The Countdown...

Thanks for continuing in prayer for us. Our days are extremely busy! We are making the final move out of the apartment and into the dacha today, Saturday. We have changed our gathering with some of the students until Sunday afternoon. Thanks for praying for good weather and a special time of fellowship in the Lord.

Once we leave the apartment, we will be without internet until we reach the US with the exception of wifi at McDonald's! Praise the Lord for McDonald's!

We are scheduled to fly out Monday at noon. We are looking forward to catching up on some much needed sleep!

May the Lord bless each one of you. We are particularly grateful for your prayer coverage for our family and our travels over the next few days. God be with you 'til we meet again!

Time is Passing Quickly!

Thank you for keeping us in your prayers as we continue to relocate and prepare to leave for the US at the same time! Have you ever felt like you are on a merry-go-round? We are grateful for the 'merriment' the Lord blesses us with each day!
Things are going well and we continue to be amazed at God's faithfulness. There have been a few things at the dacha that need some attention but we praise the Lord for the owner's willingness and joyful willingness, at that, to take care of them. Today, he had two men helping him move a massive pile of metal rods from one location to another in the back yard. When we were leaving for the day, I went to go check the back gate and the Lord showed me a beautiful little plot of land where the rods were previously and the potential for a small garden next spring. Ooorah! We can grow our own potatoes, carrots, beets and cabbage for fresh borscht! OK, maybe I'm counting my veggies before they're even planted....however, we are so grateful!
We took 'little' Egor to the dacha last weekend and he loves it...the only thing he didn't like was the sound of the neighbor's dog barking! For those of you that remember the summer he got bit by a protective momma dog, the memory still lingers for him, too, causing a great desire for a good deal of distance between him and ANY dog! We reassured him the dog would not get through, over, or under the fence! We told him tonight that we will spend next Saturday night there and he is very happy! At the same time, he is very sad about us leaving. For him, it will mean going somewhere else for the next 11 weeks. There is a family in our church for whom we are grateful that has offered to host him on the weekends in our absence.
Please pray for us as we plan a get together with some of 'our' kids next Saturday night. It will be our first night in the dacha and two nights before we are scheduled to fly out, but we really want to have a cookout and camp fire with them before we leave. (The owner gave us permission!) Please pray we will unconditionally convey the love of the Lord to them and that HE will meet each one at their point of need through us.

PRAISE THE LORD~HOME SWEET HOME!

Thanks to everyone who has been praying over the past 6 months for us to find a place to live! The Lord has answered prayer and blessed us with a genuine Russian dacha (house) to live in. It is outside of Moscow and close to the ministry's office in Zelenograd. As the Lord would have it, we are about 10 minutes walking distance from one of the orphanages we visit!

The owners of the dacha are very nice and we are both happy about us being there. Lord willing, all will go as planned and we will sign the contract today and start moving some things. We need to find out what we need to do with communication though! There is no phone or dsl line for internet so we are searching for options. Please continue to pray for us as we move and prepare to depart for the US. We have 16 days to do both!

We are grateful for your faithful prayers and support! Grace and peace be multiplied to each one!