Dear Fellow Laborers,

March 2005

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

It is always difficult to say good bye.

Parting is Hard to Do

God has given us a blessed opportunity to be a part of some very special people’s lives while we have been here in St. Petersburg. Bro. Kyle Charters’ church, that we have been working with, is doing very well, and we praise the Lord for this opportunity to learn from a veteran missionary. Our medical student Bible study is also doing very well, and Bro. Charters has taken it over and will continue to lead it. It was difficult to say good bye to everyone, but we look forward to God using us in Samara to change lives through the Gospel.

Bro. Charters leading the medical student Bible study.

Everything Packed and Shipped

As soon as the Lord made it clear where He wanted us to go, it has been non-stop movement. We needed to get new visas that specifically invited us to Samara, which means we needed to take a train trip to Finland. We are keeping our car and having a friend drive it to Samara for us. Just to do this, it took a days worth of paper work, which included unregistering it here, translating my passport, and officially “trusting “ it to our friend. It could take another half day to register it there, for which we will only have 4 days. With the help of some great friends, we packed a 5 ton and a 3 ton container full of our belongings and then shipped them by train to Samara. In order to do this we had to keep a detailed list of the contents of each box. My wife, while I was taking care of documents, did 90% of the packing while she is eight months pregnant. When we get to Samara we will have about five days to find a place to rent before our belongings arrive. Then we will have two weeks to find an apartment to buy for remodeling before our two month trip to America to have the baby. With each step there are many mistakes that can be made. Please pray for us during this transitional time.

Mahil accepted Christ this month.

Two People saved

Mahil, the sister of one of our long time attending members of our Bible study, got saved this month. Also, we had a regular attender of last year’s Bible study call me out of the blue. He had not been able to attend because he had moved out of the dormitory and lived in a different part of the city. He asked to meet with me, and said that he had a Russian friend who was interested in God. Her name is Ariana. She got saved at our house when we met and then came to Bro. Charters’ church that Sunday. Please pray for her faithfulness.

Sonjay brought his Russian friend Ariana to me to hear about Christ.

Yours in Christ,
Adam, Angela, and Alex