ICM pastor Victor Eliezaroff teamed up with Olga and I to travel and do some ministry in Northern California and Nevada recently. It was Vic's first time in the States. When he arrived to the hermitage in Pollock Pines, after we picked him up at the airport he said to us, "The minute I arrived in New York! I felt so blessed by the Lord! America is a great country and a good soil to invest into!"
Olga and I agreed by saying to him, "It is time for us, as Russian missionaries to say Thank you, America for facilitating the revival God brought about in Russia in early 90's. And all we need to do to thank our brothers and sisters in the States is to pray for America and send missionaries to the States so that they might come alongside the American believers and do ministry work together. You have to know this: a lot of American missionaries, a great number of them are gone to India, Africa, Beliz, Israel, South America, the Philippines etc, etc. They are not there in the States anymore to help people get right with Jesus. They are busy preaching the Gospel in other countries, praise the Lord!
After a very short but fruitful ministry visit, Vic and Olga and I are reflecting on what God had done in us and through us while in the States. Although we kept Victor on his toes with ministry and trips, he never seemed to tire of serving, he was getting tired of trips we took in the country but he never seemed to tire of serving people. For that, we praise God! This trip to the States just made him hungry for more time here! Now he feels called by the Lord to send youth from his church to the States on short-term missions trips so that they might give of themselves and get this Jesus culture "bug" and bring this phenomena to Russia. Victor mentioned once that the "bug" will help the immune system of the Russian church to become strong and healthy.
At the moment Victor and the church are praying for further guidance and confirmation from the Lord on when and where at this point. The Lord has brought about our friendship in a very miraculous way, and we are excited to see what plans Jesus might have in us working together on this project. Please be praying for this man of God and his church in Severodvinsk, Russia.
Thank you, our dearest friends and partners for all your prayerful and financial support! We truly appreciate all you are doing for Olga and I and for ICM Russia! We love you dearly!
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