Take 2! 🎬✈️ We were supposed to take off last night, but on the way to the airport got notifications of a delay... which became a 24 hour flight change! So we went home...but our friends @angelamalz and @cmalz above will be there when we arrive. 😊 If you want info & 🙏 updates about this trip, DM or email me with your email... And pray we get to leave tonight!! 😅 Can't wait to meet more kids God loves in another nation of the 🌏❤️🔥!

Thank you for GLOWing so beautifully with us this past year...May 2026 be BRIGHTER and busting with even more love and joy across the globe because of God's goodness through your light and life! 🔥 Here's our heart and a bit of what you made happen this Christmas season... ❤️ #happynewyear #goloveotherswell

To pray today with these brothers & sisters of mine from 8 countries...😭❤️ It impacted my heart more than I could have imagined. Someone from each country (Kenya, Mozambique, Ukraine, Pakistan, England, The Philippines, etc.) shared prayer targets for the children of their nation. It was humbling. Children in war. Children being trafficked. Children in poverty. Children enslaved in brickyards, children being corrupted by their culture. And yet there is Hope...because all of these on the call are doing something about it....Starting with prayer. GLOW was sparked by one prayer, and now today our Global Children's Outreach was launched in prayer! We are not ones without hope. We are the ones prepared to present Hope to this next generation. Lord, may we look to You for assignments and strategies to do our part in equipping this generation of children. Friends, you have something to give them. Just ask God what it is. ❤️ #goloveotherswell #givingtuesday #giveback #givehope #giveyourself

I love this quote. I had it written on construction paper in red magic marker, cut in a cloud shaped thought bubble and taped to my closet wall where I had my "secret place"/work station/desk in our small apartment about 27 years ago. I am still making big plans with my Partner...our Big God. And I want you to join with me/Us in this one. See link in bio. "Our Thanks & Giving Story..." We have so much to be thankful for. Let's make large plans and share out of the abundance of our blessings...to impact now and eternity. Big Plans + Big Love = Big Change & Big Difference ❤️ Let's do something BIG!@the_glow_mission glowmission.org #goloveotherswell 🔥🌏

My 1st Ukrainian grandma who stole my heart... ❤️❤️❤️ Grandma Sanya...She made her house...and has a hard life there with a close relative that takes over most of the house, leaving her to survive in very small quarters. Thank God for @maksim_dyomkin who cares for this dear babushka so tenderly. So grateful to @samantha_vom_cleff and @tull.wendy as well for THEIR hearts for the elderly that I got enveloped in. True compassion can be contagious...and I'm so glad I was struck with love for these precious ones...AND even more grateful that love spread to YOU who help care for now SEVENTY needy elderly in the Chernobyl region of Ukraine. ❤️😭👵🏻...They now all have firewood and their monthly package of provision because of generous you! May God continue to bless them and you! #goloveotherswell 🔥❤️🌏

I wasn’t prepared for today. We thought we were going to meet with some soldiers and veterans from the Ukrainian army, and I thought Andrew would speak to them, share the gospel and give them hope by giving them waterproof Bibles. Instead, the room filled with women (and just a few men…but mostly mothers and wives and daughters of fallen soldiers. The grief in the room was tangible, the air heavy as they quietly sat down and looked at us with tear-filled eyes….some holding pictures of their loved ones whose lives were taken, leaving so many holes in hearts. As I stood to share, I could not talk. I could only cry. Eventually I simply expressed that we care…and represent so many others who care from the other side of the world. And I offered them all we had…what we carry. Hope. Andrew shared the beautiful hope of the gospel…of A Father who saw His son lay down His life so we could have freedom. He led them in prayer and then they came up and thanked us…and thanked America. They cried and showed us pictures and told us stories about their lost loved ones, through translation. We may not speak the same the same language, but there was a beautiful exchange today in the midst mourning. It mattered to them that they were seen. Their grief was acknowledged and felt. They showed up to represent a life that was lost but still loved. I’m still processing what happened today within me. A new edition on my heart for those who mourn. May they be comforted indeed. And may peace indeed come soon. Lord, let it be.

