by Liz Sukhovskaya | Jun 12, 2010 | Russia, Staff
from On Life in St.Petersburg by Liz Hulley — I’m starting a series on paradoxes of faith! You know, those aspects that are a little hard to express logically, yet fill us with wonder about God. Today’s topic relates to our life on earth. What kind...
by Mike Cantrell | Jun 9, 2010 | Russia
This building project has ended, just in time for the beginning of the summer. A team from Athens, GA returned yesterday from building two pavilions at Camp Elama, in Russia. Click here to see a slide show of their first few days. Pictured above is the large pavilion...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Jun 3, 2010 | Russia, Staff
Here’s another post from Liz Hulley — When you are “planning” to do something, what is your degree of intent? I’m just curious because apparently in the Russian language, “planning” is tentative. That is, “planning” to do something means that you still...
by Mike Cantrell | Jun 1, 2010 | Projects, Russia
We have a team in Russia now, building two pavilions at Camp Elama. The team is from St. James United Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia. They are doing a great job. Here’s a slide show of their first few days there — report very carefully Special thanks...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | May 26, 2010 | Russia, Staff
Liz Hulley writes: Okay, I’m just posting this for the shock value…this is what my new toothpaste looks like:
by Mike Cantrell | May 22, 2010 | Russia
John has been going out to Elama with Sergei more often to work on getting the camp ready for the Georgia team. The Georgia team will be helping build a couple of buildings on the property. I know the kids that use the camp will be grateful for all the hard work that...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | May 14, 2010 | Russia, Staff
Liz Hulley writes: There was something rubbing me the wrong way about some Sunday school play scripts we were looking at. The message of almost every scenario was either “You are special in God’s eyes” or “Everyone is special in God’s...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | May 6, 2010 | News, Russia
From Liz Hulley — I had a little friend at camp who captured my heart, about 7 or 8 years ago. She was just this shy little thing that would always beam at me in greeting. In “Russia-A Love Story,” I posted a photo of us together. That was a day when we were...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | May 4, 2010 | News, Russia, Staff
Dear Friends, The most significant event of 2010 so far has been turning in my application for a temporary residency permit! Prayers for God’s favor were truly answered. It doesn’t mean the process is over; they have only begun to examine my documents, which will take...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Apr 18, 2010 | Russia, Staff
More interesting insights from Liz Hulley — While waiting for my pupils in the orphanage the other day, I amused myself by looking at the bulletin board set up in that particular group. Along with birthdays, awards, and other announcements, there was a list of...
