News from the North

This summer has been a kind of busy one. I tried to keep men’s groups working as long as possible. Most people usually go on vacation in the summer, so much activity in local churches freezes. But this summer only the group in Monchegorsk/Olenegorsk stopped...

Skiing Men’s Retreat

We just returned from the ski trip men’s retreat. We were eight; we skied about 25 km. There was one unbeliever. We had Communion right there Thursday night.The weather was mostly bad, windy and snowing. But anyway, we had great time together. We could serve...

Norwegian Men’s Retreat

I led a men’s retreat in Norway last month. Here is a video of our trip. I didn’t mention it in the video, but I want to express my heart-felt appreciation to Vestre Jacobselv Camping leaders, and especially to Oyvind Kjelling and Siren Jankila, the folks...

Men’s Retreat – Varanger, Norway

I’m happy to tell you that we got back from the March retreat in Varanger, Norway. We have been tremendously blessed through this fellowship, teaching, hardships and just time spent together with the brothers. We had a team from Russia: 2 guys from Nickel, 2...

Extreme Men’s Retreat!

Yura Belonozhkin reports on his recent men’s retreat in the Far North of Russia — Last night I got back home from our winter retreat.  It was just amazing. The best retreat so far. We were 23 men from 10 towns in the region. We gathered in an abandoned...