Dear Fellow Laborers,

February 2005

Praise the Lord for the exciting things He is doing in Russia!

Ice Castles are the pride of Ekaterinburg and win prizes every year.

Two More Survey Trips Completed

Have you ever been on a plane before where water leaked into the cabin? Neither had I, and I praise the Lord for his protection during my survey trips to Ekaterinburg and Samara. There are a few large cities left in Russia that do not have a fundamental witness, among them are Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, and Samara. These cities that span the south, center, and far east of European Russia are the ones I targeted to survey. Ekaterinburg has a population of 2 million souls and is one of the most developed cities in Russia. On every street corner there is a building being built or renovated. The local government seems to value freedom, but the local Russian Orthodox church there is one of the most aggressive against missionary work. At the showing of a evangelistic film, they protested with banners, and even entered the buildings to disrupt the event. They yelled and called names during the whole presentation.

This is the Drama Theater in Samara and is one of it’s oldest buildings.

Samara is almost as developmented as Ekaterinburg, although it looks like they had less to begin with. This city has 1 million 300 thousand souls and many of the same good points as Ekaterinburg relating to governmental freedom to preach the Gospel. People are moving there and the city is growing.

This is a state of the art train station in Samara.

The Lord Calls Us to Samara
After praying about the options that the Lord would want us to pursue, the two large factors in our decision were the facts that the persecution from the Russian Orthodox church in Samara seems to be on a very small scale. Secondly, the property there is cheaper and more conducive to future development. We are now in the process of getting new visas for our travel there and will fly there on March 5th. We are sending most of our belongings by train February 25th. Please pray for safety and guidance during this time.

Danu and Geoffrey accepted Christ this month.

Two College Students Get Saved

Geoffrey and Danu received Christ this month, praise the Lord. Geoffrey has been attending our Bible study from the beginning, but is from a Catholic background. Danu started coming at the beginning of this school year. Please pray that they will continue to follow the Lord and witness to their friends.

Yours in Christ,
Adam, Angela, and Alex

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