Prayer focus

Beginning 2026 with Gratitude and Trust

As we enter this new year, we remember Henry Blackaby’s words: “Watch to see where God is at work and join Him in His work.” Throughout 2025, we witnessed God’s faithfulness across Ukraine and beyond, and we invite you to thank Him with us as we mark 30 years of ministry and pray as we step forward into our 31st year of serving churches and camps. We are also thankful to each one of you for standing with us through the years as we continue this ministry in the context of war.

THANK YOU, GOD

• For 452 camps that served 51,909 children and youth across Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Country X in 2025, with Ukraine, our primary field, accounting for 351 of those camps.
• For 33 training events that equipped 2,467 camp leaders with proven strategies and biblical foundations for ministry.
• For 30 years of faithful ministry since CCI/Ukraine was founded by KVI, in partnership with Ukrainian camp leaders, in 1996, with fruit now evident as former campers become camp directors and church leaders.

ACTIVITIES

• Preparing for 2026, when we anticipate serving approximately 450 camps across five countries, with Ukraine, our primary field, accounting for 351 of those camps.
• Planning 30 training events to equip an estimated 2,500 camp leaders throughout the year, with the possibility of adding more events should there be increased demand.
• Finalizing a trauma-informed counselling curriculum and updating camp safety protocols based on lessons from 2025.

INTERCESSION

• Please pray for wisdom and strength as we enter our 31st year of ministry, that God would guide our strategic decisions and sustain our team.
• Hold before the Lord the 30+ training events planned for 2026, that they would equip leaders with practical wisdom and spiritual depth for the challenges ahead.
• Ask God to provide financial resources for camps serving vulnerable children and for the training infrastructure that enables 450 camps across five countries to operate effectively.
• Intercede for the war to come to an end in a way that honours all Ukrainians who have fallen defending their land. For us, this means Ukraine remains sovereign and that all its territory, as recognized after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, returns under Ukraine’s sovereign rule.
• With the sharp increase in Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and many homes destroyed, please pray, as God reminds you, for God’s protection over our Kyiv staff Oksana and Pavlo, their families and homes, and the CCI/Ukraine office located in a residential area.
• Thank God for protecting Oleg, Andriy, and Maxim—the husbands of our staff Oksana, Dasha, and Jenya—this past week as they serve near the war’s front line. Pray for their continued health and safety.