Dear Fellow Laborers,

January 2008

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

 

Reaping A Long Time After Sowing

I met Galya in the park last summer soul-winning. She did not get saved at the time, but seemed very open to the Gospel and gave me her phone number so that we could schedule a time to study the Bible further. I called and called but no one answered. I thought I might have written her telephone number down incorrectly. I gave up calling her about a month after we met. Six months later, I got a phone call from Galya saying that she was interested in the Bible. Praise the Lord! This was a big step for her as she has trouble trusting people (many people here do). She still has not gotten saved yet, but is meeting weekly with my wife and I to study the Bible. Please pray that she will be saved.

English Class Christmas Fellowship

We had a great time of fellowship as we celebrated the holiday season with our English class. We had five in attendance. Angela made pizza for every one and she also made the best peanut butter fudge I have ever tasted. (Of course it was the only peanut butter fudge I had ever tasted, but it won’t be the last!) We sang Christmas hymns in English, and explained some of the traditions Americans hold to. We also talked about the reason for the season being the birth of the Saviour Jesus Christ. Our plan now is to invite each person in our English class to our home so that we can witness to them more one on one. Alexander, the young man in the group who got saved, is excited about how his friends are enjoying the class. Please pray with him that many of his friends will be saved.

First Structure in Place for Our House Church

The Lord led us to buy a large construction shed this last month. In Russia, when there is a construction project going on, the workers usually sleep at the site to make sure that nothing gets stolen. It looks like to save money, we will be doing much of the construction ourselves. This means that we will need to safeguard our tools and construction materials. These types of buildings here need to be pretty heavy duty. Our shed was made with 2 mm thick sheets of steel and a heavy duty door with two locks. The only way to break into it would be to cut through it with a blow torch. Our next step will be to get the architectural drawings done, and with that the permits that we will need. This will be the largest one time expenditure of the whole project. We are hoping to have the money for it by this summer. Please pray for this project, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can sell our apartment to buy a wooden single family home in the center of Samara and transform it into a church building!

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