First INSTE Graduation in Ukraine!

I (Nancy) was privileged to be able to attend the first ever Second Level INSTE Graduation in Ukraine. The 22 graduates received their diplomas from Drs. Nick and Leona Venditti, who were also able to attend. What a great celebration it was, too. We enjoyed heartfelt praise and worship, a stirring message from the Word given by Dr. Nick Venditti, and wonderful testimonies given by the graduates. This was followed by a delicious meal with cake! What could be better! This first picture is some of the INSTE graduates with the Vendittis. The second picture is of the Vendittis, Tammy Swailes and Olga and Lena making final plans for the graduation.

The entire time I was in Ukraine, I couldn't help but be awed by the history-in-the-making that I was observing. Who would have thought twenty years ago that Americans would be worshipping freely together with Ukrainians in the former Soviet Union! And that INSTE would be translated into the Russian language with hundreds of students studying the Word! How exciting! And there is more yet to come! Praise the Lord.

Personally, it was fun for me because I got to spend some time with my sister Leona and her husband Nick. We enjoyed the generous hospitality of Lena and Yuri with spendid Ukrainian and Italian food (Nick cooked a couple of times for us, too.) The third picture is of the cheesy bread we ate at a Georgian restaurant in Zhitomir. Yes, that is an egg on top and there was cheese in the middle. Delicious!

To see more pictures of the graduation, go to Tammy Swailes' blog by clicking on the link on the right. The link is below our grandson Nate's picture. :-)