More Progress

Liz Hulley reports (from On Life in St.Petersburg) In which we apply for a civil wedding… One of the hard things about getting paperwork done in St. Petersburg is that most offices (including banks) have a lunch break from 1-2 or 2-3 pm. So if you get there too...

Residency!

News from Liz Hulley — In the end of October I received my temporary residency permit, which is valid for 3 years. This was the end of a 10-month process which began in January with a race to get in under the quota, and culminated in several back-to-back rounds...

Wounded

from Liz Hulley at On Life in St.Petersburg –www.openiam.com/docs/idm-2_3/apidocs/com/ When my dad and I took some kids from the orphanage out last week, the counselors whispered to us about the backgrounds of some of the kids. Well, they didn’t really...

Into the furnace

From our own Liz Hulley, at On Life in St.Petersburg The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (I always liked saying those names) is one so familiar from the Sunday school days. But even now, I’m amazed each time I read this testimony of the Lord’s...

A Personal Update

Olga Goncharenko, in Belarus, has this short personal news to share… We have two exciting events: Our baby girl Erika was dedicated on August, 8 2010. And our son Thomas is starting school this September. ~Olga