rea called Bearcenevka. The Russian name for our type house is a 'dacha' and the English translation, more or less, is 'summer house'. Most are wooden, drafty, and lacking running water inside. The Lord provided us with a 15 year old brick, well heated home with both hot and cold running water! Well, the water is a bit orange and rusty, but we have been able to install a couple of filters to minimize that problem. Our skin and hair have a nice orange hue to them...
Since our return in January, we have enjoyed spending time with many of the students that lived with us over the past 10 years. Every weekend, even starting with our second day back, we have had up to seven of the kids with us. The big blessing is that even though we live so far outside Moscow, they all want to come visit.
Egor G. has been with us every weekend, while some will come Saturday night and then go to church with us on Sunday. We have been so blessed to have Galya, Vera, Nastya, Leanna, Arseni, Egor L., Misha H., Misha N., Serozha, Sasha R., and Kostya as our frequent guests. We are grateful for the home the Lord has provided that can truly be a refuge and place of ministry to these young people.
One of the guys, Misha, is one of 'our' guys from the past. He had a reputation for being a rebel and uninterested in the things of the Lord. He called us 'out of the blue' a couple of weeks ago and expressed a great desire to come see us. He met us at church and said he was really grateful to have been there. Though many of the other students came home with us that day after church, Misha was Tom's shadow, talking about his need and longing to get his life right with the Lord. We praise God for Misha and what He is doing in his life. Please pray for his protection and for him to truly repent and put his life in the Lord's hands. We praise the Lord for the many different people that have invested their time, energy, love, and prayers in Misha's life over the years. He has so many vivid memories of God's Word and Truths that he learned through the Lord's servants. He told us that when he was at the Training Center, he always thought that to be the worst time of his life. "Now, I know those were the best years of my life." Praise the Lord that His Word will not return void but will accomplish that which it is set out to do.
As you know also from our recent prayer requests, Sarah had her passport with visa and other documents stolen about a week or two after our return. Praise God she now has a new passport but has to get another letter of invitation and an exit visa to leave the country for about 3 weeks to apply and Lord willing, obtain a new visa. Please pray for her as she will be leaving the first week of March.
Last week, we had the opportunity to visit an English class where their teacher is a friend of ours from one of the churches we visit. Praise the Lord we were permitted and even encouraged to open and close in prayer and openly speak to the students about God. We were invited to come on a regular basis to interact with them and even help teach. Please pray for discernment as we plan our days.
This past Sunday, our family with 9 young adults from Golgotha Church, visited the orphanage that is very close to where we live. The young people, including Andrei, spent some quality time with the children while Roz, Sarah, and I were able to meet with the director. She appears to be open to us to return as often as we can. Please pray that God will keep that door open and will direct our path as we 'trust in Him with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding'. 
We have also gotten involved again with our Thursday evening Bible study group that is held in the southern part of Moscow at Resurrection Church. I am doing a one-on-one Bible study with an American brother earlier on Thursday afternoons and then Roz and I travel down south to Resurrection Church for that time of fellowship and study. It is an encouragement to see the commitment in these brothers and sisters in Christ as we gather weekly to study God's Word and seek to implement it in our lives.
On Sunday afternoons, Golgotha Church has begun an English Bible study group for those who would like to study English. We have been approached to be involved in that and are prayerfully seeking our place there. Andrei continues to enjoy singing bass in the Sunday morning choir and we are grateful he is able to participate and praise the Lord through song.
John-David is still in the US living and working in the Charlotte, NC area. God has so richly blessed him with a family that has given him a home to rent as he tries to get established, two church bodies who are reaching out to him with solid spiritual truths, a car from a brother in our church in Pineville, and a job when times are so economically tough. He still has his heart set on joining Life Action Revival Ministries at some time in the future. We trust the Lord to reveal the right time for that. Please continue to pray for God's clear direction and protection for him.
In closing, we covet your prayers for our future here in Moscow. The business license under which our work visas come, is up for renewal. There are several requirements to be met in order for us to be approved. Our desire is to stay and continue to work with the many young people God has placed in our path over the years. Our commitment is to stay in the center of God's will, wherever that may be and whatever that may mean. We've said it often, but it is so very true...There is no better place to be than in the center of God's will...unless you are in His presence.
Thank you for your continual faithfulness in praying for us and for financially enabling us to be here serving the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. It is with grateful hearts that we praise the Lord for each of you.
