It’s been an interesting year for us. This being our seventh year, we had set it apart as a sort of sabbath to the Lord. We didn’t intend on sitting around and doing nothing but we felt that this year was going to be a year of transition - either launching us forward into something new here in Ukraine OR transitioning us out of Ukraine to somewhere else.
Mid-summer we started getting a sense that our time here in Ukraine was coming to a close. Throughout the year the Lord naturally closed doors and ended our ministries so when we started feeling like it was time to go, it made sense.
Since then we have spent several months in prayer and discussion and have been through a lot of emotions and back-and-forth, wrestling with what we feel our next steps are. When we moved to Ukraine we said we would be here as long as God called us to be here and we feel like we have been obedient to Him. It makes us sad to think about leaving this place we love that is our home but we know that following Him is always the most important.
So with all of that, what are we actually doing? YFC Canada has recommended to us that we do a 3 month sabbatical in Canada. We will be home in Canada doing that until the end of March, 2020. We have informed YFC Canada that after March, we will no longer be missionaries with them. If we do return to Ukraine we will find another sending organization.
We are still praying and waiting on the Lord for our next step after that, whether He will call us back to Zap or if He direct us another way. Please pray with us in this decision as it is not an easy one to make.
