FROM DEPARTURE

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KBP

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DL 9623

FLIGHT STATUS: ON TIME 

DEPART: 

9:20 AM

ARRIVE: 

1:05 PM

ECONOMY Operated by: KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines  

The Compassion of Jesus

35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.[e] 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary[f]and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” -Matthew 9:35-38 NKJV

I am just so moved by the compassion Jesus had and still has for the world and all the people in it. Especially the lost. He came to save us all and there is not one person whom He does not love or would not have come down to earth as a man to save. Jesus gave Himself on the cross for us all. What an overwhelming concept in this day as we try and divide into groups and say our way is the only way. He, Jesus Christ, is the ONLY way to the Father.

If we, today and everyday, could just have a fraction of the love and compassion for others Jesus has. This is my prayer today, change me in a radical way Lord, give me your heart, give me your love and compassion for others so they may know You, and be saved.

May God Bless You Abundantly & Keep You Close to Him,
-Greg

Time has been flying past as I finish up this semester at Calvary Chapel Bible College Indianapolis. I will be leaving to serve full time in Lviv, Ukraine in just 32 days, on April 22nd. I am excited to go and to be used by God to lift the arms of the missionaries already there and to share the Gospel with as many as would have ears to hear. Reaching the unchurched is a primary focus for the church in Lviv. There are many people who say they are Christian but most there do not understand what it is to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If you have a passion for reaching the lost for Jesus, please consider helping to support these efforts in Lviv by giving either a one time donation, which will help in me moviing to Lviv and setting up a small apartment, or by setting it up to give monthly, this money will be used to provide living expenses for me and then for ministry, for transportation, for food to reach out to the lost, for ministry materials like Bibles. Thank you so much! God Bless you! Click Here to Give Online

CCBCI at Sacred Ground Coffee Shop This Friday Night!

Join Calvary Chapel Bible College for a night of music at Sacred Grounds Coffee Shop Reclaimed. It is sure to be a time of sweet fellowship. We have a great group of talent lined up for you. So come and relax with a good cup of coffee or Latte and have a good time.

Friday Night 3/15 from 7 to 10pm at Sacred Grounds in Lafayette

Click Here for More Info!

Thank you everyone who is encouraging me, praying, and supporting me financially as I prepare to go to Lviv Ukraine to be a missionary and work with the church there. God is doing miraculous things only He can do....God Bless You! & Thank you! :)