RECEIVED A THANK YOU LETTER...

Dear Family in Christ,

Yesterday Olga and I received the note in the mail that really ministered to our hearts! Just wanted to share with you about what God does in the ministry! We give Jesus all the Glory and Honor! 

...A few weeks ago I found out my sister was starting to take a turn for the worse in the battle against cancer.  About a week ago she became extremely disoriented so my brother in law had to get help.  She was moved into a hospital last Monday.  Since then she hasn't eaten and is bed bound.  To make a long story short she isn't expected to live much longer.

On Sunday morning I was down in the dumps. I came to service with my heart not in the right attitude.  I was questioning God which I should never do.  She is only 67 and has so much life to live.  My heart ached. From the moment I came through the church door my brother James greeted me and I felt so much better.  I sat in the chair without much emotion and prayed to the Lord and asked just why?  Once worship started I felt so much better.  Just through the worship I was refreshed. My wife Cathy was in the nursery taking care of little ones so I sat with James and Roslyn and felt so at home.  Jeff's worship team blessed me over and over again reminding me He did everything for me.  That every moment is under His control and I could be at peace with the outcome. 

Then I was blessed to hear my brother Igor teaching the Word. I was encouraged because I know I will get to share the gospel at the funeral.  When I don't know but after spending Sunday with my sister I feel it won't be long.  Our God is perfect as I was reminded by the worship Jeff and His team sang.  By the words my brother Igor shared with us, encouraging us to run the race.  To share the gospel with those who don't have a personal relationship with him and be a mouth piece for the Lord.  We are at times timid in sharing our faith. I was blessed and reminded it is not by my ability but by the Holy Spirit. I realize today that making ourselves available to share to the gospel is what matters… 

God bless you and thank you so much for allowing the Holy Spirit to work through you. 
Blessings,

Bob Munro

INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY TRAINING IN BEREZNIKI, RUSSIA

Pastor Vitaly

ICM Crew [Alexey, Svetta, and Nate] got back from a fruitful trip to Berezniki, Russia, last Sunday. They met the pastor from this church when Alexey and Nate were in Izhevsk. They came to a conference in the same church they were doing the seminar at and spent the night where they were staying. The church is only five years old and most of the members are ex-drug-addicts. Pastor Vitaly started the church by first starting a rehab center, and as the amount of believers grew, the church started.

Center: Asistant Pastor Mirad

The first night of seminar was packed! We were told to expect around sixty people, so the guys brought sixty-five manuals, but there were about seventy-five to eighty people. Afterwards the assistant pastor told them that they did not expect so many people because the response to their notice about the seminar was met with not very much interest. However, after hearing Alexey teach from Luke 6 they all got excited. They said that it seemed like the scripture was simple enough but where shocked by how much Alexey was able to get out of just using the simple method of Observing, Interpreting, and Applying the Scripture text. This is a testimony of the effectiveness of the Inductive Bible Study method!

As they fellowshipped with the people they were again reminded of the necessity in Russia for solid Bible teaching. The people are hungry for the word. Question after question revealed hearts belonging to people desperate for spiritual wisdom and unable to find those answers themselves. The constant storm of conflicting doctrines that flow through Russia has led them back into bondage of legalism and religion. We believe the Lord would have us set the people of Russia free by teaching them how to get the spiritual truth they so desire by simply studying God’s word.

Now our thoughts turn forward to March 8-10. The team will be doing a seminar in Calvary Chapel St. Petersburg. Please pray for open hearts, finances, safe travel, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit as we move on in the ministry.

Teaching at the rehab center.

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TEACHING THE WORD ON SUNDAY

EQUIPPING THE SAINTS IN NOR. CAL AND RUSSIA

On February 17th Olga and I traveled to Woodland, CA to do seminar training sessions at Calvary Chapel there! It is a huge blessing for us to be invited and used by the Spirit of God in the States! 

We pray that the Lord will continue to open doors and use us here in a mighty way! We often pray the Word of God would reveal the Truth to each and every participant; we pray the truth sets the saints free from what hinders them to serve Jesus and His people effectively! 

