Dallas, Montenegro

We are in Texas, enjoying with our hosting family in Dallas area. In previous weeks and months we had great opportunity to attend different seminars about leadership and mentorship. Marijana is meeting with a lady from Southwestern Baptist Seminar in Forth Worth...

Tools of the Trade

Here’s a good example of how people can work together to fulfill God’s will: For the past several months we’ve been working to get some tools for Yura Belonozhkin. In this case, he needed a good computer (he’s starting to edit video for a new...

Montenegro: A Need for Mission-Net

Beloved brother and sisters, As some of you may or may not know, my name is Violeta and I have been youth leader in a local church in Podgorica, Montenegro for quite some time now. A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to go to the Mission-Net conference that...

Sunbeam: Guest Apartment

I haven’t reported much about one aspect of Sunbeam: our guest flat. We’ve wanted to create a place in the building where visiting guests can stay. To that end, we set aside some space on the second floor and over the past few months have been working on...

Sunbeam: Onward!

These are some good people: the leadership team of Sunbeam. Artur Põld and Andres Toome are board members and Ursula Randlaine is the program director. I’m honored to be a part of this team. Sunbeam continues to bring good news. More children are in the program...

Adoption Again

Feeling iffy about posting this, but I guess I’ll go for it! I had wondered what my views on adoption would be like after becoming a mother. What do I think of it now, having stepped back a bit, and yet, having gained insight into the parent-child relationship?...

On To Montenegro!

Montenegro Camp Land Earlier this month I visited Montenegro. In addition to having good family time (my sister-in-law and her family live there), I met a team from the USA that came over to continue the process we started several months ago: looking at land we hope...

Thanks, Praise and Prayers

Thanks and praise: -We’re back safely from summer travels and ready for action! -Liz received permanent residency in St. Petersburg; no trouble from Immigration -Andrei has a new teaching opportunity at an alternative café-style youth hangout, where he can interact...

Conference in Rovaniemi

That was the first event for men in Northern Finland for many years. It was initiated and organized by the Pentecostal Church of Rovaniemi, YWAM Rovaniemi and Lutheran Church of Rovaniemi. I was invited as one of the speakers. All the meetings were held in Lutheran...