I’ve just returned from a trip to Budapest for a conference and a visit to Serbia where I spoke at a church. I traveled with John Bull, a Stoneworks missionary based in St. Petersburg. The picture above is of the Danube flowing through Budapest, taken from the Citadel overlooking the city, with the foothills of [...]
As many of you know we’ve always wanted a family, and we found out a few years ago that Mike is unable father children. We’ve wanted to receive the family that God gives us, rather than ‘making’ it happen by our own will. The Lord promised Abraham a family, but Abraham and Sara were unwilling [...]
Many of you will remember Oksana, the orphan who lived with us several years ago. She now has a two year old daughter named Valeria. Oksana wanted for Valeria to be baptized, and she asked us to be the godparents and participate in the baptism, which was in an Orthodox church (hence the headcoverings). Valeria [...]
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The end of the summer is upon us, and now is the time of harvest and of looking forward. The apples, mushrooms and berries (and carrots, peas, cucumbers and potatoes) are plentiful. Last week we were at dacha again for Olga’s grandmother’s birthday; she is 77 years old this year. On that day, August 28, [...]
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The other day I came home to a pleasant sight: Olga making jam from gooseberries she and babushka picked at dacha. We’ve done a lot of traveling this summer, and it’s nice to be back in Russia for a bit. We’ve recently spent time at Elama, been at dacha, and visited with teams from the [...]
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I just returned from a very fruitful trip to Montenegro, where we hosted a team from St. James United Methodist Church in Athens, GA. Our relationships continue to deepen in Montenegro and the work is expanding. I was involved in three main areas: First, we ran a teen camp. We had more campers this year [...]
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We’re back in Russia after a great drive from Montenegro through Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus. Along the way we visited new friends and old in Budapest and Minsk. We want to share this amazing picture of the team in Montenegro. This was taken on a mountain overlooking the Bay of Kotor, thousands of [...]
Yesterday, after two very good and full weeks, we said our goodbyes to a team from Athens, GA. Most of the team members were from the Wesley Foundation at the University of Georgia. Jane Kilgo, from St. James UMC in Athens, GA, also joined the team. The team is pictured above with the Kid’s Club [...]
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Olga just created a slideshow of a visit to Finland a couple of years ago. We stay at a small log cabin. The place has a playful name: Koppero, which means ‘hovel’ but it certainly is not. As you can see, it’s on a beautiful lake and has marvelous sunsets. We love it there and [...]
Four yeas ago I officiated the wedding of Maxim and Anya Zakharov. Two years later they asked me to oversee their dedication of their first born girl, Pelegea. This week they asked me to do the same for their second daughter, Miroslava (who is a real cutie, above). It’s a blessing to have been here [...]
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