We have completed three sessions this past weekend and will have another seminar scheduled for the month of March in Nevada. 

Our Russian ministry team (Alex, Nate and Sveta) just got back from their missions trip to Berezniki which is in Siberia where they taught an IBS (Level 1) for church leaders and Christian workers. They have completed five sessions this past week and will have another seminar in March in St Pete, Russia. Abner and Ira are teaching though the Book of Colossians at Light of Hope Church, Cherepovets. Andrey and Svetlana are feeding the flock of God on the Book of Mark at Ligh of Hope Fellowship, Anisimovo. Eugene Zharov and Igor Polishuk are going to Rovno, Ukraine to teach an Inductive Bible Study seminars in the begining of March. Please pray for us as we go and make disciples in many nations!

LIGHT OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF ANISIMOVO

Dear Family, 

Olga and I were tremendously blessed to receive a couple of pictures from our small church fellowship in Anisimovo yesterday!  On February 19, pastor Abner and Alex from Cherepovets came to Anisimovo to bless the group of believers with the Word of God. Alex led worship and Abner delivered the message.


We talked to Olga's mom on the phone the other day and she blessed our hearts by making a comment that everyone who comes to the Bible study are very glad to be part of this fellowship and glean from the Biblical teaching and guidance from this beautiful couple, Andrey and Svetlana. We love these guys and constantly bless them in the name of the Lord! They are doing a great job leading the group in Anisimovo and teaching them through the Book of Mark.   

Our thanks to all who are praying and supporting Intensive Care Ministries of Russia! Please keep our new plant in Anisimovo in your prayers! Thank you! 

WHITNEY HOUSTON PASSED ON...

There is a saying,"The chains of habit are usually too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken." Working with addicts it is always a hard struggle to reclaim a former life.

PRAY FOR ROVNO IBS SEMINAR IN UKRAINE

TOWN OF ROVNO

Dear Friends and Ministry Partners,

Please pray for our ministry team as the guys travel to the town of Rovno, Ukraine which is about 1,5 days of traveling from Kremenchuk where Eugene and Igor are currently located. One of the local churches there in Rovno invited us to come and teach their leaders and Christian workers on how to study and teach the Word of God verse by verse, chapter by chapter and book by book! 

On March 2, Eugene Zharoff and Igor Polishuk will travel there to equip the saints with IBS tools so that they could teach the Word effectively and in the power of the Holy Spirit! The guys will be teaching Level 2 of our IBS course.  They will finish the seminars on March, 4.

Please pray for safe travels, good health, and all the seminar participants as they learn how to do Bible exposition. Eugene and Igor will encourage the leaders of the church to feed the flock of God on the Living Word! 

Once again Olga and I would like to thank all of you, our dear friends and partners for your prayerful and financial support you have been sending lately! Mega huge blessings to you ALL!!!

EQUIPPING THE SAINTS IN INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY IN NOR-CAL

INTRODUCTION TIME...

SEEKING THE LEAD OF GOD IN PRAYER...

DECLARING THE WORD...

ENJOYING THE STUDY...

BUILDING UP AND TRAINING THE SAINTS

JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH...

PRAY FOR BEREZNIKI IBS SEMINARS IN RUSSIA

Dear Friends and Ministry Partners,

Please pray for ICM of Russia Crew as the guys travel to the small town of Berezniki, Perm Region which is about 2 days of traveling from Cherepovets.

The Church of God Berezniki has invited us to come and teach their core people on how to study the Word of God verse by verse, chapter by chapter and book by book! 

Alex and Nate and Sveta will travel there to equip the saints and encourage them to study and teach the Word of God inductively at their church and home Bible studies! The seminar starts on February 13th and ends on the 18th of this month!

Please pray for safe travels, good health, and all the seminar participants as they dig deep into the Word and learn how to carefully observe the Word of the Lord, interpret it within the context, and apply it in their personal life!!! 

Thank you all for your prayerful and financial support this month! Mega huge blessings to you ALL!!!