Fellowship

Mike on February 11th, 2009

As the Executive Director of Stoneworks International, I am honored to help support the work of Spring of Revival in Belarus. These days, difficult financial situations affect many. The Bible says that those who water will themselves be watered.  Please pray that the Lord will provide for Spring of Revival and other ministries that labor [...]

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Mike on January 19th, 2009

Here are a few short and simple videos of our youth camp in the mountains of Montenegro in July 2008.  A team from St. James United Methodist Church went for two weeks to help the local church run a youth camp.  We’ll return in July 2009 and continue serving.

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Mike on January 16th, 2009

It is very beautiful in the Russian countryside at this time of year. Olga and some friends went skiing earlier this week.  At left is Olga with Natasha Chepushtanova. Olga Ryazhskikh was also with them.  They were skiing on a lake north of the city and had a great time. I (Mike) return to Russia [...]

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Mike on January 7th, 2009

Each year our church in St. Petersburg, StreetCry, hosts a Christmas dinner for drug rehabilitation centers and homeless people. Orthodox Christmas in Russia is on January 7th. Here’s a report from Olga about the dinner: There were more than 300 people at the dinner from about ten rehab centers. One rehab center came all the [...]

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Mike on October 28th, 2008

Even though Olga and I are in the US, it certainly doesn’t mean that the fellowship and ministry in Russia stops. Last week MIR had a pot-luck dinner for staff and associates. Pictured above is the new MIR Executive Director Masha Oshkina. Masha wrote, “The potluck went really well, with no extra stress. It was [...]

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