Dear Friends,
our adjustment back to Russia has gone well. The most wonderful
discovery for us is that the ministry team here doubled the Life Skills
lessons to two classes a week (younger and older) while we were gone, so
we now have more orphanage students then ever before. Once again God is
in charge, and we're just trying to keep up.
Ministry at Hope Center continued without us as well; which involved
multiple churches and other ministries. The Fall session of the Bible
School took place in October! The walls even got painted while we were
gone, and it wasn't even our idea. This is a very nice change from when
everyone was looking to us to make the decisions and get things done.
We've got snow on the ground, too. Definitely going to be a white
Thanksgiving this year.
Please pray, we're planning on hosting a Thanksgiving feast at the
homeless shelter. There are presently 130 people living there. This is
another ministry that just keeps growing. I preached there Wednesday
evening, and we had a great time together. I was encouraged to see the
work they are doing. Anyway, we'll need more help than ever before to
prepare the meal.
And, talking about the Lord of the Harvest sending workers into the
harvest field, we have a group of students from Southeastern University
making plans to come to Khabarovsk this summer. We're very excited
about this, since not many people come all the way from the States to
minister here. Please pray as we make plans and they start raising
funds and getting passports.
Winter has come to Khabarovsk. Russians are some of the most
experienced winter drivers in the world, but here is a video from our
city that might make you wonder.
http://globalnews.ca/news/961394/video-icy-roads-in-russia-cause-cars-to-slide-out-of-control/
Blessings From Russia,
Cecil, (Tonya, Timothy, Vera and Diana, too)
