Dear Fellow Laborers,

June 2007

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

 

People Saved

We have had some great times soul-winning this month with two professions of faith, and three new people starting to meet with us for Bible study. Alexander, who is a first year college student in the teacher university here, showed some real interest and gave me his phone number. He got saved, and then invited his friend Anya to come to my office to hear the Gospel. She agreed with everything I said, but wanted to think it over some more. Please pray for her salvation and that Alexander will be faithful to meet with us. Mixhail also made a profession of faith this month, but his family is influencing him not to meet with us.

Inna, a young married mother, found one of our tracks on a bench in the park and called the number on it to find out more information. Inna had been a member of a charismatic church in town, but disagreed with a lot of the things they taught. She did not believe that everyone who had health problems was automatically unspiritual, or that when we pray for God to heal someone, that prayer obligates God to action. She also wondered why almost all of the people they prayed for were never healed. Inna had never spoken in tongues because she was never honestly moved to do so by the Holy Spirit. People at her church called her names whenever she would bring up these questions, and said she had a “devil” inside her. She had not been to church in a year and was very depressed. After our first phone conversation when making sure she was genuinely saved, my family and I met her for lunch to get better acquainted. She has committed to a weekly Bible study with us. Please pray that she would be faithful.

The Lord blesses with Our Local Bureaucracy

We needed to get reregistered and due to conflicting information from our regional office and our local office, we were almost late registering (we had only twenty minutes to spare after running around three straight days to get the documents we needed). If we were late, we would have had to pay an expensive fine. Worst of all, it might have effected our future residency. Last year our local official was not very helpful, trying to hinder us from getting residency. This year something has changed, and she practically encouraged us to come to her for help. I don’t know what happened exactly, but this is a great example of how “the kings heart is in the hand of the Lord” (Proverbs 21:1) and I know God is in control.

 

Prayer Requests
• Angela’s and the baby’s health and safe delivery
• Salvation for Alexsei, Lyudmilla and Vasilye, Misha and Marina, Oleg and Lena.

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