Hope Ongoing International

06/30/2024

SO! It's been a long time since I posted! Things have been difficult since we left Ukraine and we were so broken hearted (still are) to see what is happening to the people and places we love so much in that country! While we fully intend to continue our work in Ukraine, and hope to even step it up a bit, we are also FINALLY finding a home here in the states!

Oksana and I have moved to Arkansas and now live just a few miles from Jonathan and Michelle! Our team is getting closer together! We have GINORMOUS plans and of course, the dreams always follow what we believe GOD IS LEADING US TO DO. We are praying step by step to be sure that we remain close to Him and that we don't step one inch outside of His will. Please join us in prayer as we seek Him in this endeavor!

You'll be hearing a lot more about this as we move forward. Keep your eyes open and your ears to the ground. So much more to come. See the picture below - we are endeavoring to buy this property and develop it for a ministry center. Both community services and intentional ministry will be the focus of this project. We plan to offer opportunities for outreach within Clarksville all over the world!

If you're interested in being involved, you can help in a TON of ways.

*Financially at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XTPMGBMN2XXEW or the website at www.hopeongoinginternational.org

* providing labor to fix up the building
* Spreading the word to get others involved
* If you're not from around here, maybe your church or organization could bring a team to help with the work that needs to be done.
* provide food, snacks or water for the work days we will be having

There are all kinds of ways we can pull together. This is a monumental task, but we serve an even bigger God. He will use this facility in incredible ways! Get ready to work! God is on the move!

12/27/2023

Come one come all to Christ's Hope New Year's Eve All Nighter!

Bring your teen for a night of fun, food, and games! Click the link below to register.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-years-eve-all-nighter-tickets-776601484947

09/22/2023

We have seen almost 2500 new people reached through the FB ads! That is an amazing new approach, but we are still not seeing any giving from the ads and that is the need right now. We have four families seeking to come to America under this program and each family will require a significant amount of funding to bring here. These people are from a war-torn country where they have left behind literally everything they own except a few measly things and they need our help. Many of them have lost their homes, their cars, some have lost their families and everything they owned. They have bounced around Europe for over a year trying to find a place where they could just settle down and rest. Some have moved 4 or 5 times in the past year and a half. Here, they will be able to work, to live in a decent apartment or house and have a community of people to support them as they move forward toward healing and starting to put their lives back together again. If you can find it in your heart, please consider making a donation of any amount toward this ministry. Go to the website and click on the give button and follow the prompts from there. 100% of what you give goes to the ministry. Not one penny is used for administrative costs. Right now, we have an immediate need for a refrigerator for Max and his family. It can be a used one and it doesn't have to be pretty - they just need something to keep food in so they can have it handy for themselves instead of using the one belonging to the people they live with. If you can help with this, send us a message! Thank you so much and God bless!

09/18/2023

https://hopeongoinginternational.org/donations/donation-form/

In 2008, on his first mission trip to Ukraine, Gary met Dima. When he first met him, Dima was an arrogant, self-absorbed young man who had no time to discuss Christ. He could be pleasant, but it often depended on what one could do for him as to how pleasant he could be. With all of that, Gary was st...

09/17/2023

Our first ever FB ad is trending well, but we have not received any donations yet. This is a test run to see if the ads would help us raise funds toward bringing these families over from Ukraine (or surrounding areas now) to America. The cost is prohibitive, and we don't want to be limited to only bringing the people who can afford it on their own. There are many people and the door will be closing soon. Pray with us for an out pouring of enough to cover the amount we need for the task at hand. We currently have 4 families and one more student that we just found out about this week. We don't want to say no to anyone! Can you help us get the word out?

09/15/2023

We posted our first Facebook Ad today to start raising funds through FB for our outreach for Ukrainian Refugees. Please let us know if you see the ad!

07/14/2022

Hey Friends! I am looking for churches to partner with Hope OnGOing and our Ukraine Ministry. Would you be willing to talk to your pastor or your mission team about setting up a meeting with me to discuss the possibilities I would love to have a conversation about what we are doing. Private message me if you might be willing to help make a meeting with your pastor or mission team possible!

Will you talk to your pastor or mission team for me?

01/26/2022

Sorry for the long post, but necessary for explanation! Thanks for praying about this!

