Strategic Leadership Team November 2019
Thursday Nov7/ Friday Nov8
Travel from GSO to EWR to Munich was all on-time, smooth and comfortable.
Upon arrival in Munich we learned that Lufthansa Airlines flight attendants had just gone on strike and hundreds of Lufthansa flights were cancelled. We viewed the flight boards and saw that the situation was grim. Our flight to Lviv was not listed at all. We went to the Lufthansa Service desk and it was a mob scene, so we decided to get coffee. HAHA!
Finally the Lviv was listed but stated to check the board at 9:45am. We had 2 hours to wait. At 9:45am, the flight was listed and displayed an ON-TIME departure. Hallelujah, PTL!
We made it.
Upon arrival we were greeted by the Lviv team and I made a special handoff to Bogdan from UBTS. He signed the official Scott Reed document and all was accomplished.
Check-in at the Delice was all smooth and routine. We settled in and a couple hours later Andriy and I met at the Chamber to organize chair/table set-up. It was there that Andriy revealed the new banner declaring TRIAD SUCCESS PARTNERS. Andriy was happy!
Saturday, Nov. 9
After breakfast at the Delice we went to the Victoria Garden Mall and joined current and past class members for a bowling experience, which was fun, filled with laughter and humiliation. There were plenty of videos which I will not share because most of them are not pretty; essentially gutter balls.
Following the bowling extravaganza, we enjoyed a terrific group meal:
Our final experience ended at the Saturday evening gathering of the Message of Hope Church, where we met Pastor Gregory Ryasny and learned about all the different avenues of ministry that they are employing to reach the lost. It was impressive and looks to be another point of contact for our ministry teams.
Our team got a chance to lead in the ESL class by speaking to their current vocational expertise.
Sunday, Nov. 10
What a privilege and honor it was to attend the Sunday services at Grapevine Church, pastored by Igor Granatuik. The church was full of energy, excitement, joy, fellowship, children, multi-generational adults …
We had the chance to see old friends, Julia, our beloved ESL leader, and meet a new friend, Juliana, a Josiah Partners Missionary from California, whom we will work with on Thursday night in a new Business/Bible ministry she has started.
Our team was so blessed to participate and speak a good word for Jesus during the services.
In the afternoon, we got a private tour of the Lviv Arena in connection with the MAY 2020 speaking tour of Dr. Chapman. Needless to say we were very impressed. Only GOD can work out these details.
After an evening debrief session on the teaching schedule for Monday and the days to follow, now it’s time to say Goodnight Lviv.
Monday, Nov. 11
The first session went superb. We were all very pleased and enjoyed great interaction from the class.
Rick started the session and turned over the heavy lifting to the team
As per culture, several missed the photo session and a couple more joined the class after the lunch????
Monday dinner at the Ukrainian place out by the mall. We stayed away from the duck stomach, testicles and intestines although it was tempting. Pavlo highly recommended we give it a try, but…
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Today our fantastic team of instructors led the participants through the details in Module 2. Terry, Joe and Roger carried the entire session.
Joe and Olya
After lunch, Joe and Roger headed over to HEBRON Academy for a meeting with Ihor and Liliya. They got a tour of the new office building in addition to the academy site. The report coming back from their visit was impressive reactions and positive ministry impacts being realized at Hebron. Ihor stated to Roger that it was because of Roger’s testimony in our visit two years ago that Ihor fully accepted Christ.
Slava bogo!
Terry stayed behind and met with all of the out-of-town class participants and engaged in a nearly two hour consulting session. There were many varied questions and expert advice was given.
Rick had the opportunity to meet with David Karcha from Ukraine Baptist Theological Seminary and talk about ministry in Lviv and other things. There was also a special delivery of a new laptop to help David do his work.
Later in the afternoon Rick met with Andriy and Pavlo to discuss all of the details for Dr. Chapman’s May 2020 visit. this is shaping up to be an impactful visit to Lviv.
We finished our Tuesday with a meeting at Ukraine Baptist theological Seminary with Slavik and Russ. We spent quite a bit of time hearing the impact and growth of the seminary. We talked through multiple points of connection for interested parties from Calvary. We had dinner with the students in the lower level and enjoyed a great visit.
Final note for the Troika team members. A new building is going up between the Delice and the Chamber.
Additional final note, headlines from Kyiv Post:
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Presented two modules today; Session 3 in the morning, Session 4 in the afternoon. Needless to say it was challenging, but we did it. We designated the day as a “Work Day” and everyone wore jeans and came casual, for the most part…
Olga dominated 
Viktor dominated; Hanna on the right is Irina’s daughter 
As always the class comes and goes…
Dymytro presenting SWOT 
Serhii presenting SWOT
As always, full of energy, passion and zeal.
Much planning and promotion for Dr. Gary Chapman visit to Lviv next May 2020 has occurred during this visit, including making a copy of the new Ukrainian version available to all our class participants:
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Thursday, November 14
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