Dear Fellow Laborers,

September 2006

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

Artyor Saved

While knocking on doors in our area I met Artyor (Arthur in English) and had the privilege of leading him to Christ. We have had a streak recently of leading teenagers to Christ, but then seeing them succumb to parental pressure not to associate with us. I called Artyor a couple of times after leading him to Christ and could tell that something might be pressuring him as well. I went back to the house and had a pretty good talk with Artyor’s father who is also named Artyor. I showed him some of the literature I had given his son, and explained who I was. At first he was a little leery of me, but warmed up towards the end of the meeting. Please pray that we would get a good chance to witness to him and that we could continue working with his son Artyor.

University Ministry

On September 1 all schools from kindergarten to the highest university open for the first day of class. There is a management institute very close to our office in Samara. We are planning to focus much of our evangelism on this institute. The young people here in Samara have been the most open to the Gospel message and we believe this will be a fruitful field. We are looking to see God work in hearts and are praying that the Lord will call some of these young men and women to serve Him full time in the ministry. Please pray for this key ministry.

Vladimir Very Open

While I was grocery shopping for the week, I heard a stranger’s voice call my name. My name is very uncommon here, therefore I knew the person must be talking to me. I saw Vladimir, a man I had witnessed to about month earlier waving to me. He had given me his number and I had called a few times, but when I finally got through his wive told me that he was an atheist and did not want anything to do with me. I thought that was strange because he seemed very open, but respected her command never to call back. She was at the store as well turning red with embarrassment. It turns out that Vladimir was very interested in hearing about the Gospel after all, but his wife was just as against it. Vladimir asked why I had not called. Please pray for the whole family’s salvation as Vladimir really wants to meet with us.

 

Prayer Requests
• Artyor and his family.
• Salvation for Alexsei, Lyudmilla and Vasilye, Misha and Marina, Oleg and Lena.

Yours in Christ,
Adam, Angela, Alex, and Amelia