Making an Effort

from On Life in St.Petersburg by Liz Hulley, missionary in Russia — A couple of kids whom I know in one of the orphanages are both expecting to be adopted soon, after having spent some time with American families.There is a light in their eyes now, or maybe a...

I Knew I was Russian . . .

From John Bull — When I was in the 6th grade I received 8 spankings (maximum allowed by the state of Arkansas) at school for selling fireworks at school. This year, Melissa’s second grade teacher gave the kids a gift for the Christmas holidays. It was . ....

Montenegro — Tragedy and Hope

From Pastor Vladimir Cizmanski — During this Christmas season Montenegro also received two trucks of Samaritan’s Purse packages which were given out to four groups of distributors (in Bar, Nikšić and Podgorica). As usual in December leading up to New Year...

Stretching the academic muscles

from On Life in St.Petersburg by Liz Hulley: I started my classes again this week. It’s sort of an inter-term because the new semester doesn’t really start until February. Since I paid for classes in January, I figured I’d better go. Can you tell I...

Russia — Orphanages, Church Life and Visas

Liz Hulley is based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Here is her latest update. You can keep up with her at her great blog. Hello and Happy New Year! I returned in September and, as usual, “hit the ground running.” I started attending classes within a few days,...

Montenegro — update from Vladimir Cizmanski

Dear brothers and sisters, Here we are again on the verge of a new year! Can we believe that the whole year is behind us now? It seems that recently both believers and non-believers have been talking about how quickly time is passing.  Before we know it what we plan...

Visit to Rita’s Brother

Here’s a great post from Megan Berger (at right, below), Stoneworks missionary in St. Petersburg. Visit Megan’s blog to see more about her good work. Last Saturday, I was able to go with Rita to visit her brother Misha who lives in a home for mentally...

Challenge

Here is a recent post from Liz Hulley — Looking back at previous blog posts, I noticed that I often post something from Oswald Chambers in October.  I wonder why that is.  Perhaps the autumn brings about a kind of desperation that makes me reach for something...

The reality of it all…

Here’s a recent post by Megan Berger — I was looking through some pictures on my camera today and found this one that Rita took.   I think this picture shows that doing missionary work is not always easy and we get tired. In this picture, I look really...

Update from the Bulls

Here is some news, and background, from the John Bull –legit cash loans online For several years, Karen and I have had a special interest in Russia, for reasons unknown to us.  Because of this, back in March 2007, Karen and I took a short trip to work with...