Kiev, Ukraine
Philadelphia From February 15-20, Ion conducted a seminar with a discipleship theme based on his forthcoming book, “The Older and Younger Brother” and 2 Timothy. He met with Roy Larsen, multi-cultural church planter with the Eastern District Association of the EFCA and connected Roy with leaders of Russian churches in the area. Roy has…
From 29 May to June 9th, Svetlana and I made a trip to two Middle Eastern Countries. I was invited to an evangelical pastoral gathering in the capital city of one of the countries where Christians are persecuted. Pastors with their wives came from all around the country for a 5 day retreat. We arrived…
From Ion… On the way to Siberia God gave me wonderful opportunities to witness to different people about Him. First there was a woman from Moscow who was flying to visit her relatives in Omsk; then, to an American businessman who visited Russia for the first time. In the end, he invited me to visit…
From Ion… From July 12 to July17, we had the second camp coordinated by Mihai and Elena Sarmaniuc. Considering the tragic situation of our country, the main provider of prostitutes to Western Europe, we decided to teach the youth the Precepts course, “Sex according to God”, which actually teaches about how to keep our…
Ion traveled to the state of Washington, where he led a four day retreat with people from Emanuel Slavic church. This retreat was organized by one of the ILT trainees, Andrey Savin, the associate pastor of Emanuel Slavic church of Vancouver, WA. Then on Sunday, Ion was invited to preach in two churches and in the…
From February 16 to March 5th, God allowed me and my close friend Christopher Hughes from Oxford, UK to have an incredible trip to three Middle Eastern countries. For the safety reasons the names in this letter are not mentioned and some of the names of the locations are changed in order to avoid general…