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Follow Travel Blog by clicking on the snowman for Kubik's January 2009 Trip to Eastern Europe and Baltics/Sweden.
Another LifeNets wheelchair delivery done at church in Terre Haute, IN by Beverly Kubik to elder Nelson Arnold who passes it on to needy recipient in the Champaign/Bloomington, Illinois area. LifeNets Wheelchair Project.

Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi dies on December 20, 2008. He was a prolific writer, speaker, and, defender of the 7th day Sabbath. MORE.
LifeNets co-sponsors Memorial Concert for Alcohol victims in Estonia on October 10, 2008. We have been helping Ole Kaine (OK) meaning "Be Sober" for the past five years. MORE.

LifeNets sent Jennifer Myers (center) this past summer to Malawi and Zambia to teach a "Business 101" seminar and to assess many of our livelihood development projects in those countries. She was a joy and inspiration to our people in those countries. Read her report and see a LOT OF PICTURES!

Amanda Rupp of Youngstown, Ohio UCG helps coordinate calendar fundraiser for LifeNets Developing Nations Scholarship Fund that will benefit student in Ghana. The amount raised will pay for nearly a year of college. MORE.

Postscript of Rebecca McClure's well project for Lilongwe, Malawi neighborhood. MORE

What Do LifeNets Projects Cost? See our latest chart.

Slide Show by Stefan Saxin of LifeNets Summer Teaching Mission to Vinogradov, Ukraine (posted January 4)

NEW Prophetic Times issue for January 3, 2009
(posted January 2)

NEW YouTube Clip--2 minute clip of Sam Howie entertaining at Lafayette, IN Church Social last Saturday night. (posted December 30, 2008)

Numbers indicate which day in January we will be arriving in each city. Itinerary of my next trip to Europe from January 13-Feburary 2. It will start in Budapest, Hungary and we will go to Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Sweden. See our NORDIC/BALTIC/EAST EUROPEAN Newsletter at www.kubik.org/ucgee. If you would like to be put on the mailing list send me an email with your name and email to iwantnews@kubik.org and I'll make sure you get our regular news about our Work in the areas you see above.

Wheelchair updates (posted December 27, 2008)

December 22 interview on Spokane radio KXLY 920 about my Toys article in the Good News magazine (posted December 23, 2008)

Prison update: Valdur Vesingi who is imprisoned in Tartu, Estonia. Report by Paul Dzing. Valdur is grateful for all the contact...writes to all in this post. See our prison page for more. (posted December 23, 2008)

See Great blog--easy to read, techno/gospel/personal. Clint Says. http://bloggingmilford.blogspot.com/ (posted December 22, 2008)

Listen to sermon by Kambani Banda given in Cincinnati, Ohio and Lafayette, Indiana about Zambia -- "The Hope Within Me." He speaks about how the United Church of God and LifeNets work together teaching similar values but in different ways. Audio and video versions available. See Kambani Banda's last report, too.(posted December 20, 2008)

Council of Elders meetings in Cincinnati December 15-18.
Read reports-- they're all in:

Entire Dental Office is donated by Dr. Andrew Benedetto of Palmdale, California to LifeNets. It was shipped to El Salvador where LifeNets helped establish a dental practice for Developing Nations Scholarship students back in 2001 for the United Church of God. MORE.

December 2008 Issue of
Virtual Christian Magazine

The Wonderful World Beyond Today!
Part 3, Refreshing News:
God’s Government Is Coming! by Mike Bennett
Passing on a Legacy of Character by Jada Howell
Wagon of Rocks? by Janet Keisell
Generosity Is of the Heart by Robert Berendt
Comfort Zone by Becky Sweat
Letters to the Editor

FOUR NEW Bill Bradford sermons from Australia in our AUDIO section (posted December 3, 2008)

New Crossword puzzle -- UCG Fundamental Belief #6 along with solutions to former puzzles. (posted June 19, 2008)

"An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity."
-Winston Churchill

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
- Walt Disney

Preach always--use words if necessary.
--St. Francis of Assisi

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On YouTube: Teaching English as a Second Language. See how music is used as a powerful teaching tool at the LifeNets Summer 2008 project in teaching English as a Second Language in Vinogradov, Ukraine. You can also see higher quality WMV version.

Also, go back to the entire story from this past summer.

Ivan Sobolev is a 29 year-old paraplegic from Chernihev, Ukraine. He just received his college degree. LifeNets has been helping him since we met him near Chernobyl in 2003. Truly a story of faith, perseverance and courage. READ MORE with PIX
Latvian Sabbath-keeper Antra Kikute writes an article in UCG's United News about how a Baptist church in Smiltene, Latvia now keeps not only the Sabbath, but all the Holy Days. They kept the Feast of Tabernacles by themselves this past fall. An inspiring story!
LifeNets Zambia Director Kambani Banda with his wife Shirley. He gives another interesting report about LifeNets activities.
LifeNets Helps Save the Life of Matilda.....a Wonderful Story...
At age two Matilda weighted as much as a newborn when she came to the LifeNets Orphan Care Centre. This is her photo in September 2008. She is alive and thriving. Please read about her and the LifeNets Orphan Care Centre in Balaka, Malawi.

Latest LifeNets newsletter

December 1, 2008 issue of LifeLines is being mailed out this week. You can see a copy of it online along with the 2009 CALENDAR that will be included for LifeNets donors.
LifeNets Livelihood Development Project in Malawi helps finance a music studio, music school and tailor shop for a young family. Very successful result. See short video here or see
YouTube version (only 2 minutes--take a peek!)