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Well, I missed the first week of my new commitment. Maybe I should just shoot for blogging twice a month? I think I can handle that.

Probably my top observation from the April trip is how God supports His work. Every time I visit, the staff at Project Sasha has changed. There is always a new staff member. And, at least one staff member is serving in a new position.

Lena, who had been in charge of feeding and clothing the children left last year. She was such a positive, energetic force that I knew we were losing a treasure. Faya, her replacement, was raised in a Muslim home. Her family still doesn't know about her Christianity. She brings a new enthusiam to the job and the children already love her. She greets everyone with a huge smile and laughs at having to learn to cook borscht. The beet soup is basic to every Ukrainian, but not in her Tatar home.

Bogdan has been replaced by Igor in conducting the street patrols. He already knows all the usual hiding places and is constantly looking for new lairs. The stream of new children hasn't slowed down at all.

So now I am saying that the staff I saw is the best we've ever had. And I expect to being saying the same thing after my next visit. God does provide. He loves those children so much more than we can.

Don't grow weary,
Charles