Our Russian Daughters

This is Luba! She and her sister, Nastia, call us mom and dad. We love spending time with them. Our kids love for them to babysit from time to time. We are thankful that they are a part of our church.

It is Luba's 16th birthday party with us!

We made her a yummy, American box cake with extra sweet icing and sprinkles!

I think they enjoyed it!

Luba loves Coca-Cola! So, as a fun present, we filled the bag with 16 bottles of Coke!

In our last prayer letter, I mentioned Vanya. Vanya repented just about a week ago with our pastor. Praise God! Pray for his walk with Christ as he begins this new journey!

B-1 Language Certificate

Deana had her happiest moment in Russia in January once we returned from the Canary Islands. She received the language certificate she needed after passing her exam in December. She will still continue in language, just not as many hours. The best part is - no more testing! Way to go!

Deana's Ladies Group in December

These are pictures from the ladies group that meets with Deana each month. Continue praying for the ladies who attend! They had a great time in December making a Christmas ornament and playing the "white elephant" game.

English Club Thanksgiving Dinner - Jeremy's group

We invited over my English group from the English Club for a Thanksgiving Dinner. We had a great time of fellowship, food, and fun. Some of our American friends gave a testimony about Thanksgiving. Building relationships with Russian is key to sharing the Gospel with them.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

It is our family tradition to decorate the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving Day! The kids had a great time getting out all the ornaments to put on the tree!

English Club Thanksgiving Party

We had a GREAT Thaksgiving Party with our English Club participants the night before Thanksgiving. There were MANY non-believers who heard a very clear Gospel presentation as we talked about the things we should be thankful for. Continue praying for these participants to be more interested in spiritual things. Pray that God would draw them closer to Him and work in their hearts.

Patiently waiting for the party to start.

Fellowship and preparing the food.

Setting the program for the night.

Group games.

Group skits.

Songs of Thanksgiving!

More groups skits.

Cell Group Training

Also, in November, we began our cell group training with the potential leaders within our church congregation! We have had 4 groups, consisting of potential leaders, meeting weekly since this time. Please pray for us as we finish up our training this month and as the new leaders begin their groups in March. Cell groups are key to reaching the millions of people who live in Moscow.