Dear Friends,

I have an urgent request for you today. It is heavy on my heart, and I am hesitant to ask, but I feel compelled and need to seek help with this situation, as time is of the essence and this being a God-sized task, I cannot accomplish it alone.

As most of you may already know, I found the love of my life in Ukraine. I am engaged to be married and started the process for a visa, which is expected to take 6 – 9 months. Well, President Putin from Russia is threatening that process greatly now. With the growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the threat of invasion seems imminent. American military analysts believe Putin will invade Ukraine within the next couple of months. If Putin invades, all visa applications will come to a halt for an unforeseeable period of time. If in fact Putin takes possession of Ukraine, visa’s may never again be issued. As Russia and America are not cooperating with visa interactions currently due to strained relations.

I spoke with my lawyers today and asked if the visa could be expedited or if there might be an emergency visa we could pursue. They said there is and that they would investigate the possibilities and get back to me tomorrow sometime. Then the shocker (which is not really a huge shock) the visa will cost about $10,000. With the visa fees and plane tickets, it could run as much as $15,000. I simply do not have $15,000.

I am writing to ask you as my previous supporters to consider helping raise this amount, but I only have a matter of days, not weeks, in which to accomplish this huge task. And, I am sorry to say, this will NOT be tax deductible since it is not for a ministry purpose, but for a personal purpose. It is simply a favor for me and to get her out of the country before the war escalates and the visa can no longer be acquired.

Maybe I know 15 people who could give $1000. Or maybe I know 100 people who could give $150? Who knows what the combinations might be? If you would be willing to give something toward this goal, I cannot tell you how much I would appreciate your generosity. There are several ways in which you can give directly. Those ways are listed below. I am sorry to say it is urgent, and super timely. If you are unable to give at this time, I totally understand, but I still covet your prayers. I love you very much and thank you for your support.

Cash App: $gchad2003

Venmo: -Chadwick-4

Mail (please use express or priority mail)
Make Check out to Gary Chadwick
Mail to: Gary Chadwick
3000 Chautauqua Ave, Unit 119
Norman, OK 73072

Love in Christ,
Gary Chadwick

01/21/2022

Many of you may not know, but it is my joy and pleasure to announce to you that I am now fully and excitedly ENGAGED!! I asked Oksana Gazizova to marry me and she said yes! We have begun the process of applying for the VISA and are just waiting to hear from the government on that. It will take 6 - 9 months, but one day, we will have that VISA and it will be final! God is good! Prayers appreciated!

09/08/2021

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to give you an update! I am pretty much settled in at my new place in Oklahoma, and it is going really well. I am adjusting to the climate here and, though I really miss Ukraine, I am also excited to be here with this new adventure ahead of me.

I also want to make sure you know that the ministry in Ukraine is still happening. Things are actually gearing up and getting stronger. We have a really good team of nationals, and we also have a couple of Americans that come and go from time to time. This week, we are working on opening the Youth Center, and the team there in Ukraine started Moral Lessons in Agronomia this week. It is a really exciting time in Ukraine, and I hate to miss it, but praise the Lord, it is still happening even though I am gone. God is moving and moving strongly!

I am asking you to continue your support of this ministry even though I am not living in Ukraine at the time. This Youth Center is a crucial part of the plan for ministry in Agronomia. We have been working toward the funding for the center, and while we are progressing, there is still a need for more funds to help facilitate this project. The past few weeks, several of our regular givers have not sent anything in, primarily because they think that since I came home, there is no ministry going on. I humbly and genuinely ask you to consider giving as God allows you to do so. We have about 50 students that need a place to go and hear about the Lord. It is essential for them to be able to receive the Gospel and the follow up Bible Study to grow in Christ. I am asking you to consider giving to this ministry to help provide a place for the Gospel to be presented and for true discipleship to continue. Your gifts have been the only thing that has allowed us to accomplish this ministry and I am deeply grateful that you have chosen to support us over the past several years. I believe we are on the verge of an amazing breakthrough that will allow the people of Agronomia to experience a move of God like never before. I am asking you to help us do this as so God allows. Thank you again so much for all you have ever done for this ministry. I love you and appreciate you deeply.