Hospital/Moscow/Day 11

Cubicle 1705/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 11

Nelly brought several DVDs for me to watch. I really liked couple of them: “About a Boy” with Hue Grant and “Antwone Fisher” with Denzel Washington. Both movies brought me to a deeper understanding of the simple truth that God won’t ask what kind of car I drove in Cherepovets. He will ask how many people I drove who didn’t have transportation. Jesus won’t ask the square footage of my place; He will ask how many people I welcomed into my apartment. He won’t ask about the clothes I had in my closet, He will ask how many I helped to clothe. God won’t ask how much money I had; He will ask if I compromised my character to obtain the monies. God won’t ask what my job title was; He will ask if I performed my job to the best of my ability. Jesus won’t ask how many friends I had; He will ask how many people to whom I was a friend. (“About a Boy”) God won’t ask in what neighborhood I lived; He will ask how I treated my neighbors. Jesus won’t ask about the color of my skin either but He will ask about the content of my character. (Antwone Fisher) Also, God won’t ask how many people I influenced in a positive truly Christian way and they changed; He already knows them. (Antwone Fisher and About a Boy) I truly recommend everyone to watch these great movies!!!! I understand that we come into this world to live 70-80 years with one purpose… and it is to do somebody a favor. I thought doing somebody a favor is minor but according to Jesus it is huge! He did me a favor; He died for me and redeemed me from the power of sin and death.

Hospital/Moscow/Day 10

Cubicle 1705/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 10

I woke up this morning feeling so blue. Good morning, Father. No answer… Daddy, please don’t play hide-and-seek with me today. But He still did… often times my life reminds me of the game I played with my mom and dad when I was little. They often played hide-and-seek with me. It seems to me that my heavenly Father likes to play the same game with me over and over again. He hides and I seek. I guess hide-and-seek must be good for me. It is a learning process. I constantly learn to realize He is still around although I can’t see, feel, or sense Him. Dad wants me to realize He is the absolute. He exists always. I find it very interesting… a minute ago I saw Him in the Word, or the simple truth, or a miracle but next thing I know, He is not around anymore, I can’t see Him, I look around and all I see is the troubled world I live in. I learned His favorite hiding place, though… He likes to hide behind His creation. To find Him, I sit still and gaze at His creation: waterfalls, skies, birds, mountains, animals, ocean, rivers, fishes, and of course, peoples. I see Him there. When I concentrate on His works and powers, I forget about my sickness, cold feet and high temperature and start believing in Him even more!

Hospital/Moscow/Day 9

Cubicle 1705/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 9

Astronomers found out that not every star in the skies shines her light. There are huge massive stars there in the universe but they do not shine their light, on the contrary they consume the light. Such stars are called Black Holes. There are too many black holes there in this world. If there’s any light there in you, let it shine. Lord, please help me bring the light into this dark place!

Hospital/Moscow/Day 8

Cubicle 1705/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 8

To tell you the truth, I am very happy that no one can be told what the Kingdom of God is. Every person has to see the King and the Kingdom for him/herself. Everyone needs to come and taste how good the Lord is for himself! It is a serious decision to come see the King in person and let Him free oneself up from the system of this world. A human who knows or feels that something is wrong with the system, can’t tell exactly what it is, but knows that it is there will be able to make the decision. It is this feeling that will bring the person to the Lord. There should be a question like a splinter there in that person’s mind, driving him/her mad: What is this system all about? Can the system tell me who I am? If not, who can? Who am I? All these questions have nothing to do with you becoming religious but FREE from the system of the corrupted world we live in. Being free from the system enables a person to bring spirituality to material people. I strongly believe that only free spirits are given the power to perform miracles and bring the light into the dark.

Hospital/Moscow/Day 7

Cubicle 1705/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 7

During my stay here I had some opportunities to talk to several nurses and the doctor about the Lord; looking at their faces I could tell they are lost, first, they are lost spiritually, secondly, they do not know how to treat me. They ran into the unknown. Nevertheless, they are so atheistic! Couldn’t believe my ears… they are so deep into the material world…What a country I was born in! Soviet system is smth else! We Russians were born into slavery, bondage, and prison we can’t smell or taste, or touch; it is a prison for our minds. The system was invented to blind us from the truth and make us slaves. Because we live in a slave community, many of us are not ready to be unplugged and set free. Some of us are so inert and some of us are so hopelessly dependant on the system that we are ready to fight to protect it. Slavery started when I believed that the system is strong and I am weak. I then believed that the system is everything and I am nothing! It brought me to the belief that the system could easily run over me and ruin my life. The fear crept in. Out of fear, I obeyed the system, followed its rules and regulations and became a slave. Little did I know that I was wonderfully and fearfully made by the Father who is in Heaven, that He has always been by my side to watch over me, protect, cherish and grow me into His son’s image! Thank you, Lord, for freeing my mind!

