Nate finally moved to Cherepovets

My friend Nate who came to Russia to help Olga and I from the States finally moved to Cherepovets, and he is more excited now than ever. I have to tell you that first he had some mixed feelings about moving here. He was a little nervous that the people would be a little more unfriendly, but so far they are just the same, if not more friendly, as in St. Petersburg. It hasn’t been what he expected at all. Nate had a fear that he would not be able to socialize and that he wouldn’t understand a darn thing people around me were saying. However, after a couple days at the Light of Hope kid’s shelter and going to a home group Bible study, he is confident that not only can he socialize now, but he will soon be able to keep up with everyone around him. At church on Sunday he didn’t quite understand everything, but he was able to get the main idea and I would say he understood a great deal more than the last time he went to church in Cherepovets with me. At the moment I am helping Nate to get commercial visa. As the director of the center Olga is the one to go to Vologda and get an invitation for a visa. The plan is to get a commercial visa from the center, and I have a contact in the Migration department who will help Nate extend it if we need to and help him go through the residency process. I believe the Lord really has his hand at work in Nate’s life right now. Everything is way beyond my understanding or control, yet somehow it keeps working out. God has very interesting plans for Nate’s life. For that, we praise the Lord!