Orphans
After a nice drive from Russia, I’m in Estonia looking at opportunities for ministry. Yesterday I visited Camp Gideon, the first Christian camp in Estonia. It’s been owned by the Methodist Church since the early 90s and is directed by Artur Pold, a minister who is also a congressman (called a Deputy here). The camp [...]
Stoneworks partners with a Christian charity, Spring of Revival (SOR), serving orphans in Belarus. Olga and I were very glad to make our first trip to visit them recently. Spring of Revival is directed by Olga Goncharenko, who I first met when she worked as an interpreter with American teams in Russian summer camps several [...]
Continue reading about A Postcard from Belarus — Friendly Faces
As the Executive Director of Stoneworks International, I am honored to help support the work of Spring of Revival in Belarus. You can see the most recent new from SOR here. These days, difficult financial situations affect many. The Bible says that those who water will themselves be watered. Please pray that the Lord will [...]
One of our partner organizations, Big Family Missions, recently posted a video of their work. They are great people doing wonderful things in Russia. You can visit their website here.
Once again we welcome Russian orphans to stay with host families in the US for Christmas. This year we brought the most ever: forty eight children arrived on Tuesday night. Actually, the children arrived in Atlanta at 3am on Wednesday, since their plane was delayed by several hours by the bad weather in New York. Pictured [...]
Continue reading about A Postcard from Russia — Welcome to America
Stoneworks International supports the work of Spring of Revival in Belarus. Please keep them in your prayers as they face times of trials and fruit-bearing. Here is a report from Olga Goncharenko, the director of SOR. ——————- Greetings dear friends and supporters, As we celebrated Thanksgiving we counted our blessings and thought of you as [...]
This is an example of how God uses short-term mission trips to bring extended blessings to many people, Natasha in particular. A year ago a mission team from Wenatchee, Washington came for a short-term trip and served in Orphanage #61, a small orphanage for children with disabilities. Many of the children at #61 have conditions [...]
I (Mike) am back in Russia after a great trip to Montenegro. Today Olga and I visited a couple of teams we have here in Russia. Above is the team from Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. Oak Hills has sent teams to Russia for many years, and they are always a very good team. [...]
It is that time of year again – This morning (VERY early) we put 34 children and their chaperons on their adventurous flight to the States. For the next five weeks they will be staying with host families in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, New York, and New Hampshire. [...]
Continue reading about A Postcard from Russia — Away They Go!
[originally posted in 2001] On my first trip to Russia, I went with several members of the Austin, Texas team to an orphanage (Baby Home #6) that houses some children with Down’s Syndrome. Before going, I was apprehensive about how I would be able to relate to the kids there. I felt, though, that I [...]