Hospital/Moscow/Day 6

Cubicle 1705/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 6

Observed an interesting thing this morning, if I allow depression or anxiety to come in, my God Channel gets cluttered, the signal becomes weak and breaks up on me, I then lose touch with the Lord! When I lose touch with Him I am lost. David once said: (paraphrase) You hid your face from me and I am lost! Like an astronaut, as soon as he loses touch with the Base, he is lost in space. It is scary! I have been that road before. I know where it ends and I do not want to be there. I need Him online all the time; He leads me, gets me back on track helping me take my showers, shave, read, pray, and go thru my daily routine living it from almost to utmost… still dizzy in my head… sick in my stomach… my body temp fluctuates… Lord, have mercy on me!

Hospital/Moscow/Day 5

Cubicle 1704/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 5

This morning a ray of light came into my hospital room. It was like Jesus stopped by to see me! He sent that ray of light in to remind me how much He loves me and cares for me! I love you Lord! I do!!! My body temp is high, my lips are dry, my feet are cold and sweaty and the stomach is rumbling… of course, I am under attack, I am fighting depression and anxiety attacks like crazy!

Hospital/Moscow/Day 4

Cubicle 1704/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 4

This morning I realize it even deeper that every little thing that takes place in my life was allowed in by the Almighty! The biggest miracle of today is that I am still alive and God is still working on me remodeling, changing, and recreating! It hurts. Jesus, please free my mind. Let me hold on to your abundant Life! Thank you, Lord! Father I feel so sick and fatigue… feel terrible…

Hospital/Moscow/Day 3

Cubicle 1704/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 3

What happened to me? – Honestly, we do not know… we couldn’t detect anything in your blood or in your stomach. You took strong medicine on the plane... it is our guess the Malaria and Giardia parasite that were detected in Tanzania made you feel very ill; your body was not prepared to handle those two together, on top of that, the parasite along with the strong medicine obviously made you real sick… the Malaria only makes people sick after it goes untreated for a time but in your situation, it behaved differently due to the intestinal infection you got, anti-malaria pills you have been taking, and your weak immune system: you are 44, and you live in the cold and never used your immune system in the tropical climate… am I seriously sick? – You ARE and you are NOT, the doctor said. Great, I thought to myself... Lord, what do you have to say about that? I am still very weak and burning in my face, legs, and feet? What is going on with me, Lord?

Hospital/Moscow/Day 2

Cubicle 1704/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 2

A nurse woke me up by taking my blood… feel very weak, tremor on the inside, every other hour ladies in white gowns come take my blood and go away and come back again… next time I woke up, I saw an IV stand by the bed… what are you going to do?... bring you back to normal, young man... rest… test results and answers are coming…

Hospital/Moscow/Day 1

Cubicle 1704/Infectious Diseases Hospital/ Moscow/ Day 1

Feeling so sick… never felt that way in my life before… going down… deep down… seems I am dying… tumbling down the rabbit hole… how deep the rabbit hole goes? my skin is burning, my stomach is rumbling constantly… threw up a couple of times… went cold, went hot, went out… here we go again… down the rabbit hole… bad dream… woke up… opened my eyes… dark hospital room… am I dead? – Not really, said the nurse, you are down but still alive… praise the Lord, I murmured

