In early February, thirty church leaders attended Living Free training workshop in this capital city of the Republic of Georgia. Kevin Tyler led the training session and reports that participants received the materials with great interest and enthusiasm.

The training will equip churches to work more effectively with people struggling with life-controlling problems and will be the first step toward establishing Teen Challenge centers in the country.

Missionary Kevin Tyler with Global Teen Challenge reports training 75 participants in Kazakhstan with the Russian language Living Free materials. About half the participants came from area churches and half from local Teen Challenge ministries.  According to Kevin, participants are enthusiastic about beginning the small groups. They also commented on the excellent quality of the Russian video translation. Other Central Asian Republics are also interested.

The fact that the Russian language version of the Living Free video training is now available for viewing on the Internet and the basic Russian group curriculum can be downloaded from anywhere in the world is making it possible for more countries to adopt the Living Free small groups.

Living Free Training was presented by Global Teen Challenge last November 4-8 to participants at the All Africa Leadership Training Institute hosted at Eden Christian Ministries in South Africa. Countries represented at the training were Zambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, and Tanzania.