Joel Comiskey Visits our Church/Communion Service in May

We were very blessed to have Joel Comiskey in our church back in May. He came to Moscow to do a conference on cell groups. The Sunday before our conference he was able to preach in our church. Our congregation loved having him and we praise the Lord that 2 ladies repented that day. I also praise God for the conference that he led while he was in Moscow. Following this conference, our church decided to transition to cell groups. This will be a long, hard process for our church. We begin the initial stages on September 3rd as we launch a trial "cell" group with leaders and their spouses. Please pray for this process and that this transition would go smoothly and that God would use this to further His Kingdom here in Moscow among the 17 million living here.


Our pastor and Joel Comiskey before the service.

Our worship team!

Preparing for The Lord's Supper!

Baseball Day in May

Back in May we had 2 volunteers here in Moscow for a couple of days from South Carolina. They were kind enough to donate a set of baseball equipment to our team to use here with different ministries. While they were here in Moscow we had an event in a park to teach our students from English Club how to play baseball and kickball. It was a FANTASTIC day. We had great weather, great fellowship, great food, and a great opportunity to share about Christ during this day. These are a few pictures from our special day. Continue praying for all of our English Club students as we attempt to build relationships with them and look for opportunities to share the Gospel with them.

20th Anniversary of Hinkson Christian Academy

We are so blessed that our kids can attend Hinkson Christian Academy here in Moscow. They both LOVE their school, teachers, and friends. Hinkson has blessed our family in many ways. This past year, the school celebrated it's 20th anniversary. These are pictures of our kids enjoying the picnic celebrating that mark. Thanks to all who give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering because those gifts help our kids attend this GREAT school.

OUR KIDS AT EASTER

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX EASTER

I thought some of you might find these pictures interesting. On the day before Easter, here in Russia, the people go to their local Orthodox Church and wait in HUGE lines to have their Easter eggs and cakes blessed by the priest. The is the closest Orthodox Church to our apartment. You can see how many people are there and how long the line is.

MOLDOVA VISA TRIP

In April, we took a visa trip to Moldova with the Courson's, who are also missionaries in Moscow to the deaf. We were there for 4 days and we praise God that we received our visas so quickly. We found out a week later that the next 2 American couples who went there for their visas were told that they would have to wait a couple of weeks to get it. We got ours in 3 hours!! Here are some pictures from our trip to Moldova.

KELLAN'S SCHOOL PROJECTS IN APRIL

Here are some pictures from Kellan's school projects in April. He participated in the 5th grade Science Fair and then his class held a celebration after they completed their country reports where parents, other elementary students, and teachers could come and look at the projects and taste a native food from the country their report was about. Kellan chose Nigeria because we have a friend from there and he did an excellent job. You will also see a couple of pictures of Ella when she was visiting this event.