Dear Fellow Laborers,

December 2006

Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

The Lord is Moving our Location

We have rented a 3 room apartment in Samara for an office and meeting place for discipleship for the past year. The landlady had said that we could rent the apartment until she found good work in Samara, then she was planning on moving back and using the apartment for herself. This past November she called and said she had changed her mind and asked us to move out earlier than we had expected. As we are looking for an apartment now, rent prices have really increased, so we will be paying a little more money and only getting a two room. However this will meet our current needs. We are focusing on saving our money and buying a piece of land that we can build a church building on. Please pray that we will be able to meet in our new place for a long time to come.

Explosion Near Miss
We often do not think of the constant care that God provides for us. Everyday we are protected from so many things, but we do not even notice it and think of our safety as something we are entitled to. God reminded me this month that every moment we are here is a gift that could be taken away. While on the way to meet our doctor who gives Amelia and Alex their shots, I ran out of gas. I knew I was about to, and still did. I went to the nearest gas station and since they could not help me, continued on to the next one. As I was approaching the station, three apartments exploded across the street from me. Car alarms went off everywhere, I threw my hands up instinctively, having been moved by the force of the explosion, but did stay on my feet. I turned around to see two large plumes of smoke and people getting up of the street. I went over to investigate what could have happened. There were windows broken everywhere and three apartments in one building, all on different stories, were totally black inside. On the ground, where two minutes later I would have been walking by to get a gas can from an auto parts store on that side of the street, were two trees each missing half of all of their branches. There was black residue covering the snow in between the two trees. No one on the street was badly injured, many were walking around dazed, but I do not know what happened to those inside the three apartments. I am also not sure about the cause of the explosions, but my guess would be a gas leak. We praise the Lord for keeping us safe and covet your prayers in this area.

Prayer Requests
• Gulya to be willing to meet with us
• Zulya to be faithful to Bible study and get saved
• Salvation for Alexsei, Lyudmilla and Vasilye, Misha and Marina, Oleg and Lena.

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