Agape Training School

October 31^st-November 2^nd 2013, Agape Ministries conducted a seminar in Beltsy, Moldova. The seminar was held in “New Life” church of Beltsy, and was attended by close to 30 people from Belchan, Peliniyi, Ryshkan, Rybnitsy, Sorok, Kishinev, and more.  Over the course of the seminar, the following topics were addressed: ‘A psychological portrait of an orphan’s heart’, ‘Methods of teaching’, ‘Youth Club ministry’ and ‘Dysfunctional Families’. The seminar attendees were all people who have had experience with or are currently working with orphans and ‘problem children.’  That made this seminar all the more a time of sharing experience, both positive and negative, in a warm atmosphere of shared goals , as all present were united in their great desire to bring God’s love and hope into the broken world of orphan children.

October 28^th- November 1^st in Gaspra, Crimea, Agape Ministries conducted the first session of our Ministry School for Adaptation Center Leaders, a new training course that we have organized. The goal of this training is to add to the knowledge of those who are ministering to orphanage graduates in adaptation centers, as well as serving as a time for each leader to share their practical experience. There were 22 leaders at this first session, from Zhitomir, Chernivitsky Region, Dnepropetrovsk, Rovno, Zaporozhye and Zaporozhye Region, Krivoi Rog, Kramatorsk, and Kherson.

On the 14^th of October, we began the first session of the 10^th annual Agape Ministry School. Kiev Bible Institute was our gracious host for the week. Students from Belarus, Russia, and 11 regions of Ukraine made the trip to Kiev to study with us.  There were many guests and friends of Agape that took part in the opening ceremonies of the first session: Rustam Nazimovich Fatullayev, pastor of Tabernacle Church; Sergei Vladimirovich Manelyuk, Rector of KBI (Kiev Bible Institute); Alla Vasilyevna Nechiporuk, Dean at KBI; Oksana Vasilyevna Malishuk, Coordinater of KBI’s correspondence courses and Pavel Vasilyevich Fedoruk, Senior Pastor  for the Crimea region.

From the 23rd to the 26th of August, Agape Ministries held a seminar in the city of Kherson. The seminar was for the leaders of the youth from the adaptation centers. (After orphans graduate from the orphanage they are left along without help and support. Agape has opened adaptation centers for such orphans.

The children sometimes see formal relations but they want to see our open hearts.

The purpose of the teacher' meeting - was to support the workers of the mission spiritually, inspire them to new heights in an uneasy work with the children who are orphans

Here the second session of the school “Agape” has ended.

The first session of Agape's 8th Ministry School has ended. This year it was extraordinary. The point is, that in the first seven years the school has both internal courses and a correspondence school. In other words, if the students have studied earlier 5 weeks in a row - now they study for one week 5 times a year. Five times students will meet. Five times they will part...

I think that only in Eternity will we find out the capacity of the work we have done while serving the orphan children. I am grateful that our church has taken part in such an important ministry. “Agape” is the greatest measure of Love. My wish is for all of us to possess such Love in our hearts, which only the Lord can give

You yourselves are our letters, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody” 2 Cor.3:2

Regular “Agape” teacher council which included teachers from different cities was hold in Kherson city.

… I have come to an understanding that orphans are first of all children of God. He will not just let anyone harm them. I feel that through helping the orphans, I am able to fulfill my part in God’s vineyard. I find happiness while working with these special creations of God, the children