Slade Family

Prayer Letter

November 27^th 2009

Dear Friends and family

As Gwen and I were in England 24 hours before we were supposed to go to Ukraine we found out that the pastors/leaders conference which we were supposed to be leading was cancelled because of the H1N1 flu. The government had shut down schools for 3 weeks, banned large public gatherings and had urged limited travel within the country. The Swine flu has hit Ukraine especially hard. It appears now that the government was simply not ready for the epidemic. Already 400 people have died and they are estimating that 1 million have been infected in one way or the other.

Gwen and I went anyway and had 3 days of planning and strategy meetings with our Ukrainian leadership team of 5 couples and spoke at the 3rd anniversary of one of our smaller churches in a small town outside of Kiev. The joy and hunger for the things of God was evident in the hall as about 70 people packed in together. I just prayed for blessing and protection for any germs as we all were stuck in like sardines. Thank the Lord that was 2 weeks ago and Gwen and I feel fine so nothing "got on us". We're thankful for the protection of the Lord during that trip.

Please pray for the political stablity of the country. There will be new presidential elections in January with the 2 frontrunners a Russian leaning candidate and one Western leaning candidate. These are difficult times of course for many believers there as the recession has affected the job climate severely. In many of our towns where our churches are the wages have gone back to $100 to $150 a month. Any kind of job is highly valued and almost fought for.

So please pray that our people in our churches would have good job opportunities in a difficult economy.

Thanks for your love, prayers and concern.

Dan and Gwen Slade