I Knew I was Russian . . .

From John Bull — When I was in the 6th grade I received 8 spankings (maximum allowed by the state of Arkansas) at school for selling fireworks at school. This year, Melissa’s second grade teacher gave the kids a gift for the Christmas holidays. It was . ....

Russia — Orphanages, Church Life and Visas

Liz Hulley is based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Here is her latest update. You can keep up with her at her great blog. Hello and Happy New Year! I returned in September and, as usual, “hit the ground running.” I started attending classes within a few days,...

Visit to Rita’s Brother

Here’s a great post from Megan Berger (at right, below), Stoneworks missionary in St. Petersburg. Visit Megan’s blog to see more about her good work. Last Saturday, I was able to go with Rita to visit her brother Misha who lives in a home for mentally...

Challenge

Here is a recent post from Liz Hulley — Looking back at previous blog posts, I noticed that I often post something from Oswald Chambers in October.  I wonder why that is.  Perhaps the autumn brings about a kind of desperation that makes me reach for something...

The reality of it all…

Here’s a recent post by Megan Berger — I was looking through some pictures on my camera today and found this one that Rita took.   I think this picture shows that doing missionary work is not always easy and we get tired. In this picture, I look really...