You’re invited to Camp GLOW Family Day! Join us Saturday, August 9 (4–7PM) for food, fun, games, and a fresh look at all things Camp GLOW! Meet staff, explore new programs, and experience camp together as a family. 💛 3350 Camp Julia Rd, Kannapolis, NC Bring a side & RSVP for hot dogs/burgers All past, present & future Camp GLOW families welcome! -Enjoy camp adventures with your kids -Preview our brand-new family devotional, Hide & Seek: Adventures in the Secret Place -Learn about upcoming fall GLOW Clubs and our “Follow the Leader” training -Connect with other families and staff -Discover how to get involved — as a camper, volunteer, or “Happy Camper Giver” Let’s GLOW together — RSVP today! Link in bio #CampGLOWFamilyDay #LetsGlow

You’re invited to Camp GLOW Family Day! 🌟 Join us Saturday , August 9 (4–7PM) for food, fun, games, and a fresh look at all things Camp GLOW! Meet staff, explore new programs, and experience camp together as a family. 💛 3350 Camp Julia Rd, Kannapolis, NC Bring dinner or RSVP for hot dogs/burgers All past, present & future Camp GLOW families welcome! -Enjoy camp adventures with your kids -Preview our brand-new family devotional, Hide & Seek: Adventures in the Secret Place -Learn about upcoming fall GLOW Clubs and our “Follow the Leader” training -Connect with other families and staff -Discover how to get involved — as a camper, volunteer, or “Happy Camper Giver” Let’s GLOW together — RSVP today! Link in bio #CampGLOWFamilyDay #LetsGlow

Hal Thompson’s legacy lives on from a small gift given 44 years ago. The power of giving!

All the smiles... all the fun that was had on "The Wild Trek" this week at kids camp @campglownc !!! Our GLOW MissionTeam & Camp GLOW counselors/"Trail Guides" served and loved so well ❤️...and our amazing campers are now ready to continue their GREAT ADVENTURE with God as they #goloveotherswell 🙌🔥 THANK YOU to all who served, loved and sent their kids to Camp GLOW !! 😊 campglow.org

New Beginnings! Save the Date to celebrate 8 years of GLOW...and get a glimpse of how we will NEXT “Go Love Others Well” across the World together! 🔥🌏 Mark your calendars for Thursday evening October 16, 2025 as we celebrate you and all God is doing as we follow His call to fulfill the Great Commission through the Greatest Commandment. ❤️ Details coming soon…#goloveotherswell glowmission.org

While @campglownc is happening here, our GLOW Teams are doing and planning summer camps for kids in several cities and countries! 😍🔥🙌🎉 This is our team in Odessa, collaborating with @samaritanspurse to give out shoe boxes at their camp...perhaps one YOUR family filled! It's a small world!! Let's fill it with LOVE and help kids meet the Source of love, this summer!! Please pray for all those doing and planning camps for God's kids around our world ! ☀️❤️🔥 #goloveotherswell @campglownc @oleh.hrinkov @igorbaidak7777 @dardraper @andrew27604 Give at glowmission.org link in IG bio) in one of our summer camp funds. What a beautiful way to plant a "seed" in the most fertile soil, kids' hearts, and see them grow in God! 🌱🙌

What a GREAT TIME is being had by all @campglownc this FIRST day of Summer Camp!! 🙌🔥❤️ It's a Wild but Wonderful Trek we're on together, learning to love GOD, adventure with Him and #goloveotherswell glowmission.org

This past weekend 24 teenagers were trained, loved on and equipped for a beautiful week of ministry at Camp GLOW...("The Wild Trek" for elementary kids starts today!! 🙌❤️) Will you take a moment to pray over these young lives who are making some of their first and formative spiritual memories of their lives? AND for these counselors and staff. Tony & Lauren Wagoner are two of the most gifted leaders and lovers of youth on the planet... Our team would love your prayers for this week (and next week...Middle School retreat) a camp!! ) Thank you!! Let's Go Love the next generation through prayer... 🙏❤️🔥 @campglownc @our_family_tale @marthapell @dardraper @andrew27604 #goloveotherswell