To my African Family

My dearest African brothers and sisters,

Thank you for your prayers and encouraging messages! I am writing to let you know that Alex and I think of you often and lift you guys up to the Lord in our prayers! As you may already know, I became very sick on the Malaria the day we came back from Tanga, Tanzania. I was so very weak and dizzy that all I could do was to stay in bed at Troy’s. Next day I went to see a doctor in Moshi and was diagnosed with the Malaria and some kind of intestinal infection. The parasite along with the medicine made me very ill. Alex and I had to fly to Moscow next day. I cried out to the Lord, my friends Troy and Jen, Alex, Charles and his wife lifted me up to God in prayer and He heard our cry and had mercy on me, Alex and all my friends who prayed for me, lest they should have sorrow upon sorrow. On the plane I became very ill again and when we arrived in Moscow, the doctor on duty at the airport rushed me straight into the hospital. At the hospital the tropic diseases specialist told me that there’s no one in Cherepovets, my hometown who could have helped me with the malaria. There are no malaria specialists there in Cherepovets, he said, all malaria patients are sent to Moscow to this place from Cherepovets. Alex and I thanked the Lord for sending me directly to this wonderful place. I am going to be here for 15 more days. In spite of my circumstances, I go to the Lord to give thanks to my Father for all the blessings He has bestowed unto us all while in Tanzania. I am praying that you, my dear brothers may continue to seek the face of the Lord and be filled with the knowledge of His will and walk in a manner worthy of the Lord so that you may please Him. For it is He who reconciled you in His fleshly body through His death on the cross to present you before the Father holy, honest, blameless and beyond reproach. Moses, Peter, please take heed to the ministry that you have decided to commit yourselves so that you may fulfill it. May the Lord bless you and keep you in His Light! Today I find joy in my sufferings for your sake and for the sake of the ministry remembering good times we had together in the Word, prayer, and fellowship. Because of my illness I was unable to travel to India, God is my witness how I longed to go there and speak forth the Word and the mystery of Christ but satan thwarted me. No matter what, I have decided to let my mind dwell on whatever is lovely and worthy of praise! I know that I know this trip to Tanzania was very fruitful and glorious! For that, I praise the Lord and want to thank you, brethren for letting us be a part of your lives!

Blessings to all who support us!

Dearest Partners,
Thank you for your prayers and financial support for this trip to Eastern Africa and other trips we make to train and equip people of God.This Africa trip was the most difficult for me (I became very sick on the malaria and intestinal infection) and, at the same time, the most rewarding trip I have been privileged to make! Without God’s help, your prayers and financial support, it would not have been possible, and fewer lives would have been touched for the cause of Christ. Please continue to pray that the seeds that were planted and those that were watered will grow and produce fruit that is pleasing to our Lord! Thank you! Thank you!

Ministry in Boma

On Sunday Alex, Peter and I traveled to Boma by “dolla-dolla” bus which is the cheapest way of moving around in Tanzania. It was so fun to ride a “dolla-dolla” bus because we have such buses in Russia as well; we call them “marshrutka”. We enjoyed the ride for 10 minutes and all of a sudden, we stopped in the middle of nowhere, very soon we found out that “dolla-dolla” bus broke down on us! What a bummer! We were asked to come to church on time because I was teaching. I decided to do what we usually do in a situation like this in Russia: let’s flag down a car!!! And it did work for us! Hallelujah! An older gentleman stopped and picked us up; we traveled to Boma in a very nice vehicle. Hallelujah! We got off at a bus stop in Boma and the driver didn’t even charge us! Thank you, Lord! About five minutes later a brother from the church showed up and took us to the site. The minute we stepped in to the church, we felt like at home! The place was packed and worship was upbeat and lively! The heavens above opened up and it was pouring down on us… the Holy Spirit presence fell and filled up the place! Alex turned to me and said he was going to dance like he had never done before. Hahaha! Oh my! You should see him dancing! My supporting crew was right on!!! Peter was amazing – he translated for me from English into Swahili, took good care of us letting people around know that we are not bunch of rich white folks from the West! At the service I spoke from the book of James and chapter one. That was one easy service about 3-4 hrs overall, people there were really receptive helping me with bunch of hallelujahs and amen! After the service we were surrounded by the most beautiful kids I have ever seen in my life! They were cute! Alex and I took lots of Russian candies on the trip; we passed them on to the kids praising the Lord for this opportunity to make this trip to Boma. On the way back we had amazing views of the mountains! It was so close and surreal!

Imparting into faithful men in Africa...

