News From Liz

Dear Stoneworks family, We are 3 weeks into a new school year, but the Stoneworks reunion remains a bright spot in our memories of Summer 2018: fellowship, voices lifted in praise to God, and heartfelt testimonies. We left for the conference just a few days after...

News from Home

Dear partners in the Gospel, Greetings from St. Petersburg! We haven’t done a family update in a long time. In some ways, life goes on as you would expect for a family with 2 small kids (5 1/2 and 1 1/2 years). Andrei started teaching at a different university...

The Circle of Life Continues

I recently wrote about talking to friends from the orphanage and hearing about losses and changes in the staff. However, the circle of life continues. I may have mentioned before how having a small child has given me something new in common with many friends,...

On Corruption in Russia

From Liz Sukhovskaya: A recent article in the St. Petersburg Times gave an interesting look into the issue of corruption. I found this quote especially interesting: “Russian bureaucracy is such a giant beast that what is sometimes termed as corruption is just...

The Youth at My Church

From Liz Hulley Sukhovskaya — When I moved to St. Petersburg I was focused on children’s ministry since I had just been ministering in the summer camps. But my church that I settled into had just a few kids on Sunday mornings, and no teenagers. I didn’t really...