11 July 2006

The History of CEO: 2004

As 2004 came to a close, I was pleased to report that every contact with our partners, every trip to serve and every visit with our friends in ministry allows us to see God moving and bringing blessings in Central and Eastern Europe. Here are the highlights:• In a war scarred region of Croatia, Christian Educators Outreach was able to play a vital role in an agriculture project which turned former minefields into a farm giving eight families employment and helped fund church planting in other parts of Croatia. • In Vinnytsia, Ukraine CEO's partner camp again experienced increased enrollment and saw many young people decide to follow Jesus. Earlier in the year, CEO funded significant renovations to key facilities at the camp in our ongoing efforts to make Stream of Love Camp a great place for kids from all over the former Soviet Union to spend part of their summer.• CEO's assistance to ministries who help street kids increased as we became partners with a new ministry in Kiev, Ukraine led by an old friend with solid experience in ministry to street kids. We are assisting this ministry in their development of a top-notch “drop-in center” for these needy kids. They will be able to find a hot shower, clean clothes, a hot meal, simple health care and the Gospel. Completions of CEO funded renovations are scheduled for February.• Our partners at Father's House in Kiev have developed a successful training program that provides workers from all over Ukraine with a higher degree of proficiency in the skills they use to help kids in need. CEO is excited about our investment in this training because it has the effect of duplicating proven ministry to kids. This is in addition to their continuing innovative ministries working to help kids on the street and those recovering their lives in Word and deed.• In Szeged, Hungary Arden Campbell, who teaches English has extended her outreach and became involved in assisting numerous Hungarian Christian groups develop evangelism and worship events to reach their city for Christ, hundreds have heard the Gospel!• Twelve members of CEO's summer '04 mission team taught English and made friends with hundreds of kids while sharing Jesus' love with them in Szeged and at our partner camp in Ukraine as well as helping a new church with an English camp in Slatina, Croatia.• Our website www.ceokids.org is being used more and more as a source of information about ministry. Please visit it often to see what is new in the ministry and learn about our prayer requests.As 2004 comes to a close we look forward to what God will do next year. At the end of the year many folks are thinking about end of the year gifts. Many worthy organizations deserve your help; I hope you will once again prayerfully consider being our partner in ministry. We have some great opportunities ahead of us...helping kids in need, in Word and deed.In 2005 our prayer and hope is to continue in increasing our support to these ministries as the Lord provides as well as pursuing a new vision to develop a school in Kiev. In the early months of ’05, I will spend time in Ukraine assisting leaders in developing a plan to bring Christian education to Ukrainians. You trust us to take your financial gifts and invest them in building God's kingdom, thank you. When we closed the books on 2003 we saw that less than 4% of your donation went to pay for administrative costs. To date, in 2004, we are again under 5%; this means over 95% of your financial support goes to ministry on the field! We work hard be good stewards of His resources.

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