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Here in Ukraine the holidays are finally over and school is back in session. That means it’s time to resume the English Club, a weekly class for students in the 10th and 11th grades at a public school here in Kyiv. It gives them an opportunity to talk with native English speakers and thus improve their English and it gives us an opportunity to be a light and example to the students in the school.

I went to the club a couple times before the holidays and got to participate with the students in their Christmas presentation of The Greatest Story Ever Told. The performance was entirely in English and they invited upwards of 50 of their friends and teachers. They did a great job!

Yesterday I met with the rest of the team 2 hours before the class at the YWAM office. Right now the team consists of Victor (the guy who started the club) Amy (who’s been helping him since the beginning) Torben and Jeannette (A couple who just moved here and will be DTS staff for YWAM Kyiv) and me! Anyway, before the class we had a little celebration for the new semester, planned for the class and prayed. Then it was time to go to the school!

Amy began the class by introducing Torben, Jeannette and me and encouraging the students to ask us questions. Remember, the goal is to make them speak English in conversation. After we went through the “Oh my! You have 9 brothers and sisters!” bit they asked about school in America and what it was like. They asked Jeannette about her wedding and wanted Torben to tell them about Danish customs. (Yes, he’s from Denmark). After that we played a couple group games designed to help them learn English and Torben did a geography quiz, guys versus girls.

We’re going to invite the guys to hang out with Victor, Torben and me and the girls to do whatever groups of girls do with Amy and Jeannette. We hope to make friends and help them find the Truth in this emerging nation plagued by alcoholism, gambling, prostitution, abortion and AIDS.

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