by Mike Cantrell | Apr 14, 2010 | Russia
By Le Ann Dakake, director of New Horizons for Children — In the fall of 1986 a baby boy, Valera Pavlov, was born to a young married couple in the small village of Chubaksari, Russia. He was the 2nd child born of their 3 children and everyone was quite happy!...
by Mike Cantrell | Apr 11, 2010 | News, Staff
We welcome Jill Tyson to the SII family as our newest board member. Jill has been married to Steve Tyson since 1986. They have 6 children. Jill has her BA in International Relations/Political Science and MA in Teaching/TESOL and English Philology. She teaches at the...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Apr 4, 2010 | Russia, Staff
From Liz Hulley — On Life in St.Petersburg A trek visit to the orphanage. Would it be worth it? It seemed like for the past few months I had often shown up at an inopportune time, when the kids were in bad moods or otherwise occupied. But I needed to at least...
by Mike Cantrell | Mar 31, 2010 | Staff
Mary Jean Preece is a presence and a force at Stoneworks. We are very thankful that God has set her as a Living Stone with us. Here she shares about her connection with Stoneworks — Since October 2008 I have been the Administrator for Stoneworks International. ...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Mar 21, 2010 | Belarus, Estonia, Montenegro, Russia, Staff
Many of the Stoneworks associates and workers are meeting in Tallinn, Estonia for our first annual ministry retreat. personal loan bad credit cosigner Attending are Olga, Masha and Alesya from Belarus; The Bull family, The Cantrells, Liz Hulley, Masha and Katya from...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Mar 19, 2010 | Russia, Staff
Liz Hulley writes — Last week I commented on the idea of feeling “messed up” or “ruined” for God. The problem with this concept is that if taken the wrong way it implies that we should shun the ordinary moments in life and/or the people who don’t feel “messed...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Mar 11, 2010 | Russia
from On Life in St.Petersburg by Liz Hulley I like this thread by Motte Brown over at Boundless. He polls everyone about whether they’ve been “messed up” by a pastor, as in deeply convicted by a particular sermon, and moved to act. While I...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Mar 3, 2010 | News, Russia
By Liz Hulley — To be honest, I haven’t devoted a lot of time lately to researching the adoption/foster care scene in Russia. There was a time when I regularly sought information and was up on the latest laws and statistics. We ran into a lot of seemingly...
by Mike Cantrell | Feb 26, 2010 | Belarus, Montenegro, News, Russia
FORESTKEEPERSOFCAPECOD.COM/PUBLICATIONS/DIR/aure.biz About 10 days ago, my wife and I began a road trip from St. Petersburg, Russia to visit Stoneworks ministry sites in eastern and central Europe. Stoneworks continues to expand, and it’s an honor to be able to...
by Liz Sukhovskaya | Feb 4, 2010 | Russia, Staff
Another note from our own Liz Hulley — This week, Russia celebrates 20 years of….McDonald’s! I would like to leave the fast-food (health) debate for the moment and comment on the culture implications. This kind of anniversary is interesting when...