A closer look at the POPS' Project church in Ukraine...Started 1 year ago, on Father's Day... @sergey_lysak asked me to share the needs...and I wanted you to see the progress/ where it is at! ❤️ Here's a message from Sergey: Helping Moschun Church Take Its Next Step: God has been doing beautiful things through Moschun Church, and we are so close to making it a fully functioning space for worship, prayer, and community. But we need some help to cross the finish line. Here’s what’s still needed: 1. Inside walls need to be installed 2. Drywall is needed for one of the containers 3. A toilet and shower must be added 4. Ceilings still need to be finished 5. Lamps, switches, and proper lighting are needed 6. Concrete is needed for the outside yard Altogether, the estimated cost for completing this is between $10,000 and $12,000 — though this is just an approximation. If you feel led to pray, give, or simply share this need with others, it would mean the world. Let’s help complete this place where lives are being touched and God is being glorified. 💒❤️ Give at glowmission.org fund: Pops' Project

2 Powerful Ways to Honor Your Father This Father’s Day 💙⁣ ⁣ Today marks ONE YEAR since we launched Pops’s Project—a mission to build a church in the midst of a village in Ukraine destroyed by war...in honor of my dad, a man who loved building churches & seeing God’s Kingdom grow. While the church structure now stands in the heart of the village, we still need a few thousand dollars to finish the inside walls and outside grounds. ⁣ Give a gift to complete this iFather’s House in Ukraine, by visiting GlowMission.org → Giving Fund → Pops’s Project.⁣ ⁣ Another great way to honor a father’s legacy would be by giving to Camp GLOW Facilities—our domestic mission base / camp in North Carolina that’s helping raise up a new generation in a culture to GO LOVE OTHERS WELL. Repairs are desperately needed, and your gift will directly support creating a space where children experience the Father’s love firsthand.⁣ ⁣ Donate today at GlowMission.org → Giving Fund → Camp Glow Facilities.⁣ ⁣ Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, granddads, mentors, and spiritual fathers out there. Let’s honor them by sowing into the Father’s heart—for the nations, and for the next generation.⁣ ⁣ #FathersDay #PopsProject #CampGlow #GoLoveOthersWell #GlowMission #FathersHeart @campglownc @dardraper @sergey_lysak @andrew27604

These pics were posted by one of our team members in Kyiv... @sergey_lysak 's voice on video at end... about a neighborhood very similar to the one our team lives in...that we used to live in outside of Kyiv.... This bombing happened Sunday. It hasn't stopped. Our compassion can fatigue, but these innocent people who are just trying to live life in the country they were born in, need hope, prayers and practical help. Please continue to pray & care...May God increase our capacity to love & show us what to do in the midst of the awful destruction caused by man and the evil forces that drive them. We are in a war of our own. #goloveotherswell glowmission.org

Sergey met with Thomas today! So exciting what is happening to get waterproof bibles in the hands of solders on the frontlines of Ukraine. Give towards this project at glowmission.org (select donate now, fund is Warrior Bible project)

We just had...the BEST day at the 7th annual GLOW GOLF tournament!! Perfect weather...Wonderful group of golfers...Just feeling so happy and grateful for EVERY sponsor, golfer, volunteer, raffle item donated! 😊⛳️THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!! You help us keep GLOWING!! ❤️🔥🌏 #goloveotherswell

Aw!!! Grandma Olga got to see he picture @marthapell drew of her today!! She is the sweetest thing!! Hear her voice on the video attached and pray for Grandma Olga and all of our grandmas today!! ☺️🙏❤️ We love you @maksim_dyomkin @lenadyomkina @tatyana.salevon and Sasha Salevon for how beautifully you serve them!! James 1:27❤️🔥

It's that time of year again where you can GLOW through GOLF!! 🔥⛳️We LOVE our annual tournament and all of our golfer friends and those who sponsor and come out!! It's always so much fun! Check out our link in bio or comments to sign up as a golfer, sponsor or to help! All proceeds benefit our mission locally and internationally as we "GO LOVE OTHERS WELL." Please spread the word to your golfer friends! It's gonna be a GREAT event!! 🏌️‍♂️#goloveotherswell #golftournament

