Dear Friends and Family,
That was a sadly ordinary way to start a newsletter; however, the news we're sharing in this letter is (in our opinion) happily extraordinary. Olga and I wanted to take this opportunity to share about our summer plans. Now that we've been back in the States for several months, God has opened the door for us to return to the missions field in Russia for a while! We'll be there, doing several different projects over the course of the trip. We can't imagine quite what it will be like, but we're very excited, and we ask for your prayers as we prepare for this journey of faith.
Following is our tentative itinerary:
*May 31: New York --> Moscow. Moscow --> Cherepovets. (Flying in an airplane for a very long time. Riding in a bus for another very long time.)
*June 20 to July 2: Cherepovets -->Kirillov (Will be doing street evangelism, revival meetings, Inductive Bible Study Seminars, and hanging out with all the wonderful people we haven't seen these past months!)
*July 10-25: Kirillov --> Anisimovo. (We will be doing street evangelism, revival meetings, Inductive Bible Study Seminars, and helping Andrey and Svetlana put on new church in the town of Anisimovo)
*August 18-30: Missions trip to Ireland (We will be working with Pastor Lewis Smyth of JVC and his team of pastors over there)
*September 10-14: Cherepovets -->Moscow. Moscow -->Cherkessk (Will be doing leaders' and womens' conferences in Cherkessk with Garrick and Tatyana Kurgynyan)
*September 14 - 17: Cherkessk - Moscow (Taking hot showers, using indoor restrooms, and otherwise recuperating from our missions trip to the muslim Cherkessk. Hanging out with ICM Russia staff and partners at ICM Russia Annual Forum)
We expect to have fun on this trip, and we also expect to see the Lord work in us and through us as we walk through this door He has opened. Please pray for His blessing on us and on the teams we'll be serving with. We thank you in advance for that support, and we look forward to sending out another extraordinary newsletter sometime this August! If you want more information, please send us an e-mail.
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and nation,
And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
Revelation 5:9-10
That was a sadly ordinary way to start a newsletter; however, the news we're sharing in this letter is (in our opinion) happily extraordinary. Olga and I wanted to take this opportunity to share about our summer plans. Now that we've been back in the States for several months, God has opened the door for us to return to the missions field in Russia for a while! We'll be there, doing several different projects over the course of the trip. We can't imagine quite what it will be like, but we're very excited, and we ask for your prayers as we prepare for this journey of faith.
Following is our tentative itinerary:
*May 31: New York --> Moscow. Moscow --> Cherepovets. (Flying in an airplane for a very long time. Riding in a bus for another very long time.)
*June 20 to July 2: Cherepovets -->Kirillov (Will be doing street evangelism, revival meetings, Inductive Bible Study Seminars, and hanging out with all the wonderful people we haven't seen these past months!)
*July 10-25: Kirillov --> Anisimovo. (We will be doing street evangelism, revival meetings, Inductive Bible Study Seminars, and helping Andrey and Svetlana put on new church in the town of Anisimovo)
*August 18-30: Missions trip to Ireland (We will be working with Pastor Lewis Smyth of JVC and his team of pastors over there)
*September 10-14: Cherepovets -->Moscow. Moscow -->Cherkessk (Will be doing leaders' and womens' conferences in Cherkessk with Garrick and Tatyana Kurgynyan)
*September 14 - 17: Cherkessk - Moscow (Taking hot showers, using indoor restrooms, and otherwise recuperating from our missions trip to the muslim Cherkessk. Hanging out with ICM Russia staff and partners at ICM Russia Annual Forum)
We expect to have fun on this trip, and we also expect to see the Lord work in us and through us as we walk through this door He has opened. Please pray for His blessing on us and on the teams we'll be serving with. We thank you in advance for that support, and we look forward to sending out another extraordinary newsletter sometime this August! If you want more information, please send us an e-mail.
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and nation,
And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
Revelation 5:9-10
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