Dear Friends,
we're back home in Khabarovsk, in the Russian Far East. It's colder
here than in North Carolina, but we're getting adapted to it. We spent
New Year's Day somewhere on a plane since we left on December 31 and
arrived on January 2nd. Funny about that international date line.
Sorry we haven't written earlier. Cecil's mom wrote a reminder that we
should let people know where we are. Thanks Mom! We are also having
problems with the internet, and have difficulty sending out email, and writing on blogs and such.
We've also been in touch with Timothy, who stayed State-side to continue
his education and prepare for college.
We almost jumped into ministry right off the plane and helped host a
conference about counseling children. We weren't in charge, but were
helping another ministry that works with children. Tonya translated for
parts of two days, we hosted the teacher in our home, we printed
materials; the other folks could tell we obviously had jet lag, but it
was fun.
Tonya took a chance to go on a two day evangelistic trip to a village.
People are so hungry for the Lord here. The ministry opportunities seem
to be endless. Please pray for us as we are trying to discern which
opportunities are right for us and which ones for the other believers to
enter.
The orphan outreach team is doing well. Boy, they were glad to see us,
and we were glad to see them. We're proud of how they kept things going
while we were gone. Many things changed while we were in the states and
now we are trying to seek God`s direction regarding the new developments.
I can't seem to get my camera to talk with my computer. Technical
difficulties. As soon as I can, we'll send some photos about these things.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support,
Cecil, Tonya, Vera & Diana
