The Encounter

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Welcome friends, For those who are new to the audience, my name is Yana Gorlachev who documents thoughts and updates to our friends and family on this blog. Im married to an amazing man for nearly16 years now who loves Jesus with all his heart. We have 5 amazing children between the ages 15-3 (3 […]

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The Masses of One

There’s something so beautiful about watching thousands of people dancing and rejoicing before the presence of God. The utter joy that you experience is so intense that you feel as if you’ll burst! Our team, our family, Eastern Provence has been through some massive shifts in the last serval months, weeks and now onto the […]

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Joy

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If joy was based on our circumstances, I think most of us would be in trouble right now, do you agree? How many of you face challenges and the stretch of the daily grind? Google can’t seem to translate Joy correctly as she defines it just by FEELING great pleasure and happiness. The bible identifies […]

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SPLENDOR

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There is something so powerful in the word, “move”. We read in the old testament of men and women “moving” or acting in obedience by taking the necessary steps of faith to full fill the requests or commands of God. We can read in the new testament of Jesus moving from city to city, and […]

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Glorious Masterpiece

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Revealing Jesus to those around us is the expression of the glory and wonder of His nature inside of us. The nature of God resembles in the heavens, in the falls, in the mountains, in the creativity of animals and flowers. But the greatest creation of the Lords, the most proud of His masterpieces was […]

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OPENED DOORS

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Dearest friends, partners, and nation shakers-Happy New Year!!! It’s been such an amazing year full of testimonies, stories, challenges and victories. Thank you to all of our supporters who stand by us as we reach the nations with our local team here in Zambia (and across the world) to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ […]

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JUST DO IT…

Living in Zambia for the past three weeks has been an adventure. The Journey began from Jacksonville, FL with the lengthy flight with our four kiddos and then having to adjust to the time zones…has been quite the adventure! Little did we know, that a few days after our arrival to Rapid 14 base, (where […]

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LIFT OFF!

Tik-tok… It’s 2 days till we depart to Livingston, Zambia in the continent of Africa. If you could only see how our house looks…it sort of looks like an explosion went off in a camping store. Camping gear, clothes, home school material everywhere! The Lord is showing me that I clearly can’t do this in […]

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