Looking back on the seminar done in Moshi, I am amazed and humbled that God allowed ICM-Russia to be a part of something so great to the advancement of God’s Kingdom. It was also a blessing to serve with Pastor Dan, Dr. Bill, Troy and Jen (missionary couple in Tanzania), Moses (minister in Uganda), Peter (minister in Kenya) and Alex (minister in Russia) God was so good to us all!!! We were so very happy to have great time together!!! Despite of the tiredness, the ICM staff had a burden for Bible teaching and the equipping of the believers in Tanzania by entrusting Inductive Bible Study teachings to faithful men in Moshi district who will be able to teach others as in 2 Tim 2:2. It was a three days dynamic leadership training seminar. God was indeed gracious to us during this trip and the seminar, as we trusted Him through what we have been able to accomplish.

Ministry in Moshi, Tanzania

Wow, it has already been 2 weeks! The transition is pretty interesting, because you find that you can get pretty close to people when you spend your entire days with them. Some of the pastors attending our seminars chose to ride their bicycles, sometimes as much as 80 kilometers, to get to the seminar venue and sleep on a concrete floor at night in order to be taught how to study the Bible inductively. Their eagerness to be taught and gratitude for the teaching was humbling. At the seminars, a couple of women cooked for 75 pastors, using wood for fuel with three rocks to hold the pot. They cooked in this manner, rain or shine. The choices they made allowed the participants to attend and the seminar to continue. I wish to report to you on the IBS seminar held in Moshi, Tanzania from November 4 to November 8, 2008. The Seminar brought together 75 rural pastors, cell group leaders, and church workers from different congregations, and denominations. The seminar time was used well, and I believe we have left an impact that will blossom. We taught the IBS seminars every day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. I thank God that we had good time with pastors every day to teach from Inductive Bible Study manual. Every pastor was very encouraged, and at the end, one pastor came up and said, “ I have been a pastor for a long time. I have never heard teachings like these. This is my first time to see and hear about studying the Bible following the rules of observation, interpretation and application. Also, I did not know that the Bible was written by 40 authors. I say from my heart that am blessed, and I promise to teach my people in my church. God bless you brothers. Pastor Peter from Kenya said to me, “In this seminar, my passion has been renewed, because I have received something which will help me and my congregation. I did not know much about the Basic Principles of Observation, Interpretation and Application, but now by using these principles in personal preparation, I will reach and mentor many young leaders for the next generation, praise God.” It was so humbling to have evangelists, laymen and young pastors thanking Intensive Care Ministries and aggressively saying that they had never been to a Bible seminar like this–a place of sound teaching. Every pastor we had in a seminar asked ICM to return to Tanzania to teach the Word even more. This is the very heart of the mission ICMinistries has chosen, to equip young leaders and empower them to teach pastors in rural areas and make them reproduce so that we can expand the kingdom of God today, tomorrow and forever more by teaching the word of God accurately.

Mountain Kilimanjaro is always shy and...

trying to hide its beautiful pick under the cloudy scarf...
Highest peak in Africa 5,895 meters (19,340 feet)

Tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world.
Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano. No volcanic activity is expected but apparently there are fears the volcano could collapse.

The glaciers at the top of Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting, over the past century the ice cap volume has dropped more than 80% and it is predicted that all the ice will be gone between 2015 and 2020.

Arriving in Arusha and ministering in Moshi, TZ

Mzungu, not sure if the spelling is right...but that is the swahili for white person. Basically, me and the other missionaries stick out like sore thumbs here. Where ever we go people are saying "Hi" and "Muzugu"... the kids gather around us and hold our hands. They say "Hi", laugh and giggle! I truly feel like a traveling circus act!! It is so funny. I must say HI top a million people on my walks around town and back and forth to the seminar venue! We are also asked for money and candy wherever we go. Learning more and more swahili, "KaKa" would mean "a brother"! Why are the men always called KAKA and not the women? Everything is really going great so far!!!! I'm sorry for not posting a lot of entries. Internet is so slow. And my pictures are not uploading. Ugh!!!!!!!!

On the way to Africa...

Brethren,

In less than 10 hours Alex and I will be on a plane to Kili, Tanzania to equip African pastors with the life-changing Bible Study course.We will be giving out copies of the teaching manual translated into their language. We have been doing this for a longtime here at ICM-Russia and we are excited for pastors in Tanzania to get hold of the gospel of grace through this powerful course. Many Africans are somewhat religious and are used to a formal public worship, sometimes this is beneficial and sometimes this is a hindrance. Pray for the effectiveness of this course in the lives of all our African brethren.

Our friends and team members came to the train station in Cherepovets to see us off! They are praying for us!

