http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html Nikolaev is a city of about 600,000 located on a peninsula between two rivers that flow into the black sea. Founded by the (in)famous G. A. Potemkin in 1794 during the reign of Katherine the Great, it was a closed city during the Soviet Union because of its shipbuilding industry -- second in the Soviet Union only to Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Since the city’s economy was largely founded on secret Soviet shipbuilding, it has struggled greatly since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.   The Nikolaev Evangelical Presbyterian Church was founded in 1997. After some good initial growth, it has experienced various struggles during the last few years. In July, 2006, the church became particularized with its own ordained pastor, Alexei Rayu and first elder, Andrei Vakulenko. With present worship attendance of only 20-30, this tight-knit congregation is striving to rebuild momentum as it seeks to be a lighthouse to the lost of Nikolaev.... http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#0 ef2fbac7-b0df-4678-9eca-8ba0b9cace7d http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/100-0%7E25.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/100-0%7E25.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">a fold-away bridge by a shipyard</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#1 4e82bbf2-b270-4c24-bec3-796eb79b9c25 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-01%7E2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-01%7E2.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">sailors posing for a picture</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#2 faa69423-77b7-4ceb-93e8-2a3c39467e0a http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/100-00%7E9.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/100-00%7E9.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">18th-century architecture remains</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#3 5391bf60-44d3-4f70-b30c-781643cf8527 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/slide.004-001.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/slide.004-001.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">yura -- first ukrainian pastor of the nikolaev church</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#4 cf3be464-784b-45da-9aa2-3251d7167fb2 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/100-00%7E7.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/100-00%7E7.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">posing after worship with the eide family</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#5 eb8cdb5e-5625-4762-a88e-a7acc310dd2a http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E26.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E26.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the ss christmas concert -- january, 1999</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#6 75cbf0a7-9807-43e2-88f9-5c0c5ded784f http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E28.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E28.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ss christmas concert</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#7 a72f4517-cb8a-4499-a9a0-d26365edba27 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E32.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E32.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">sunday fellowship</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#8 62464e30-636c-43c6-addc-ae214e60ab22 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E46.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E46.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">new year’s eve</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#9 7c01e6b3-aca3-4120-86c3-722f534abb58 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E51.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/101-0%7E51.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">women’s fellowship</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#10 7b6e44c1-5c37-45b8-88e4-69277f3c5dea http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/102-02%7E1_1.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/102-02%7E1_1.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">an early leader, vitya, with his family</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#11 f1dcdaa2-faa7-4af1-96d7-c2270a4681a5 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/102-0%7E28.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/102-0%7E28.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; 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" class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">heero &amp; his friend, victor</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#14 97b89358-388f-4c7d-89c9-4a63abc828d3 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/103-03%7E1.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/103-03%7E1.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">heero’s russian teacher &amp; surrogate mom</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#15 ccc13283-4369-4ba7-b834-1cb247335ef1 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/102-02%7E1_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/102-02%7E1_2.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">goofing off on “team night”</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#16 f9275b94-977f-457f-8c3b-f2f3a46d8ccc http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_1500.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_1500.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">team members sasha bukovietski &amp; jon eide</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#17 6aca2db3-3cc3-479a-a3a6-d3114cfe15e7 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/Alexei%20%26%20Vika.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/Alexei%20%26%20Vika.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">current pastor alexei &amp; his wife, vika</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#18 a098f27b-3a61-43b3-acde-11e28622a7a1 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_3226.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_3226.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">heero preaching in nikolaev on july 30, 2006</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#19 beea0c48-62be-49da-a182-89184ed73a52 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/slide.011-001.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/slide.011-001.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ordination of the church’s first elder, andrei</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#20 978e38d2-f63c-4d63-90b4-21bbedb2c94e http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/slide.010-001.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/slide.010-001.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">particularization of the nikolaev church -- july 30, 2006</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#21 edfe65b2-2b97-4892-af92-a1570cda7512 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0522.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0522.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">heero preaching at vitya’s ordination service (in cherkassy, south of kyiv)</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#22 f4a3a020-bac1-479f-9670-9e7d7938b2ab http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0523.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0523.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the ordination promises -- april 22, 2007</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#23 0dc75e63-3799-4b22-81d3-2acb35ace709 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0532.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0532.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the ordination prayer -- april 22, 2007</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#24 29435e8a-9cf9-4467-b7a2-34f89d37c0d0 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0534.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0534.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">a solemn, historic moment!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#25 32e65b13-69d6-4415-af99-75a671c8a113 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0537.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0537.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">vitya’s wife, nadya during the ordination prayer</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#26 a6a5fb31-c5dc-4366-bebb-0adb76387e56 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0544.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0544.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_184_48"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the culmination of many years’ preparation!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev.html#27 a712b6c6-c128-4acf-8efd-987edae2eae8 http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0556.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/hacquebord.h/Photo_Site/nikolaev_files/Media/IMG_0556.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; 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