Good Work Above the Arctic Circle

Stoneworks board member Larry Heller reports from his recent visit with Stoneworks missionary Yura Belonozhkin: As one would expect, it’s cold above the Arctic Circle. I had the good fortune, however, to arrive when Murmansk was having some very pleasant Spring...

Confirming the Cross

From On Life in St.Petersburg by Liz H. Sukhovskaya payday loans no employment verification My husband is preparing the Easter sermon for tomorrow (according to the Orthodox calendar) and I am collecting my own Easter thoughts. are making I was thinking about the...

Extreme Men’s Retreat!

Yura Belonozhkin reports on his recent men’s retreat in the Far North of Russia — Last night I got back home from our winter retreat.  It was just amazing. The best retreat so far. We were 23 men from 10 towns in the region. We gathered in an abandoned...

News from the Far North of Russia

Yura Belonozhkin ministers in the Far North of Russia, doing great work in many areas. February retreat preparation I’ve been driving around the Region meeting with pastors, presenting the Forge (as we call it) ministry to the churches and pastors. Although I...

Welcome To Our Newest Board Member

We welcome Larry Heller to the Stoneworks Board of Directors. Larry grew up in suburban Chicago to Christian mother, atheist father with a Jewish upbringing. He became a Christian through the ministry of Young Life in 1972. Larry moved to San Antonio in 1975 to attend...

On Corruption in Russia

From Liz Sukhovskaya: A recent article in the St. Petersburg Times gave an interesting look into the issue of corruption. I found this quote especially interesting: “Russian bureaucracy is such a giant beast that what is sometimes termed as corruption is just...