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Thank you so much for your prayers here are some ways in which God is answering!

TEAM FROM UKRAINE

The team from CC Kiev was a huge blessing! We were able to put on a concert, do several street outreaches, show the "Passion of Christ" two nights, organize an Easter program at the orphanage we visit, and begin our Sunday services! Easter Sunday was our first service. Melanie's parents were here also so George Markey (Melanie's Dad) preached Sunday mornings while he was here.
The outreaches made it clear to us that many people are open. It seems that many of the churches here are afraid to openly evangelize because of the Muslim influence. Surprisingly though, we had no problems with the local officials and large numbers of people gathered to hear the gospel. It is amazing that in a country that is over 80% Muslim there are those so open to the gospel of Jesus Christ! Of course there are challenges to living in a place so influenced by Islam, but those whop are opposed are far fewer than those who are open.

THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH

We are now meeting Sunday mornings in an old theatre in the center of the city. So far we have had three services and this Sunday we will begin going through the Gospel of John. Praise the Lord the owner is letting us use the place for free! He is not a believer so pray for his salvation. His name is Richard. We also are starting a new believers study on Tuesday nights. This Tuesday will be our first! Saturday nights we also meet at our place and we are going through the letter to the Galatians. Now that we are meeting publicly we will need to begin the process of registering the church. We need at least 10 people who are Kyrgyz citizens to begin this process (a few of the students that attend are from other countries, so they don't count). The registration is important because it will allow us to openly, as a church, meet without worrying about being closed down by the police. Right now we cannot legally say that we are a church. Even though biblically we are!

PERSONAL

Melanie's Mom and Dad arrived just in time for the birth. We picked them up form the airport on the 4th at which time Melanie was already having contractions 5 minutes apart. The next morning at 5:30AM on April the 5th she gave birth. Titus Daniyar Billings is healthy and growing everyday. He brings lots of joy to us both!
Melanie is leading worship and translating for the Sunday service. She feeds the baby right before we start and then he's good for the service and then needs to be fed right after we end. I'm the set up crew, the sound man, the slide man, and somewhere in there I teach :) We are doing the Sunday services in English and Russian because of the Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani population. Right now only the Tuesday and Saturday studies are in Russian. We really want to start a Kyrgyz study as well, but we'll have to wait for a translator to get saved or for me to learn Kyrgyz (the translator is a better possibility!) We feel privileged to be able to live here and be apart of God's work. We are so thankful for your prayers and support.

PRAYER REQUESTS
-Pray that the Lord would continue to save people and that He would give us wisdom in reaching the lost.
-Pray that the believers who are coming would grow and gain a hunger and love for God and His Word.
-For the church's registration.
-Pray for George&Pam Markey and Jed&Renee Gourley as they are seeking the Lord about moving here to work with us.
-For a mighty work of the Holy Spirit in conviction of sin and drawing people to Christ!
-Praise God Katie Glattback (a missionary we had the privilege of working with in Ukraine) is coming to help us with the beginning of the church! Pray for her as she seeks the Lord about staying on long term.

We are also planning on sending out a periodical physical newsletter with pictures and other information about the ongoing work here. If you would like to receive these newsletter please send us your mailing address.

Blessings,
Paul, Melanie, and Titus

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