Valentin Zdanevich

It is amazing how fast time goes. A month has gone since you had been in Belarus. I have some pictures which help me to remember the conference we had. I want to thank you and the group one more time for your arrival to Belarus, for meeting with us. For me it was especially pleasant as I have known many brothers and sisters from the group personally for a long time. It was a good time for us.

I heard a lot of good words about work of your team at the conference. Our teachers always value different practical materials for Sunday School lessons as they help lessons to be concrete. Thank you one more time for your work; for financial resources and time you have spent to support ministry in Belarus.

Partnership of brothers and sisters from Missouri with brothers and sisters from Belarus started in 1998. At that time an American group together with Roger Hatfield (leader of the group) came to Belarus with the purpose of participation in VBS program. That project united us and helped to understand how we should pray for our countries, for development of our cooperation. Since 1999 our cooperation continued within the program “Three steps”. This program includes developing seminars for brothers and sisters who want to work with children at Sunday School; Christian camps and VBS. During last 6 years about 390 brothers and sisters from different churches of Belarus completed this program. And all of them are very important part of our work now. We pray for each other, value our partnership and want to develop it in future. The Lord knows our hearts.

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1Co.15:58)

Sunday School Director for the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists - Minsk, Belarus