Dear Fellow Laborers,

August 2004

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

Leading the Ministry while
Bro. Charters is in America

This month my wife and I were blessed with the opportunity to lead the church for more than a month. I preached on Sunday mornings, and led the discipleship on Wednesday nights. My wife took over the Sunday school program. I also got the blessing of leading our choir. I do not know how well we did, but we definitely sang loud enough for everyone to hear. Many churches experience an 80% decrease in attendance in the summer time here. However, God blessed as the church had a great summer average attendance of over 40 people.

 

Bible Distribution to the Regions Beyond
There are many towns that surround St. Petersburg but take about an hour to travel to by bus from the center of the city where our church is located. Along with missionaries Andrew Bunnell, Keith Sampson, and others from our church, God burdened our hearts to go out to different areas including Gatchina, Kolpina, and Luga and share God’s Word. The farthest city was almost two hours away from the south end of St. Petersburg. Our prayer is that each of these places would have a fundamental Baptist church, but until that happens we wanted to sow the seed with many people who had never owned a Bible. We handed out 1200 New Testaments, and thousands of tracks to these needy areas.

One of our most Faithful Teens
makes the decision to get Baptized
Vika, who is one of our most faithful teens, always had a hard time submitting in the area of baptism. While preaching on the subject of truth in the main service Sunday morning, God touched Vika’s heart and she made the decision to submit to God’s will.

Future Plans
I will be talking much more about this is the future, but at the beginning of next year, my wife and I are planning to move to the south of Russia to begin our own church planting ministry. Please pray that God would make a way for us to minister to the spiritual needs of the people in this area.

Yours in Christ,
Adam, Angela, and Alex