by Yura Belonozhkin | Aug 12, 2013 | Norway, Russia
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...
by Yura Belonozhkin | May 10, 2013 | Russia
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...
by Yura Belonozhkin | Apr 24, 2013 | Russia
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...
by Yura Belonozhkin | Mar 8, 2013 | Russia
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...
by Mike Cantrell | Feb 20, 2012 | Russia
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...