Quality time with Jesus who abides in Olga :o)

Olga and I usually travel and do missions together but in November I go to Africa with Alex, my associate. Olga is staying behind. Last week the Lord laid it on my heart to go on a date with my beautiful girl! We had wonderful quality time together enjoying the presence of the Lord in the Central Park.

Invited to empower God's people in Tanzania

Greetings from Russia! Alex and I are heading for Tanzania, Africa on Saturday morning. Please please please keep us in your prayers as we travel. Pray for the 4 ICM staff in Africa coming together for a Inductive Bible Study Seminar in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Pray for the 150 + pastors attending, that they will catch the concept of study and get excited about learning how to teach the Word more effectively. Pray for us as we teach the seminar in English. I will be translating for Alex as he teaches! This trip will give us an opportunity to meet pastors in Africa and serve them in the power of the Holy Ghost! ICM ministers will be holding meetings Nov.4-10. Pray for this time of gathering that we will hear from Him and be challenged to move as He directs. Thanks so much for your prayers and support!!!

Training leaders at Garrik's

Awesome Church Growth in Cherkessk

Dear Partners and Friends,

The IM-Russia Crew sincerely appreciates your prayers and precious love-gifts! In the beginning of October we visited Garrik and Tanya Kurginyan, a couple that has been serving Jesus with us at ICM-Russia in Caucasus for more than 10 years! A year ago Garrik started a new church in Cherkessk and it is one of the fastest growing churches in the city. Praise the Lord!I worship God for providing us an opportunity to come spend time with leaders (some 17 men) and the congregation (some 70 people) in the Word of God! As Tanya led worship, a beautiful presence of the Lord arrived in to the building! I was tremendously blessed to see how God has been growing this young couple thru the years! I have received a lot of feedback from the leaders who expressed joy, thanks and a will to grow in the Lord and start a street children center in Cherkessk. It is so cool when people of God go to the Word, hear the voice of the Lord, obey Him and start serving community out of Christ' Love! God's Love in Action! It touches and strengthens me to continue traveling and grow bigger people in Jesus! Please pray for Garrik and Tanya as they take care of the church and grow leaders who are able to pastor the congregation as a team! Also pray for an upcoming work with the street kids, please ask God to meet the financial need.

Bible Study Training in Siktivkar, Russia

Dear Friends and Partners,

Thank you so very much for the massive support you sent last month! Your prayerful and financial support made it possible, when Jesus opened the doors for us to go to Siktivkar, Russia, for us to send the ICM-Russia crew to travel to The Church of God in Siktivkar, Russia. We were able to equip church leaders with the training to study the Word for themselves and how they can teach the Bible inductively!

Some 40 leaders attended the services!
The senior pastor of the church wrote me a Thank-You letter saying that Alex and Avenir did a great job teaching the course to his beloved core group! He also mentioned that the church leaders would like to take IBS Level 2 next year.

So, I am planning to send the team to Siktivkar in October of 2009. Please consider sending us your prayerful and financial support on a monthly basis to enable us to travel the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Bible Study Seminars in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 In these days of uncertainty and difficulties, it is so good to know that we worship the One who is on the throne. He is our refuge, hope and joy. He is the King of kings!

It was a great trip that was filled with all kinds of thoughts, emotions, ideas. etc. In some ways, the country reminded me a lot of Russia. The Soviet influence is obvious in the buildings, stores, language, etc. In other ways, the country is much different than Russia. One striking difference is that most of the people are Asian. It was strange to hear Asians speaking Russian. The need for the preaching of the gospel and for Bible teaching churches is huge! I have never been in a country with so little Christian presence. This is definitely a country that is dominated by Islam. And at the same time it was great to see 60 people coming over to church every night to be equipped and trained!They were so hungry for the Word! You should see how some of the participants were changed by the Spirit of God as they were digging deep in to the Word and had found amazing Grace that was able to change their hearts! Pastor Jed said to us: "Dear Igor and Alex, thank you so much for coming and sharing the prophetic Word with us! I truly believe that this will be remembered as a pivotal time in the church here in Kyrgyzstan. Gods people has been empowered, emboldened, and given the tools to study His Word! Fruit is already evident! Much thanks to your wonderful wives and we look forward to them joining you on your next trip here. God bless you, and your donors who help you travel all over the world! By His grace, Jed Gourley"

I was blessed to see what the Lord is doing at Calvary Chapel Bishkek. It is awesome to see people of Kyrgyzstan hungry for the Word od God! The missionary team was a blessing to meet and fellowship with. We pray for the Lord to send laborers into Kyrgyzstan and all of Central Asia.

