Saturday, December 27, 2008
Crestview Volunteer Team
A volunteer team from our home town of Shelby, NC is here with us this week. We are having so much fun ministering together with them. They have already been an incredible blessing to us. My brother, Jeremy, is team leader. It's been so great to see him and catch up a little with him. Actually everybody on this team has been to Moscow before, so they're pros. Please pray for them the rest of this week. They will be doing many different things. Lift them up and ask the Lord to work both in and through them during their time in Moscow. Here is a partial schedule of what they will be doing. They will be very busy. Please pray for strength, boldness, opportunities, health, and more.
Sunday - worship, fellowship with the Goluvinski Church - the team will lead in worship through songs and testimonies.
- 3 will go to Svetlana's home group - 2 will go out with a church member to pass out
DVDs of the JESUS film - 2 will go to shop for items to be given to elderly Christian women at Good News Church.
Monday - full day of prayer walking and evangelism - giving out Jesus film DVDs, candy canes with the story of the candy cane attached, invitations to a special Christmas service that will take place on Russian Christmas (Jan. 7)
Tuesday - a.m. prayer walking and evangelism - p.m.meeting to discuss personal evangelism with Goluvinskiy church members.
Wednesday - New Year's celebration with Goluvinski Church and evangelism until 4:00. Bring in the New Year at the Stamey's apt.
Thursday - Since it's New Year's Day and this is the biggest holiday in Russia, everyone is busy and everything is closed on this day. Russians will be spending time with family and friends. So the team will be with us all day. We're hoping for snow so that some of us can go sledding. Also Rhenn Cherry, our new strategy coordinator for Moscow will be with us for the day. The team will get a chance to hear about his plans for Moscow and pray for him and his ministry. He may also share a little about his plans for involving Deana and Jeremy in this work in the future. We'll have some great prayer times together asking the Lord's blessings on this coming year.
Friday - Sunday - At 9:00 a.m. on Friday the team leaves for a small village several hours outside of Moscow - Rzhev. They will meet with the church there for fellowship and encouragement and minister in two different orphanages. They'll also be sharing both through testimony and song in the Sunday morning service.
Sunday - travel back to Moscow - debriefing.
Monday - Travel back to NC
I'll try to update an post a few photos later in the week. Thanks Crestview for sending this team! Thanks for co-laboring with us!
# posted by Lori Stamey @ 11:18 AM 
