Alexey Ivshin, a member of the Living Free faculty in Russia, conducted a training seminar in Gorno-Altaisk as part of a Teen Challenge Russia Leadership Training Institute.  Alexey has led a number of seminars in Russia and has years of experience with Living Free groups.  He has conducted many Insight groups in his home city of Izhevsk. 

Twenty-five students participated in the recent seminar. Each of these students received copies of the Living Free Video Training in Russian and copies of the basic Living Free curriculum to use in their home cities.

Living Free is blessed to be in a cooperative ministry effort with Teen Challenge Russia,  Global Teen Challenge, and OneHope  so that rehabilitation ministries and churches are equipped with new tools they can use to reach and help people struggling with life-controlling problems. 

Jonatan Vlaisavljevic, director of Teen Challenge in the Republic of Macedonia, uses Living Free to train churches to minister to people who are struggling with life's problems. An impact is being made in this small (population 2.5 million)  but important country .

Jonatan and his wife Valentina are gracious people who find favor with those they meet. Valentina is a medical doctor. She and a secretary in the ministry work to translate the Living Free curriculums into the Macedonian language.  Jonatan is a respected member of the community and serves on the City Council board of Skopje, the capital city. He recently met with the President and has volunteered to help develop a national Drug Policy. In 2005 Jonatan made presentations for Teen Challenge and Living Free before the European Union Commission. He continues to officially represent the programs outside the country.

Thanks to the work of this dedicated couple, many churches and organizations are now trained with Living Free materials.  One of the next events will be to train the Skopje city officials. Lives are being transformed by Christ, and a country is being influenced for the Lord as a result of the ministry of Jonatan and Valentina.

May 2009 will be the fifth anniversary of the Manchester/Clay County, Kentucky, March Against Drugs which CBN described as The March Heard around the World. Their example has spread to towns across America.

Eastern Kentucky was described as the painkiller capital of America until the pastors and concerned citizens of this area came together in repentance and prayer to tell the drug dealers that they were no longer welcome to poison their community with illegal drugs. Now Manchester is referred to as the City of Hope because God changed Clay County. 

Rev. Doug Abner, a pastor in Manchester and key leader of the march, has been invited by many counties to tell them how they could take their own communities back from the plagues of methamphetamine and prescription pain killers. Working in conjunction with Rev. Abner and other pastors and community leaders, Rev. Clayton Arp has developed the concept of Lifeline. Lifeline coordinates churches, law enforcement, courts, and other agencies in local communities to provide non-residential assistance for drug addicts and their families.