Elama — Time to Get Ready

Elama is a summer camp overseen by our Russian partner MIR; the camp is located north of St. Petersburg. Yesterday MIR director Sergei Tovstopyat and I went to Elama for the first time after the winter. It’s always a bit of a concern to see if anyone has broken...

Small Groups for Men

I love retreats, I love hiking, backpacking and fishing trips with the men. They help us grow in unity and trust, and of course they are a lot of fun! But they will be nothing good without small groups which meet on the regular basis. A small men’s group is a place...

Meet and Greet

Well, I got nominated for a blog award in which I am supposed to share some details about myself. I am also supposed to pass it on to someone else. I checked back to a post I wrote about the blogs I follow, and I think about 90% of them are now defunct, though there...

HFO – New Heart by God

We often use the words that come to us from the other foreign languages. One of there words used in Russian language is the Greek word “metamorphosis” which means a conversion, transformation of something. This transformation we see in our life and often...

HFO – Good News in Power

“…I have set before you life and death,  blessings and curses. Now choose life …” Dt. 30:19             God’s love wins hearts of men and that’s a fact. We are pleased to share with you the joy! Last...