Aaron planted a church in Middlesex, VA. The main outreach of the church is a Skateboard ministry that reaches around 50 community kids and families. People are coming to faith, and the church (called Pure Life Church) has grown to around 30 people on Sunday mornings.
One day, a family from the community came unexpectedly to a DBS that Aaron and Bonnie were hosting in their home. Skip, his wife Alla, and their two children began to open up about how they had not been to church in decades. However, the Lord began stirring in Skip’s heart, and since their kids went to the Skate Club ministry, they decided to come to a DBS. The Lord met with Skip and Alla in a powerful way.
That very week, Skip reconciled with his father (they hadn’t spoken in many years). And when they heard the call to church planting, Skip and Alla tearfully said “yes” to Jesus. Alla began to share how she grew up in Soviet-controlled Ukraine, where Christianity was illegal. However, as a little girl, she experienced the underground church as her uncle and other relatives would meet in homes to worship Jesus, pray, and hear the scriptures. Alla did not understand what was happening when she was a child, especially because her school was so hostile to Christianity.
Now, as an adult in USA, she is joyfully walking with the Lord, and is excited to answer the call for her family to plant churches in Middlesex. Skip and Alla have started the new church plant by launching a DBS in their home with close friends and family.