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...

Preparing the Way in Norway

I just returned from my trip to Norway. It went not exactly as I planned, but it was fruitful and interesting. First, we went to Vestre Jacobselv, to the Lutheran camp. The guys there happened to be very friendly and interested in this event. The site is just perfect....

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...

Men Meeting Above the Arctic Circle

Yura Belonozhkin, serving near Murmansk, writes about a men’s retreat in last summer — Dear friends, After returning from Finland, I only had a week to complete the preparations for the men’s camp, and it was very busy time. I spent much time walking...