In October of 2020, I got Covid while in Ukraine by myself. This was a little scary, as I found out right before I left Kharkiv to take a 12 hour train ride to Odessa...It was not the best of circumstances, but this "angel"...that I had never met...showed up at the train station to help me. (Pic 2) Despite the language barrier, the wreck we got into in a taxi (brakes went out), and other horrendous obstacles that day, Oleh was the sweetest guy and took care of this "stranger"...me...making sure I got settled into quarantine with everything needed. ☺️ Oleh is one of the kindest most servant hearted Ukrainians I know. He works with youth and children primarily, leads worship and helps with all kinds of outreaches to orphans, war afflicted people, soldiers, and homeless. I will put a letter from him in the email tomorrow, but please consider joining Oleh's team to pray for him or support him. See link in IG bio or FB commons. You will surely be blessed for being part of his life, as he is SUCH a tremendous blessing who truly knows how to #goloveotherswell ☺️❤️ @oleh.hrinkov @the_glow_mission

Legacy of Love Week 4❤️: Meet Ira and Oleksiy (Losha/Alexey ☺️) Ah!! These two! I’m so excited to introduce you to the ones I call “Sergey’s Team,” who lead the rebuilding work (Tiny Home Installations/Church building work) and humanitarian aid efforts we are associated with. They have remained in Ukraine to lead this work and live in the house we lived in. When we go back to Ukraine, it’s so nice to go back “home” and be with this team. Ira is Sergey’s right-hand administrator, and her husband, Losha, carries out many tasks, always with a huge, warm smile… 😊 Here’s a closer look at what they do… Oleksiy and Ira Volkotrub Oleksiy Homes of Hope • Installation of houses (leveling, cleaning the territory). • Purchasing furniture and components for the house. Assembling furniture and installing it in the house. • Communicating with war-affected people, assessing damaged areas, and praying for them. • Traveling to Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and other regions for house installations. Humanitarian Aid • Purchasing and assembling food kits. • Distributing food kits to affected families. • Assisting the military by distributing food, blankets, and hygiene items. • Participating in construction work at Moshchun church. • Maintaining the team house. Ira Ministry Administration • Handling documentation (Homes of Hope agreements, acts of transfer of humanitarian aid, team accounting). • Communicating with suppliers. • Interacting with war-affected people, gathering all necessary documentation. • Liaising with foreign sponsors. • Preparing reports. • Translating for the team and foreign guests. BEST TRANSLATOR EVER!!!! ❤️ • Purchasing, assembling, and distributing food kits. • Ministering at children’s summer camp and Alfa course in Hostomel church. Their prayer needs will be posted in Friday’s recap email. Please consider joining their prayer team—see the link in bio or comments to sign up. We love you two, Ira & Losha… and the way you #goloveotherswell ❤️🔥

Back at the beginning of the century...before Instagram collages, we had to make our OWN Valentines and mail them out! 💌😍...So here's to the Spirit of Valentine's Past...and all the pics you WOULD have seen of my beautiful babies if IG had been around in 2003! 😅❤️ I LOVE YOU!! More love to come from the Drapers... 🥰😘❤️ #hapoyvalentinesday #ilovelove❤️

Men!! You are invited to join REFIREMENT CLUB at Camp GLOW, starting THIS Thursday, January 16....and every Thursday from 9AM until lunchtime... We'll start the morning with coffee and a devotional moment with Camp Pastor Tony Wagoner, then spend a few hours in the great outdoors preparing the ground for God to move in the lives of those who come to Camp GLOW!! This is for anyone who can come... especially those who have the time and are looking for fellowship while serving God and others! Hope to see you this Thursday or any Thursday in the near future! Let's use our abilities and time to #goloveotherswell 🔥 @campglownc @our_family_tale @andrew27604

There is still time to sign up! Our GLOW Gala is Friday, October 25th at the new venue, 601 Milestone in Concord. Sergey Lysak from Ukraine will speak, bringing us an inspiring word on peace in the midst of chaos. Come celebrate 7 years of GLOW and join us in the journey ahead as we continue to "Go Love Others Well...your Family, your Neighbor, your World." There is a lot of darkness out there that needs the light you carry. Let's GLOW together! 🔥❤️🌎 Link to register in IG bio.

