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.

Hector Escobar and Dan Strickland conducted Living Free training for two churches in Lima, Peru, March 12-17. At least 500 persons from several churches attended, and these churches plan to begin Living Free groups. This was the first complete training with the new Living Free Spanish version, and the materials were a hit.

The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Agustino serves an economically challenged area of the city and is full of warm-hearted believers who have a desire to reach their neighbors who don't know Christ. Hector and Dan were blessed by the love and generosity of Pastor Vasquez and his congregation.

The Casa del Padre church is in a more affluent area of town, and Pastor Guillermo Aguayo has a great passion to equip churches in South America with ministry tools to strengthen families. He, his wife, and congregation see the great need for Living Free, and they expect to begin groups and spread the work to many Latin American countries.

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.