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Breath of Life Maternity Ministries 
PO Box 202995
Austin, TX 78720
(512)219-8322
DirectorOfBOL@yahoo.com
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 This year will mark the fourth time that Breath Of Life has traveled to Ukraine to bring much needed hope and love to the women there. The mission outreaches have included lifeskill and parenting classes, special time with birthmothers - including a concert - repairing a widow's roof and the ongoing mission of helping a Pregnancy Resource Center that wants to open a maternity home. These things, and whatever else God has planned, are the works that will be continued when a team from Breath Of Life returns to Ukraine this May.

 Please pray for our team while we are in Ukraine this May. Pray for health, safety, the raising of funds right now to allow us to go, and that we would be vessels of God's love in a place filled with much hopelessness. Pray for our friends there who are doing God's work; that they would daily be encouraged and reminded of God's love.

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4/11/08

 Our team's Ukraine trip is quickly approaching. We've been informed that a huge need of theirs right now (of which there are SO many) is that of teen sized tennies shoes for boys. We are needing to mail these to their shipping office by the end of next week, May 16th. If you have any that you can donate, PLEASE drop them off on our office porch located at 13170 Pond Springs Road, office #1. You just can't know how greatly this amazing group of people will appreciate your help.
Pray for our team who is gearing up and preparing to bring our best for the Lord to these precious people. We are scheduled to depart May 10 and return on May 18th. We will be teaching the maternity ministry leaders from around their country, offering lifeskill classes to their clients and performing a concert while we're there. A very special addition to the team this time is our Director's 14 year old son, Travis Floores, who felt God nudging him to share his adoption testimony with the people of Ukraine. Pray for his strength, wording and courage as he has never shared his testimony before. What a blessing!
 If you would like to support this mission, please mark your checks "UKRAINE" in the memo. Any size gift is so greatly appreciated as we follow God's lead in helping the people of this very poor country establish their initial foundations of maternity ministry.
 Have you check for updates on the website lately?.......www.BreathOfLifeSite.org
Have a great weekend!
The BOL Team
UPDATE:

May 13, 2008

Crisis Pregnancy Ministry

Mission to Ukraine

We exist to serve the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of women and children, orphans, and children with special needs and their families in Ukraine with the love of Christ.

 

No vodka= no fun      or

How to break stereotypes with the love of Jesus

 

 

Most of the women who come to MTU for help were raised in unhappy families: single parent families, families enslaved by alcohol or drug addiction, families ruined by false values and wrong choices. In counseling I discover that our women hardly understand family values and spouses roles. For many of them drinking vodka is habitual. Most of their friendships follow the same pattern:

- to welcome a friend with a shot glass of vodka and an appetizer

 - to complain about your mother-in-law, husband or wife

- to gossip about your other friends

- to waste all money on tonight's party (without saving a dime for tomorrow)

- and, in the long run, in the worst scenario, tell your friend everything you think of them as a friend, confirming the words with punches.

 We meet women where they are with love and acceptance. We take part in meeting their physical needs by food and clothing provision. At weekly Bible studies we share with them about God's love and principles for life and meet the needs of their hearts and souls.

Camps are a time of spiritual breakthrough.
 On July 9 - 16 we are planning to have women's retreats for 35 women and 60 children. We will share the Gospel with the focus on true friendship and healthy family relationships. We would like our women to see that there is different life, true love, and perfect joy (without vodka).

Our current needs for camp are:
Prayers:
- for the camp teams to love each other, women and children
- for the hearts of all campers to be open to God's move
Finances:
- $85 to sponsor a mother or a child
Supplies:
- Crafts
- Toys

                                                       Svetlana Sthikh
                                           Head counselor, Crisis Pregnancy Ministry