ICM-Russia Annual Forum: Enjoying Fellowship...

ICM-Russia Annual Forum: Enjoying God's Word...

ICM-Russia Annual Forum: Enjoying Worship...

A Visitor From America

On Sunday 5th, my good friend Nate came and visited us in Cherepovets. He recently moved to St. Petersburg from the US to stay for at least a year. He has come to help with our IBS seminars and to minister to the orphans and shelter kids in Cherepovets and surrounding villages. We are excited to have him here in Russia, and pray that the Lord will open doors for him to minister with us in Cherepovets.

During his short trip here we were able speak with the children at our church and spend some time fellowshipping with the orphans at Krevets. This is what he has to say about his trip to Cherepovets:

Hello,

As Igor said, I recently moved to St. Petersburg, Russia. In addition to working with Igor and Olga I am teaching English to gain entrance into Russia and to support myself. I first met Olga and Igor in Gardnerville, Nevada, when they came and spoke at our church. I immediately fell in love with the two of them, they are so on-fire for the Lord and such and encouragement to me. Igor’s energy, wisdom and persistence in serving the Lord is an example to me. Their example is a large part of what first gave me the desire to come to Russia. So when God closed doors, and opened the ones to Russia, I jumped on it. But it has been a long prosses getting to Russia, and then getting to Cherepovets, so I was extremely exited to finaly get to come and minister in Cherepovets.

That Sunday Igor was asked to talk to the children about what it means to be a missionary, so Igor brought me along, since I am a missionary. It was such a blessing to share with the kids. Igor explained who I was, where I came from, and what a missionary was; then I told how God laid it on my heart to come to Russa and how I ended up here. After wards the kids wanted to pray for me, this was such a blessing! I was reminded of the verse, “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” I know that the faith of these children is precious before God; they have the ability to simply believe in a way that is near impossible for us adults. I was especially blessed when one of the boys had the, I believe, inspired intuition to pray that I might learn Russian, which is something I really need. We spent the next few minutes playing missionary, running from corner to corner, pretending they were in different countries, and praying for them. I was encouraged by these children’s desire to pray for these nations, and their heart for the lost.

Then we went home for lunch before we went to Krevets. I had been to this orphanage twice already on previous short-term mission-trips and was excited to see the kids I had come to know. When we got there I saw some new and familiar faces. We sat down to fellowship, which again made me realize how much I need to learn Russian. I had to say everything through Olga and Igor, but it was still fun. They had me eat some fresh picked cranberries, and they thought it was funny that I liked them so much. They later told me that they expected me to make a funny face. The kids were shy, and I was a little to, but I could tell that there is a connection. They are curious about me, and I want to get to know them too. I only hope that as they get to know me I will be able to show them Jesus, as he uses me to reach these kids.

I left there with a strong desire to come back. I was so encouraged and motivated. Even though it seems awkward now and I sometimes feel I am doing no good, I know that this is where the Lord has me. There is so much opportunity here, and the Lord is capable doing amazing things. I am sure that I am going to witness amazing things here in Russia. All I have to do is follow where he leads and be attentive to his leading and he will do the hard parts. I am looking forward to working more with the ICM teams, teaching IBS and spending time with the kids. It is my prayer, and I hope you would join me , that the Lord would take all the obstacles out of the way and give me the ability to do all I can for him. Obviously I could use some help in learning Russian, but also there are visas, and work that I have to worry about too, so please pray that the Lord would provide in awesome ways.

City orphanage director is thanking us & donors

Orphanage director, Elena Anatolyevna was tremendously blessed by the program and the gifts; from the bottom of her heart she thanked all the people who helped us buy all the school supplies for the needy children.

Ministering the Word and Prayer at City Orphanage

As I was ministering from Eph. 6 kids were very receptive and following my illustrations and jokes! It was much fun to encourage our kids to obey and give respect to their instructors and teachers at school and the orphanage. They know better it is not that easy to obey and respect. We prayed outloud and asked that God would help us apply Eph.6:1-3 in our lives.

Preparations for Back To School Project