Russia
A few uses of trademarks in Russia –
The Great Tree at Elama met its demise –
Here are recent pictures of our camp. We have about 30 children from the far north, from a town named Novodvinsk. As you can see, they are making use of the new buildings, and we continue to add more facilities. Now we need a good well, since the water supply is not reliable. I leave [...]
Here are some pictures from the last few days at Elama. The kids arrived for camp yesterday, so we should have pictures of camp soon. I enjoyed building some tables and benches, and Sergei finished up the cook stove in the summer kitchen. We also had quite a few people from Christ for the World, [...]
I recently received this from MIR board member Marina Topoltsyeva. Marina is also the director of Road of Life, a transitional home for graduate orphans in St. Petersburg. Marina visited a shelter in the countryside – Dear Friends, Here are pictures I took at the shelter my friends from the church started in the village [...]
We returned on Sunday to a beautiful St. Petersburg, Russia. The weather has been perfect, and it has been great to start reconnecting with family and friends after such a long stay in the US. Olga took the picture above, in the park across the street from our flat. We are thankful for the many [...]
Our apologies to anyone who visited our site over the past few days. We got spammed. Thomas Umstattd worked for many, many hours to fix the problems. Thank you, Thomas. Over the next several days I’ll be working to re-build the site. A few posts have been lost, but overall pretty much everything was preserved. [...]
As many of you know, Elama is our camp in Russia. We’re gearing up for the summer, and a team from Athens, GA returned yesterday from building two pavilions at Camp Elama, in Russia. Click here to see a slide show of their first few days. Pictured above is the large pavilion which will be [...]
Here is another personal testimony from our church, Street Cry, in St. Petersburg. Liza Bachi, 26, recently received her medical degree from a University in St. Petersburg and works as a cardiologist in Mariinskaya hospital of St. Petersburg. God often moves through her in the gift of healing. She has a heart of compassion and [...]
