Updates from Ukraine

[CarlaSun@aol.com]

We have some very serious prayer needs coming to us today from Ukraine.  
Please join with us in lifting these needs to the Father!


Olya Lazar:  This is the young 14 year old girl that fell from the balcony on 
the youth retreat and is in a hospital in Yaremche.  She is doing very well.  
Her grandmother is with her now and she is keeping in good spirits, if a 
little restless as well.  The doctors are supposed to take more x-rays today 
and that will help them to know how compressed  (or uncompressed) the 
vertebrae are.  If everything is healing well, then she may be allowed to 
come home on Friday (with bed rest here for a few more weeks).  If not, then 
she will stay for another week there in the hospital.

Petya & Natasha Lyusov:  Petya is the pastor of our church in Berdyansk.  
Natasha is pregnant and due on 29 January.  The baby has a hole in the 
intestines about 2-3 cm wide (1 inch) and the intestines are coming out.  
Their doctor here in Kyiv thinks they have a good chance to save the baby.  
Volodiya Khursin, at the board meeting the other night, said that in the US, 
there is about a 98% success rate on saving these types of pregnancies.  Here 
in Ukraine, it is about 50%.  Please pray for Petya, Natasha, and this young 
baby.

Andrei Lurin:  Andrei is the pastor of our church in Mariupol.  He has had a 
heart condition for quite a while in which two of his valves do not open 
fully.  He is supposed to receive treatment once a year by going to a 
hospital for a 3-4 week visit (receive shots and other meds).  However, 
Andrei has not been for this treatment in several years.  This past week he 
was up in Kyiv for a pastor's meeting.  He told Bob that he was feeling worse 
and worse and he really needed to go in sometime for this treatment.  Please 
pray for him.

Lyuba Zaripova:  This is Sveta's sister and Natasha's (secretary's) mom.  
Doctors discovered a massive tumor in one of her breasts and it appears that 
the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes.  There was some debate as to what 
to do but it looks like today (Monday) Lyuba will begin radiation therapy, 
then have surgery, then continue with radiation therapy.  I don't know how 
many sessions she will need prior to surgery or when the surgery will be.  We 
are going over to Lyuba's apartment this morning at 8:00 to pray with her 
before she goes to the doctor.  She is in desperate need of a healing touch 
from God.  Natasha, Sveta and their mom, Anna Pavlovna, are really having a 
rough time with this right now.  It is especially tough on Sveta who will be 
at NTS this weekend for the next three weeks.  Please pray for all of them.