Wayne's Blog

Having a car has begun to change my ministry. I’m suddenly able to things that I’ve had on the wish list to do for a long time. Orphanage ministry: With Micah in the USA, I’ve been able to plug into  visiting the orphanage.   I can really see the fruit of the the love that Oksana [...]

A week before my 35 birthday, I finally became a car owner.  Through a generous gift from a supporting church, we had enough for Renault Kangoo.  But when we told Olya’s dad, he was dismayed. A couple days later, he called and asked what I thought about Skoda Superb…  So, now we have a big [...]

Nikita continues to bring us lots of joy.

We’ve had more snow than I can ever remember (40cm)… and I’ve done lots of shovelling.   I got to do lots of praying and thinking and day-dreaming during that activity…  I pictured how much good I could have done with serious snow-blower!!! Oh well… at least the path to the church is now clean. That [...]

Nikita was a month old when we brought him to church for the first time. We presented him to the Lord and in the presence of the Church Body.  It was a very special moment for me as a dad and pastor.  The church also prayed a blessing on our family.  It was beautiful. This [...]

At around 4 or 5am, after smashing the window with a rock, arsonists threw a molotov cocktail into the children’s ministry room of our church/home. The attack went unnoticed until about 7am, when Olya announced that she could sense smoke. It was only after the local fire-brigade arrived (which only took a couple minutes!) that [...]

I have the great privilege to share with you that our third son, Nikita Zschech, was born safely and healthy in Kiev on Sunday night (September 20).  51 cm & 3280 grams.  Our doctor did a great job in dealing with the umbilical cord. Olya is also doing well also and is thrilled to be [...]

It was Mark & Matthew’s first camp. So, Olya was a little anxious at first.  But when they reported, “We don’t want to come home!” We started praying for the camp staff! The 10-day kids’ camp in Zvenihorodka is a combined effort with another Ukrainian church. It  was a very special event for both volunteers [...]