Happy GLOW Day!! 🔥❤️🎉 7 years ago today, a mission was launched... fueled by the love and support of people (like you) who know how to "Go Love Others Well." I hope you all are happy today... completely blessed by God with deep joy, because you have brought a lot of joy, opportunity, provision and LOVE to God's kids, young and old, all over the world. 🌏 Happy GLOW Day, everybody!! Let's keep on GLOWing and loving our families, our neighbors & our world together, another 7 years more! 🔥❤️ #goloveotherswell glowmission.org

We love western NC...it was our college home & where we got married...❤️ So awful seeing the devastation there...In thinking of the best way to help, I reached out to our friends JD Smith and Toni Maddox Smith with CitiIMPACT...They are a disaster relief organization we have partnered with before and they are legit and set up to make things happen. I asked Toni how we could best help/point others in the best direction and she said "Thank you Dar. We work in semi load increments. We have warehouses of supplies donated. Many are on the road. What we need is funds for shipping. Also contacts in mountains for distribution. We have a campground in black mountain as a staging area and another south of asheville. Sending in big generator and fuel truck. We also have a partner who does meals and have had national guard shuttling in past so hope that works. It is so sad and so massive." They have warehouses of new/needed supplies that are palletized, ready to go. So they need donations for fuel and contacts of those who need help. Please give to http://Citiimpactm.org/give-financially and let's keep praying for our friends and family in Western NC 💔🙏 https://citiimpact.org/give-financially/ Also, Toni asks for contacts, friends who have key churches in zone or in safe zone in striking distance willing to help with distribution when time comes. That means fork lifts/warehouses/shuttling hotel meals and supplies, etc.

On October 1, 2017 we (together) launched The GLOW Mission, our mission being to Go Love Others Well...igniting lives and launching destines and to fulfill the Great Commission through the greatest commandment..."to love..." God & others with "all..." For seven years you have fueled this mission with your love, giving, prayers, sometimes even tears, and going with us! Enjoy looking back with us over the next few weeks as we prepare to launch into the NEXT season of ministry, still doing the GREATEST thing God asked us to do in this very dark world 🌏...be the light...LOVE...GLOW...to Go Love Others Well! You are also invited to celebrate and launch with us into the next seven years at our GALA Friday, October 25th at the new 601 Milestone Venue in Concord. Click linktree in bio of IG or message Dar for more info.... We want you to GLOW with us! 🔥❤️🌏 Your light and love can change the world! glowmission.org PS...Please RSVP through the link or to Dar for Gala by October 11th. #goloveotherswell 🔥

We are GROWING & GLOWing!!🔥❤️ We are thrilled to announce that God has added to our GLOW Family and is expanding our capacity to Go Love Others Well across the world!   We want to welcome Petr and Klara Boudny and their family aboard as GLOW Missionaries to the Czech Republic.   Petr and Klara have 5 children (ages 5-14), Viktorie, Chloe, Timea, Jeremias, Zoe and Aurora, and live in a town called Turnov, one hour north of Prague.   For the last nine years (2015-2024) they have worked as area directors of Young Life in North Bohemia, and for the 11 previous years they were pastors and church planters.  From 1999- 2015 they helped with the Service Projects of Club Beyond (Military Community Youth Ministries) for hundreds of US military teens in Czech, Slovakia and Romania. At the beginning of the war in Ukraine (Feb. 2022), God led them to start helping our dear common friends, Sergey and Vika Lysak, with humanitarian needs and other ministry efforts in Kyiv.   Petr and Klara will continue supporting this work in Ukraine while expanding their mission in Czech to disciple and develop a new generation of young Christian leaders and young families in what is considered the most atheistic country in Europe. The Boudny's will receive their support now through the GLOW Mission, and we will partner with them in prayer and support as they pour into these established relationships and continue equipping young believers to be the light and glow across their country, Europe and the world.   Please cover this young family in prayer.  They are awesome!!  You can give to their ministry through their missions fund at glowmission.org.  🔥❤️

So thankful for a few days to rest...in such a beautiful place...with such beautiful people...on my way home ☺️ Went to the most southern point in the US today...then the green sand beach...followed by an evening visit to a black sand beach...Wow...what beauty all around...I kept telling God all day what a good job He did! 😊 #feelinglovedwell #andalittleburned 😅 #worthit🌴❤️🌊 (Thank you, Max and Karina!!! I'm so happy! ☺️)

Meet Yulia!! Ending this trip to the Philippines and kicking off 7 weeks of celebrating 7 years of GLOW...highlighting what God has done along with some people He has loved on and through over these 7 years...So let's get this party started with my dear Yulia!!! 😊❤️🙌 #goloveotherswell 🔥 glowmission.org