Dear Friends,
on Saturday we landed in Khabarovsk. After 36 hours in transit (about 20 hours on 4 planes and 16 hours in the airports) we finally arrived. A group from the church here had a surprise party waiting for us in our apartment. It is good to be back home. We're going through jet lag, disengaged from American life but not fully reentered the Russian one.
We're really grateful for the help we received from church friends in Greensboro to help us pack our things, clean the house and get to the airport. God has his people everywhere. Your prayers continue to carry us along.
The schools here are closed due to flu epidemic. But Tonya took Deanna by her old kindergarten to see her previous teacher, who was very glad to see her. We plan to enroll Deanna in the public school here for a couple years, and home school the children from third grade on up. Timothy's friends from our apartment building came to see him shortly after our arrival, and with the schools closed he's been playing outside a lot. We've all been taking walks, adjusting to the Russian weather.
Our first ministry project is find a building to purchase for the Far East Ministry Center. We believe that the Lord has a place ready, and we just need to seek. We've already started looking, but have only just started. Please pray for the Lord's guidance as we seek out what would be the best place.
I'll try to get the camera out and take some photos to send back to you with the next update.
From Russia with Love,
Cecil, Tonya, Timothy, Vera and Deanna
