It's late Saturday evening in Moscow, and we are getting packed and ready for bed. We leave the hotel tomorrow morning at 9:00 am to get to the airport and get through security. There are numerous check points to work through, which can take some time, so we need to be there about 3 hours early.
We have had a great trip and we have so many stories to tell, but you'll have to wait just a little bit longer because it's too late tonight to type them all out.
See you soon.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
A short post today
I just typed a long update for our team on the Portland East West web site, so I'm running out of typing stamina for today. : )
You can check out the post on the Portland East West site. Much of this will be a repeat if you been reading my blog along the way.
You can check out the post on the Portland East West site. Much of this will be a repeat if you been reading my blog along the way.
Monday, October 01, 2007
Voronezh - Day 1 and 2
Well, we arrived in Voronezh yesterday morning after the overnight train ride. It was quite an experience. There were several times where I was certain that the train had hit something on the tracks. Kind of an unnerving way to be awakened. But, we arrived safely and without issue.
We loaded our stuff into a bus and headed off to church. It was an amazing service with over 100 people there. Very uplifting. After the service, we were transported over to another church for lunch and then back to the hotel to meet our interpreters. I was a little disappointed to learn that my interpretor from the past 2 years (Irina) would not be with us this year. However, I got paired up with Sasha, whom I met the last time I was here, and she is also good.
Today (Monday) our team split into 2 groups to work in 2 different villages outside of Voronezh. Nickie and I went to a town called Borovoe (Bore-oh-VOY-uh), where we walked the streets and invited people to the weekly Bible study held in the home of a local pastor. We also had some really good home-cooked Russian food - more than we could possibly eat! At the end of the day, we had a large prayer meeting in the pastor's home and then returned to the hotel for dinner and then to the Internet Cafe where I am now typing this post.
I don't want to spoil all of the stories before we get home, but I will tell you that we are having an awesome time and have truly seen the Lord work in so many ways. Be sure to check back here later for more posts.
We loaded our stuff into a bus and headed off to church. It was an amazing service with over 100 people there. Very uplifting. After the service, we were transported over to another church for lunch and then back to the hotel to meet our interpreters. I was a little disappointed to learn that my interpretor from the past 2 years (Irina) would not be with us this year. However, I got paired up with Sasha, whom I met the last time I was here, and she is also good.
Today (Monday) our team split into 2 groups to work in 2 different villages outside of Voronezh. Nickie and I went to a town called Borovoe (Bore-oh-VOY-uh), where we walked the streets and invited people to the weekly Bible study held in the home of a local pastor. We also had some really good home-cooked Russian food - more than we could possibly eat! At the end of the day, we had a large prayer meeting in the pastor's home and then returned to the hotel for dinner and then to the Internet Cafe where I am now typing this post.
I don't want to spoil all of the stories before we get home, but I will tell you that we are having an awesome time and have truly seen the Lord work in so many ways. Be sure to check back here later for more posts.
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